In a heart-wrenching video circulating on social media, the pop band 'Seventeen' is seen performing when the tsunami hit from behind and washed off the entire stage, moving into the audience.

The band was performing at marquee on the western tip of the Indonesian island of Java on Saturday night

The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 281, with more than 1,000 people injured, the national disaster agency said Monday, as the desperate search for survivors ramped up. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit the coast of southern Sumatra and the western tip of Java about 9:30 pm (1430 GMT) on Saturday after a volcano known as the "child" of Krakatoa erupted. Horrific visuals of a band performing when the tsunami erupted has been going virals. According to reports, there was no warning of the advancing wave that struck on Saturday around 9.30 p.m. Some reports are even suggesting that the number of people affected through the Tsunami may go up.

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