Jakarta: Indonesian authorities on Wednesday started again the search for 154 people missing after a tsunami  stormed the Sunda Strait coasts as the nation marked the anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that took life of around 230,000 people.

As per to the latest official figures, which authorities also said could increase, the death toll has climbed at least 429, with more than 1,500 injured and some 16,000 relocated.

The rain continues to obstruct rescue work on the fourth day of searching.  The ruins of collapsed buildings, vehicles and thick vegetation reported by Efe.

Experts also consider the giant waves were caused by the collapse of part of Anak Krakatau volcano after it erupted in the Sunda Strait.

Fear of a new tsunami reasoned by the volcano's continued activity has led officials to caution residents to keep away from the coasts.

Worth mention here On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of people escaped to high ground in Java's Sumur district during a new Anak Krakatau explosion.

Indonesia on Wednesday also commemorates the 167,799 people who lost their lives in the country in 2004 as a result of the December 26 Boxing Day tsunami caused by a magnitude-9.1 earthquake off the northern coast of Sumatra. The disaster also caused deaths in a dozen other nations around the Indian Ocean, killing around 230,000 people in total.

A variety of events will hold Wednesday night in the Sumatran province of Aceh, the hardest storm by the natural disaster, under the motto "Build together, stay alert," chosen for the 14th anniversary.