A grandmother and 5 Years-old Boy Died Because of Landslide

Berita.com, Kebumen: Family of grandma Sutiyem cried when she was removed from the heap of
soil that befell her body by SAR team. The landslides often occurred in Krakal Vilage, Kebumen,
Central Java. But this time the damage caused quite worse.

As reported by Evening News IndoTV, Tuesday (11/25/2014), heavy rains that occurred on
Monday night, 24 November eroded soil and caused landslides that pile up 6 houses. A
grandmother became victims of the disaster. She could not save herself because she was asleep
when the landslide came.

“It happened so fast. Even I could not save anything,” said one of the victims whose home was
buried in the ground.

Meanwhile in Cililin region, West Bandung, West Java, A number of houses collapsed due to heavy
rains that eroded settlements’ soil there. This incident caused a 5 year-old boy died buried under
the ruins of the house. While his father suffered serious injuries and had to receive treatment in
Cililin hospitals.

Landslides also occurred in the District of Coastal Tassel, Pekan Baru, Riau. It caused a school
building collapsed due to buried in the ground. This incident made the schools was forced to
dismiss the learning activity until conditions getting better. Besides landslides, thousands of homes
were flooded due to overflowing of Siak River. Fortunately, there were no fatalities in this incident

Tornado Destroyed Houses in Jember and Bali

Berita.com, Jember: Torrential rains accompanied by strong winds destroyed dozens of homes.
People who are living in a village in Jember, East Java did not believe that their homes were
destroyed because of a tornado.

As shown in IndoTV Afternoon News, Thursday (20/03/2014), when the incident took place, the
people overloaded by fleeing. “The wind was so strong we all ran out of the house because the
roof and tiles scattered,” said a villager. The residents whose houses broken have to evacuate to
a neighbor’s house whose house survived from tornado. The incident resulted loss up to tens of
millions dollars.

Meanwhile, a tornado knocked down power lines and a number of trees in Denpasar Street,
Gilimanuk, Bali. As a result, electricity and telephone were disconnected. Strong winds also
destroyed a temple there. “The strong winds knocked down the fences outside and flew roof’s
temple,” said one of residents.

According to BMKG Region III Denpasar, Bali, The strong winds that occurred in Bali called gusty
wind which has speed 34 knots per hour

West Java was Rocked by 5 SR Earthquake

Berita.com, Jakarta: An earthquake shocked Indonesia again. This time, a 5 righter scale
earthquake shake up Cianjur, West Java.

“The earthquake occurred on Saturday at around 17:36 pm,” said citizen. According to BMKG, the
earthquake was in a depth of 10 kilometers in 8:37 south latitude – 06.79 East Longitude.

The earthquake which happened in the afternoon created panic among the residents. They were
afraid of tsunami which can be caused by the earthquake. Luckily, the fear did not happen.

“The earthquake did not cause a tsunami because the strength was not big enough,” said BMKG.

Nevertheless, hundreds of homes were damaged and destroyed by the earthquake. However, so
far it’s unknown whether there were fatalities or injured in the incident.
Tsunami in Aceh, December 26, 2004

The earthquake and tsunami in Aceh is one of the devastating natural disaster in Indonesia
even in the world for the last 40 years. According to the UN, as many as 229 826 victims of
the earthquake and tsunami missing and another 186 983 have died. The Indian Ocean
Tsunami become the worst earthquake and tsunami last 10 years. Earthquake berkekuatan9.3
SR (according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center) has been devastating northern Aceh,
North Sumatra, West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, the East Coast of India,
SriLanka, even to the East Coast of Africa. This is the biggest disaster in the history of death.
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand is a country with the number of deaths in
Indonesia as many as 126 thousand people died in the disaster, and more than 30 thousand
others missing. The areas most severely affected by the earthquake and tsunami is Meulaboh
and Banda Aceh. Nearly 50% of the buildings destroyed in the region hit by the earthquake
followed by a tsunami wave that reaches a height of 9 meters.

The eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta

Mount Merapi is one of the most active volcanoes in the world that has a cycle peak of
eruption every two up to five years. In the last 10 years, there were two major eruptions
happened. The first major eruption occurred in 2006, exactly on Juni2006 and the second is
the eruption that occurred on November 5 2010.Erupsi Mount Merapi, which occurred on
Friday morning 5 November 2010 was the largest eruption since 1872. The clouds glide heat
reaches the 15 km is hot clouds glide past the longest since 1872, which reached 11- 12 km.
on Nov. 5, killing more than 200 victims. The region affected by the eruption of the volcano
in a region that is about 16 to 18 kilometers from the peak of Merapi. The eruption threw
even the new dome of Merapi than the eruption that occurred in 2006, the eruption of Mount
Merapi in November 2010 issued a far greater energy. If previously the lava only reach 3- 4
km from the summit, in 2010 within the lava reaches more than 10 km. Signs of the eruption
were also there is a difference, if in 2006 there were lava dome that formed in advance so that
when the unstable lava dome and then fall, as she did so hot clouds. But the eruption in 2010
that does not happen, it is happening is that the eruption eruptions (explosive) so that the risk
is greater. In addition to the things mentioned earlier, if judging from the number of victims
of the eruption of Merapi in 2010 is far more configurable many reaching 275 victims
(according BNPB) which includes citizens of Yogyakarta and Central Java. While the
eruption in 2006 led to two deaths.

Wasior flood. October 4, 2010

Flood that occurred precisely in Wasior, Wondama Bay, West Papua because of the damage
that occurred in Wasior forest so when it rained continuously flushed the city resulted in the
overflow of the river rod Salai.Walhi estimates about 30 -40% of the forests in the region are
over fungsisehingga trigger the overflow of the rivers due to absorption by both rainwater
into the ground. Activities felling of trees since the 1990s is considered to be the main cause
of forest destruction that resulted in flooding that occurred bandang.Banjir lead in Wasior
destroyed much of the infrastructure, including airfields in Wasior, while damage also hit
homes, hospitals, bridges and also some gereja.Kerusakan that occurs due to the recent
flooding brings with large rocks, tree trunks, mud.
Storm

The storm is the extreme weather, ranging from hail and snowstorms to sandstorms and dust.
The storm also called tropical cyclones by meteorologists, comes from the ocean warm. The
storm moved over the sea to follow the direction of the wind with a speed of about 20 km / h.
The storm is not unusual windstorm. The strength of the wind can whip out a big tree by the
roots, breaking down the bridge, and the roofs of buildings with . the most dangerous thing of
the storm is lightning, flash floods, and high winds. There are various kinds of storms, such
as rainstorms, thunderstorms, and blizzards. The most destructive hurricane is a cyclone
(hurricane), known as cyclones (cyclones) in the Indian Ocean or cyclone (typhoon) in the
Pacific Ocean.

Tornado

Tornado is a fast rotating column of air that forms the relationship between a cumulonimbus
cloud or in the rare event of a cumulus cloud base to the ground. Tornadoes come in many
sizes but are typically in the form a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches
the earth and is often surrounded by a cloud of debris.
Most tornadoes have wind speeds of 177 km / h or more with the average reach of 75 m and
employ several kilometers before dissipating. Several tornadoes that reached wind speeds of
300-480 km / h stretch more than a mile (1.6 km) and can survive on surfaces with more than
100 km.

Wildfire

Forest fire, vegetation fire, or burning bush, a fire that occurred in the wild, but also can
destroy homes and agricultural land around it. Common causes include lightning, human
carelessness and arson.
Drought and forest fire prevention small is a major cause of forest fires is great.
Wildfires in English means "wild fire" coming from a synonym of Greek Fire, a napalm-like
substance used in Medieval Europe as a maritime weapon
 Drought

Drought is a state of shortage of water supply in an area in which a prolonged period (several
months to years). These events usually appear when a region is continuously subjected to
rainfall below the average. Prolonged drought will cause drought because groundwater
reserves will be depleted by evaporation (evaporation), transpiration, or other uses by
humans.
Drought could be a natural disaster if it begins to cause a region to lose a source of income
due to disruption to agriculture caused danekosistem. Economic and ecological impact of the
drought is a process that limits the drought in each field may vary. However, a brief but
intense droughts can also cause significant damage.
The UN calculates that every year an area of fertile land territory of Ukraine is lost due to
drought, deforestation, and climate irregularity.
A result that can be caused by drought in demographics are mass migration, as happened in
the Horn of Africa danSahel.