June 07, 2006

I suggest you take a look at the Gallery shots shown below. If you go to the search window and put in Merapi, there are FIVE more articles to choose from. You just put in MERAPI in the search box.

I am glad that those "tending" Marapi had a chance to get out their environmental message ... it appears that even those on the south slope have now been forced off and placed in inadequate "refugee" camps. I read that the threat of bird flu is very high IF they stay indoors.
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From Mohd Razman Abdullah

YOGYAKARTA, June 7 (Bernama) -- The coughing Mount Merapi is pulling tourists to Yogyakarta with an encouraging number arriving after the May 27 earthquake.

The region's Tourism Board Marketing head, Tazbir H. Mum, said the tourists were the "adventurous ones" who were lured by the active Mount Merapi and also to see the damage from the earthquake.

The earthquake which measured 6.2 on the Richter scale claimed almost 6,000 lives.

Tazbir said hotels were fully booked by tourists as well as humanitarian volunteers from other countries, adding that due to high demand for hotel rooms some operators had increased their rates.

"Last year, Yogyakarta received 120,000 foreign tourists," he said and anticipated a drop in tourist arrivals by the end of the month when the foreign volunteers and tourists were to start returning to their respective countries if nothing was done to improve the infrastructure facilities in the area.

Tazbir said he would discuss with the central government to speed up the process of restoring the tourism industry.

He added that Yogyakarta depended on tourism and cited several places of interest like the Candi Borobodur and the royal mausoleum, and cultural elements like the Kraton and Ramayana dances.

The region also boasts of edu-tourism with about 100 institutions of higher learning in the area.

-- BERNAMA

11,000 flee Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Posted: 2024 GMT (0424 HKT)

Smoke rises from Mount Merapi, which has grown more active since Indonesia's quake.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/indonesia.volcano.ap/

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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian officials evacuated 11,000 villagers from around Mount Merapi volcano, as lava and superheated clouds of gas poured repeatedly down its upper slopes, officials said Tuesday.

The mountain's lava dome has swelled in recent weeks, raising fears that it could suddenly collapse and send scalding clouds of fast-moving gas and debris down into populated areas.

The government of nearby Magelang district mobilized more than 40 trucks and cars to evacuate about 11,000 villagers from three sub-districts near the foot of the mountain, said Edy Susanto, a district official. (Watch where else volcanoes have people on edge -- 1:34)

He said the villagers were taken to temporary shelters, including school buildings.

"Of course it is dangerous. But we don't know for sure whether the lava dome will collapse," said Subandriyo, a government volcanologist who uses only one name.

Red-hot lava flowed as far as one kilometer (half a mile) from the mountain's crater, while gas clouds called pyroclastic flows streamed as far as 2-1/2 kilometers (1-1/2 miles) down its southwestern slope, Subandriyo said.

The 3,000-meter (9,800-foot) mountain is one of the world's most active volcanos.

Activity has risen since a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on May 27 hit a region about 30 kilometers (20 miles) to the south, killing at least 5,862 people.

Some scientists say the quake may have contributed to the increased activity at the mountain.

A major eruption could severely strain quake relief efforts.

The government had earlier urged residents to evacuate from a danger zone on the mountain's fertile slopes, but thousands of villagers remained in their homes, saying they didn't want to abandon their fields and livestock and complaining of boredom at the shelters.

The mountain, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the capital, Jakarta, is notoriously unpredictable. Government scientists say they're not sure whether the lava dome will suddenly collapse, simply keep growing, or gradually break into small pieces.

Its last deadly eruption was in 1994, when it sent out a searing gas cloud that burned 60 people to death.

About 1,300 people were killed when it erupted in 1930.

Indonesia is located on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. It has 76 volcanoes, the largest number in the world.

Thanks to Leslie we have the following very up to date:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1656835.htm

And then these:

By Mohd Nasir Yusoff

JAKARTA, June 6 (Bernama) -- Since Tuesday the earthquake victims in Yogyakarta have been receiving four types of aid from the Indonesian government disbursed through the local government in Yogyakarta and Central Java.

It was reported that for every family member, a family would receive 10 kg of rice, clothing allowance of Rp100,000 (RM40), Rp100,000 for cooking utensils and Rp3,000 for provisions.

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla announced that under the first phase the aid that could last for a month would to be handed over directly to the recipients at their camps.

