Rapports

In October 2010, Mount Merapi ("mountain of fire") turned destructive with a series of eruptions. A much larger and more explosive eruption, the worst since 1870, occurred on 5 November 2010. Thick ash, sand and gravel hit the nearby…

HIGHLIGHTS -Mount Merapi began unleashing torrents of hot gas, rock and other debris since 26th October 2010 after years of dormancy. The second-most significant eruption came on Nov. 5, 2010. -Up to 20th November 2010 at around 18:00 pm local time,…

PMI in the early recovery program has targeted several priorities for Mentawai, they are facilitating the development of temporary shelter (huntara/hunian sementara), set up mobile health service, psychosocial support, and collecting recent data for the need of clean water and…

DATE: 21 November 2010 as of 8AM Sources: DOST-PHIVOLCS, OCD Region V, and PNP, DSWD DROMIC, DOH-HEMS 1. Bulusan Volcano Bulletin as of 8:00 AM 21 November 2010 The seismic network around Bulusan Volcano ( 12=B046.2N,124=B003E) detected twelve (12) volcanic earthquakes during…

EQ-2010-000213-IDN VO-2010-000214-IDN This Revised Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 5,038,980 (USD 5,084,640 or EUR 3,739,000) in cash, kind, or services to support Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) (known in English, as the Indonesian Red Cross) to assist up to 100,000 beneficiaries in Merapi…

Appeal Target: US$ 1,495,586 A 7.7 Richter Scale (RS) magnitude earthquake struck Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Sumatra in the late evening of 25 October 2010. The earthquake epicenter at a depth of 25 km triggered a tsunami…

IOM's response to help people displaced by the 26th October eruption of Mount Merapi in Central Java is expanding in response to government requests for aid to cope with the ongoing emergency. Thousands of families were forced to flee with…

YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA-A large tsunami followed by the eruption of Mount Merapi, just weeks apart, has left Indonesia in turmoil. Hundreds are dead, and more than 300,000 displaced. Thousands continue to flee because of widespread concern that the volcano, Yogyakarta, will…

The Red Cross is helping thousands of Indonesians after the double disaster of last month's tsunami in Sumatra and the volcanic eruptions of Mount Merapi in Java, which are ongoing. The two disasters struck on 25 October. More than 450…

An aid boat carrying lifesaving supplies and emergency shelter for up to 500 people has reached the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia with people still in desperate need after the recent tsunami. International disaster relief charity ShelterBox has been working in…