Powerful earthquake rattled West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Wednesday, September 30-th 2009. More than 1.000 people feared dead.
The leading local English newspaper, The Jakarta Post, Saturday - October 3-th/2009 3:47 PM reported that hundreds people feared dead as quake sinks hamlet. Below is the complete news taken from www.thejakartapost.com
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/03/west-sumatra-needs-10000-tents-quake-victim.html
Around 400 people have disappeared and are feared dead as the major earthquake that jolted West Sumatra on Wednesday sank Aia hamlet in Padang Pariaman regency. Head of the crisis center at the Ministry of Health, Rustam Pakaya, said a rescue team had managed to unearth 26 bodies.
“Let the rest go. Excavating the area will only spark diseases,” Rustam said was quoted by kompas.com. “The hamlet is completely flattened.” He said most of the victims were attending a wedding party when the powerful quake struck.
Quoting a search worker, Rustam said a mosque which stood 30 meters high in the hamlet had disappeared. The quake also caused two other hamlets, Cumanak and Lubuk Laweh, to submerge, killing nearly 200 people altogether.
West Sumatra needs 10,000 tents for quake victim.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/03/west-sumatra-needs-10000-tents-quake-victim.html
Survivors of the major earthquake that rattled West Sumatra on Wednesday need at least 10,000 tents as the disaster has flattened many houses in the province, an official says. Deputy Governor Marlis Rahman said Saturday the local government had received humanitarian assistance from many parties, but only a few of them sent in tents.
“We are in dire need of tents, especially small ones that suit a family,” Marlis said as quoted by Antara. Data from the provincial disaster management agency reveals that over 21,700 houses were severely damaged by the quake. The displaced people have been seeking shelters at tents and tarpaulins erected outside their devastated houses or in squares near their residential areas.
The leading local English newspaper, The Jakarta Post, Saturday - October 3-th/2009 3:47 PM reported that hundreds people feared dead as quake sinks hamlet. Below is the complete news taken from www.thejakartapost.com
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/03/west-sumatra-needs-10000-tents-quake-victim.html
Around 400 people have disappeared and are feared dead as the major earthquake that jolted West Sumatra on Wednesday sank Aia hamlet in Padang Pariaman regency. Head of the crisis center at the Ministry of Health, Rustam Pakaya, said a rescue team had managed to unearth 26 bodies.
“Let the rest go. Excavating the area will only spark diseases,” Rustam said was quoted by kompas.com. “The hamlet is completely flattened.” He said most of the victims were attending a wedding party when the powerful quake struck.
Quoting a search worker, Rustam said a mosque which stood 30 meters high in the hamlet had disappeared. The quake also caused two other hamlets, Cumanak and Lubuk Laweh, to submerge, killing nearly 200 people altogether.
West Sumatra needs 10,000 tents for quake victim.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/03/west-sumatra-needs-10000-tents-quake-victim.html
Survivors of the major earthquake that rattled West Sumatra on Wednesday need at least 10,000 tents as the disaster has flattened many houses in the province, an official says. Deputy Governor Marlis Rahman said Saturday the local government had received humanitarian assistance from many parties, but only a few of them sent in tents.
“We are in dire need of tents, especially small ones that suit a family,” Marlis said as quoted by Antara. Data from the provincial disaster management agency reveals that over 21,700 houses were severely damaged by the quake. The displaced people have been seeking shelters at tents and tarpaulins erected outside their devastated houses or in squares near their residential areas.
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