However, local television stations reported that due to miscommunication thousands lined up at their respective village head's office since early morning causing chaos.

According to the latest statistics provided by Yogyakarta's authorities the May 27 quake damaged up to 400,000 houses with 84,600 completely destroyed, 135,000 badly damaged and 188,000 with slight damages.

Meanwhile a local website reported the Yogyakarta administrator will open 2,000 `emergency schools' to help thousands of students to get back to school.

Yogyakarta's District Secretary Bambang Susanto Priyohadi said the `emergency schools' are no more than tents that would provide them a place to study.

Under the second phase the affected families will be provided between Rp280,000 to Rp1 million and also money to rebuild their houses.

He said until all the houses are rebuilt, at least 200,000 tents are needed to provide shelter for the victims.

So far, they only received 2,000 camps, 500 from Kuwait, 300 from South Korea and 1,200 from China, he added.

-- BERNAMA

From Mohd Razman Abdullah

YOGYAKARTA, June 5 (Bernama) -- The Peace Malaysia relief team that has been helping the earthquake victims in Yogyakarta is now bracing itself for the mount Merapi eruption.

Peace Malaysia's medical officer Dr Kassim Abdul Rahim said the team feared that the sulphur gas from the eruption could pose a danger to everyone on the ground.

"For two days we have been to Merapi, situated 30km from here, and when we got close to seven kilometres from the mountain we could already smell the toxic sulphur gas," he told Bernama when met here while accompanying Deputy Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

He said the team had made all the preparations to assist the people in the event of an eruption, adding that the team was still treating victims of the quake.

"In the event Merapi erupts while we are here we have already made plans to face the situation," he said.

The team has 30 volunters including doctors.

On May 27, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook Java with Yogyakarta taking the brunt of the destructive force. Officials confirmed that the 5.55am quake has killed more than 6,000 people.

-- BERNAMA
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June 07, 2006 14:51 PM

Yogyakarta: Over 130,000 Infants To Be Vaccinated Against Measles

JAKARTA, June 7 (Bernama) -- More than 130,000 under-five-year-old children in Yogyakarta and Klaten will be vaccinated on Wednesday to prevent a measles outbreak in the aftermath of the May 27 earthquake.

Antara news agency reports quoting an official that the children were prone to diseases, especially measles as they consume inadequate nutrition and lived in crammed tents.

Therefore, the statement said this children needs to get the immunization as soon as possible.

The mass immunization will be conducted by the Indonesian health ministry with the assistance of UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), David Hipgrave, head of the UNICEF's health and nutrition section said.

The vaccination drive will be conducted in refugee camps in 162 villages which had been hit by a deadly quake on May 27, which killed at least 5,857 people and injured more than 37,000 others.

Among the funding sources of the activity are the US Red Cross, UN funding agencies and CDC/Atlanta.

Youths and adults between 15 years old to 60 years old in the quake-devastated areas will also be given tetanus vaccination.

UNICEF will provide tetanus vaccines, which are expected to be imported from India.

-- BERNAMA

Yogya Quake: Public Asked To Donate Through Official Bodies
JAKARTA, June 7 (Bernama) -- People who wanted to donate financial assistance to quake victims, is asked to channel their contributions through official institutions that can account for all of their expenditures.

Yogyakarta Quake: Volunteers Need More Tools And Equipment
YOGYAKARTA, June 7 (Bernama) -- Yogyakarta Provincial Administration Facilitation and Investment Assistant Dr Sunjoto said volunteers of the military, police and public need more tools and equipments including crowbars, hoes and shovels to remove rubbles of the damaged homes of earthquake victims.

http://www.joglosemar.co.id/mt_merapi.html

http://www.volcanolive.com/merapi.html

http://vocano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/merapi.html

Again, by downloading Google Earth for yourself, you can actually see the direction of the gas cloud. I have included the three links above so you can get a really good understanding of this type of volcano and its output.

You may also want to keep track of Borobadur, the Buddhist superstructure in the path of the volcanic ash ...

Some great view showing the surrounding plain are at:

http://www.outdoorjapan.com/TO/0501/TO-2-java.html

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June 07, 2006

11,000 flee Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/indonesia.volcano.ap/

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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian officials evacuated 11,000 villagers from around Mount Merapi volcano, as lava and superheated clouds of gas poured repeatedly down its upper slopes, officials said Tuesday.

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