Recent Natural Disasters in Indonesia
Pastor Dale Morgan
Recent Natural Disasters in Indonesia*
By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Tuesday, March 6, 2007; 2:30 PM
-- _ March 6: An earthquake strikes Sumatra Island, killing at least 70
people and damaging hundreds of buildings.
_ March 3: Landslides triggered by days of heavy rain kill at least 40
people in eastern Indonesia.
_ Feb. 1: Rivers in the capital, Jakarta, burst their banks, submerging
parts of the city in water up to 12 feet deep, killing 57 and displacing
450,000.
_ Dec. 29, 2006: A ferry sinks in a storm, killing more than 400 people
in the Java Sea.
_ Dec. 23, 2006: Heavy rain touches off floods that kill more than 100
people and displace over 400,000 on Sumatra.
_ July 17, 2006: An earthquake triggers a tsunami off Java island's
southern coast, killing at least 600 people.
_ June 19, 2006: Floods and mud flows kill up to 300 people in southern
Sulawesi province.
_ May 27, 2006: An earthquake in central Java kills at least 5,800
people and injures more than 36,000.
_ May 2006: A series of explosions spew hot ash down the slopes of Mount
Merapi, forcing 15,000 villagers to flee.
_ May 2006: A mud eruption at a drilling shaft on Java displaces more
than 11,000 people and inundates villages and factories, spewing a
million oil drums of muck a day.
_ Jan. 4, 2006: Some 200 people are killed in a landslide on Java.
_ March 28, 2005: More than 900 people are killed and tens of thousands
are left homeless when an earthquake hits Nias, Banyak and Simeulue
islands off the coast of Sumatra.
_ Dec. 26, 2004: An earthquake sets off a tsunami that kills more than
160,000 people in Indonesia, mostly in Aceh province on Sumatra.