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SERANG, Indonesia, Dec. 26-- Residents in Indonesia's tsunami-affected areas have refused to go back to their houses and crowded the sheltered camps amid the fear that another tsunami could occur in the following days. The death toll from the tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption in Sunda Strait of western Indonesia has climbed to 429 so far, with a total of 1,459 others injured. The tsunami, triggered by an underwater landslide after the eruption of Anak Krakatau volcano Saturday night, also destroyed 882 houses, 73 hotels and villas and scores of buildings along the coastlines, and displaced a total of 16,082 people. The tsunami that swept through Banten province's popular coastline of Anyer has deeply traumatized the residents there who recalled that they did not have any idea about a coming tsunami until the ferocious sea wave hit and submerged their houses on Saturday night. The rising number of the death toll from the tsunami has also amplified their fear for more possible tsunami strikes in the near future. The panic and fear from the tsunami still haunts old man Atok Sukani who now takes shelter in a big refugee camp in Banten's Pandeglang regency. He brought his 12 family members to the shelter camp for the fear that another tsunami may strike at any anytime. his house locates at Caringin village in the district of Labuan in Pandeglang's regency. "I will not let my wife and grand children stay in our house again until there is a further notice from the authorities that confirms the danger from tsunami is all over." | 
