Indonesia rescuers scramble to reach isolated tsunami-struck towns

The disaster agency has warned residents to stay clear of the coast as activity is still high at the rumbling Anak Krakatoa volcano.

Demolished homes seen from a rescue helicopter after a tsunami hit the Sunda Strait, in Banten, Indonesia. Source: AAP

Indonesian search and rescue teams plucked stranded residents from remote islands and pushed into isolated communities desperate for aid in the aftermath of a volcano-triggered tsunami that killed over 400.

But torrential rains hampered their efforts and heaped more misery on the region as stunned residents waded through waist-deep water in parts of hard-hit Carita.

Indonesian soldiers and rescuers looking for missing victims of tsunami victims at Tanjung Lesung beach resort, Indonesia. Source: AAP

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