Thursday, June 15, 2006
Race against time in Java quake
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Aerial view of the craterPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Ninja T. Penguin - BBC News) from Indonesia.
90% of the world's earthquakes occur along the "Ring of Fire"
The United Nations has warned that the task of helping survivors of Saturday's earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java is "a race against the clock".
Emergency workers and supplies are arriving at the scene, but the UN's top relief co-ordinator Jan Egeland told the BBC the task was "enormous".
Driving rain has made conditions worse for survivors of the quake, which killed at least 4,900 and hurt 20,000.
And activity at nearby erupting volcano Mount Merapi is said to have increased.
Thousands of people have been evacuated from the area near Mount Merapi, and volcanologists are saying that activity at the volcano has increased three-fold...
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Aerial view of the craterPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Ninja T. Penguin - BBC News) from Indonesia.
90% of the world's earthquakes occur along the "Ring of Fire"
The United Nations has warned that the task of helping survivors of Saturday's earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java is "a race against the clock".
Emergency workers and supplies are arriving at the scene, but the UN's top relief co-ordinator Jan Egeland told the BBC the task was "enormous".
Driving rain has made conditions worse for survivors of the quake, which killed at least 4,900 and hurt 20,000.
And activity at nearby erupting volcano Mount Merapi is said to have increased.
Thousands of people have been evacuated from the area near Mount Merapi, and volcanologists are saying that activity at the volcano has increased three-fold...
Read More...
