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Source: Reuters By Heru Asprihanto SURBAKTI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - An Indonesian volcano that lay dormant for 400 years erupted yet on Friday, shooting a mushroomed-shape plume of smoke 3 km (2 miles) into the air and ...

Date: 29 Aug 2010
Source: Agence France-Presse

On 8/11/2010 7:10:21 PM, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 and depth 33.1km occurred in Indonesia. This earthquake potentially affected 14.4 million people.

On 7/24/2010 2:11:25 AM, an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 and depth 38.1km occurred in Indonesia. This earthquake potentially affected 1.8 million people.

July 25, 2010: "Overflowing river submerges 3,000 houses, kills two Floodwaters from overflowing Satui River in South Kalimantan have submerged at least 3,000 houses in the neighboring regencies of Tanah Laut and Tanah Bumbu over the last two days.The loc...

On 6/16/2010 3:58:10 AM, an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 and depth 19.9km occurred in Indonesia. This earthquake potentially affected 69000 people.

May 10, 2010: "e; Floods inundate seven villages in Southeast Sulawesi. Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Floods in Kolaka district, Southeast Sulawesi province, since Monday (May 9) has inundated seven villages in the area with the flood wat...

Source: UNHCR A UNHCR-funded shelter for teenage refugee boys on their own allows them to recover, build their own community in Indonesia.

JAKARTA Thursday, December 31, 2009 (IRIN) - Five years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, Indonesia’s early warning system remains a work in progress, officials and experts say. Indonesia began setting up an early warning system in 2005, a year after a 9.2 Richter scale earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami which left over 230,000 dead, 1.8 million displaced and 470,000 homes and buildings destroyed in 13 countries.

BANDA ACEH Thursday, December 24, 2009 (IRIN) - Ani was preparing breakfast on a Sunday morning five years ago when she heard a loud roaring noise after a massive earthquake. She fled to the hills with her husband and four children, unaware that within minutes their rented home would be swept away.

BANGKOK Wednesday, December 23, 2009 (IRIN) - On 26 December, 2004, a magnitude 9.15 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Aceh Province on Sumatra island. It was followed by a tsunami which killed more than 226,000 people in 13 countries, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

LAMEE Wednesday, December 23, 2009 (IRIN) - When the tsunami struck the Indonesian province of Aceh on 26 December 2004, killing an estimated 160,000 people, Khalidan, 44, was a fighter with the separatist Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) or Free Aceh Movement.

JAKARTA Tuesday, December 22, 2009 (IRIN) - Five years after the tsunami struck Indonesia, reconstruction in the hardest-hit province of Aceh is being hailed as a success story, although officials say key challenges persist.

Funding to help provide shelter assistance to Indonesian earthquake victims
ReliefWeb (press release)
An IOM needs assessment conducted in the area after the immediate emergency response phase identified transitional shelter and psychosocial support as ...

Jakarta Globe
The Quake Indonesia Forgot
Jakarta Globe
“We try to link transitional shelter to government plans to rebuild damaged houses,” Silviana said, explaining that the shelters are designed to last for up ...

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USAID/OFDA Indonesia Earthquake Fact Sheet #12 (FY 2010)
ReliefWeb (press release)
Humanitarian agencies have shifted focus to constructing transitional shelter and promoting safe building practices, as shelter cluster members reported the ...

Medair - Switzerland Medair is operating a short-term project in Padang to help vulnerable people rebuild their homes in the wake of a devastating earthquake and several aftershocks that battered the region on 30 September.

OneWorld.net
Water Concerns 1 Month After Indonesia Quake
OneWorld.net
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its 3 November report that funding for transitional shelter, water and sanitation, ...

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INDONESIA: WASH concerns a month after Sumatra quake
IRINnews.org
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its 3 November report that funding for transitional shelter, water and sanitation, ...

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Date: 31 Oct 2009
Source: AlertNet