Indonesia: Mount Merapi's eruptions and tsunami killed more than 400 people

The number of dead in the remote Mentawai islands rose to 370 Thursday, after assessment crews reached more villages and inlets that were inundated by waves following Monday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesian Sumatra. Hope was fading that many of the 300 or more people still missing would be found alive, as relief crews continued to find corpses scattered across roads and coastal areas. Some bodies likely were swept away to sea, officials said.

Local Indonesian authorities hold a funeral for victims of Mount Merapi's first eruption even as a second is underway.

Meanwhile, on Indonesia's more heavily populated island of Java, the volatile volcano Mt. Merapi began erupting again, two days after it killed at least 33 people. There were no immediate reports of new injuries or damage from Thursday's clouds of hot ash. Many residents in the area had already been evacuated, with many now living in temporary refugee camps.