Despite a history of disasters, lack of awareness remains
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A trader serves customers who want to buy chicken meat at Labuan market, Pandeglang, Banten, on Friday (28/12/2018). After being closed for several days due to the recent tsunami and flooding, which triggered the overflowing of the nearby Cipunten Agung River, a number of traders in the market have started to open their stalls again.
The Mt. Krakatau eruption that triggered a tsunami is not a foreign tale for people on the shorelines of Sunda Strait. Stories of historical tsunamis are passed down through generations. Every day, locals can still see the traces of past disasters.
Nurjanah, 46, sells coconut drinks on the coastline of Cikoneng Beach, right beside the Cikoneng lighthouse in Anyer, Serang, Banten. The tower was a silent witness to the horrors of the Mt. Krakatau eruption and subsequent tsunami in 1883.