Multiple Disasters In Indonesia
On Monday, October 25, 2010 at 14:42:22 UTC [9:42AM CDT 9:42PM local] a 7.7 earthquake struck west of Sumatra in the Mentawai Islands area of Indonesia and there are multiple on-going aftershocks.
The ABC picks up the story from there: Australians found alive as tsunami toll tops 100
A group of nine Australians missing after a deadly tsunami hit the west coast of Indonesia have been found alive and well.
At least 108 people have been killed and more than 500 are missing after a powerful earthquake triggered the wave.
The 7.7-magnitude quake struck in the Mentawai Islands area west of Sumatra late on Monday, generating waves as high as three metres that swept away 10 villages, officials said.
The Australians were on board a boat operated by Sumatran Surfariis, which is believed to have been close to the area where the quake struck.
If an earthquake and tsunami weren’t enough, the ABC also reports that 13 killed when volcano erupts
Indonesia’s most active volcano, Mount Merapi, has erupted claiming 13 lives and causing thousands of people to flee their homes.
Twelve bodies have been found by rescuers who said they had been burnt by heat clouds.
Earlier, a three-month-old baby died from breathing difficulties after inhaling ash.
Officials had been ordering people out of the area around Mount Merapi, but thousands decided to stay.
Living around the “Ring of Fire” is not for the faint-hearted, but Indonesia is a lot more pleasant than the northern portion along the Aleutians and Kamchatka Peninsula.
