QUAKE: APPEALS for DONATIONS; NEARLY 5000 Killed; More FOOD AID and Pics of Disaster.
The misery of the quake on a black Monday morning in Yogyakarta and the surrounding areas is the heavy rain. Grieving survivors scavenged for food in the debris of their houses and buildings and rescuers are being hampered by rain, power outages and the closure of a local airport for the landing of planes for much needed supplies of food and medicines.
Closer to 5000 are reported dead in the quake. An estimated 20,000 people are now injured and more than 200,000 are made homeless went without shelter for a second night Sunday, living in makeshift tent cities or camping outside hospitals as they wait for help.
The Malaysian government “is doing all it can” to help Indonesia in their hour of need. And the local MCRS (Malaysia Red Crescent Society) and Mercy Malaysia are appealing for donations. You may be pinched by the hike in fuel and electricity, but there is always some extra to give to those in direr needs. Remember "the more you give, the more you will get back eventually".
MCRS: Contact: 60-3-4257-8122 / 60-3-4257-8236,. Email: mcrs@po.jaring.my
MERCY MALAYSIA Contact: 60-3-4256-9999 Cheques to:
45B 1st Floor, Jln Memanda 9, Ampang Point, 68000 Ampang, Selangor
made out to “Mercy humanitarian Fund”
Email: hew@mercy.org.my
More pictures of the Earthquake disaster
Survivors seeking shelter in make shift tents
Dwellings and houses totally destroyed by the Quake
The injured seeking treatments outside the full hospitals
The damaged roads and Prambanan temple complex just east of Yogyakarta has sustained substantial damage
The most horrific damage occurred in the district of Bantul, south of the city, where the tremor pulverized hundreds of houses, burying sleeping families beneath the rubble. Those lucky enough to escape dug for survivors with their bare hands. Electricity and phone lines throughout much of the city were disrupted, and Yogyakarta's airport was closed due to damage, diverting much-needed relief flights. Makeshift ambulances picked their way along cratered roads to hospitals and clinics choked with the injured. Nurses laid the wounded in folding beds outside the buildings, for fear of aftershocks. Even more crowded were the morgues, which filled with the dead until corpses spilled over into the hallways.
Mount Merapi was disturbed by the quake, and heavy clouds of ash and debris erupted in the hours that followed. But even if Merapi remains silent, the country still sits on one of the most geologically unstable patches of the earth, part of an
earthquake-prone area called the Ring of Fire. For Indonesia, natural catastrophe has come to seem all too natural.
The following is the latest dispatch from CNN available from
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/indonesia.quake/index.html
dateline: Monday, May 29, 2006; Posted: 4:55 a.m. EDT (08:55 GMT)
INDONESIA PRESIDENT: SPEED IT UP
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia's president has acknowledged a "lack of coordination" as the first aid trickled into the quake-stricken zone on Java island.Visiting refugees on Monday, The Associated Press quoted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as calling for government officials to be "more agile."The quake, which struck early Saturday morning close to the former Javanese royal capital of Yogyakarta, has so far killed 5,136 people, wounded nearly 6,504 and left 100,000 homeless.Heavy rain added to the misery Monday as grieving survivors scavenged for food in the debris of their houses. Rescuers are being hampered by rain, power outages and the closure of a local airport."I saw in many areas that there are many things that need to be speeded up," the president said, after declaring a state of emergency to quicken relief efforts.Slammed by some critics as being too slow to act in past disasters, Yudhoyono spent the first night after the quake sleeping in a tent along with survivors and moved his office to Yogyakarta to keep an eye on relief efforts, AP reported.Meanwhile, activity at the nearby Mount Merapi volcano has tripled since Saturday's quake, experts told AP, and a large eruption is still possible. Emergency aid only began arriving in two hard-hit districts of central Java on Monday, two days after the large quake flattened communities in this heavily populated Indonesian region.The U.N. aid flight carried in water, hygiene kits and tents, according to The Associated Press, as rescuers sifted through the debris of homes searching for survivors.Hospitals have been overwhelmed by the injured --- 2,192 of the 4,000 hurt are seriously wounded --- and medical workers fear tens of thousands of injured may not be receiving adequate treatment."Patients are still in the streets," said Malcolm Johnston, a representative of the International Federation of the Red Cross in Bantul. "Anywhere you can hang a drip, they're hanging a drip."Many people have been reluctant to enter hospitals because they fear structural damage from aftershocks. Since the quake struck before dawn on Saturday, there have been 450 aftershocks."We need more paramedics and field hospitals to take care of those who are injured," Andy Mallarangeng, spokesman for Yudhoyono, told CNN on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands went without shelter for a second night Sunday, living in makeshift tent cities or camping outside hospitals as they wait for help. "There are many, many, many people in misery right now," said Brook Weisman-Ross, a spokesman for the international children's charity, Plan International.
Most of the dead are being found in Bantul, a district near the Java coast just south of the historic tourist destination of Yogyakarta, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Jakarta.)Military troops have been deployed from Jakarta to help dig people out of the rubble and to evacuate victims.The Indonesian government has allocated 75 billion rupiah ($8 million) for its initial emergency response, and on Sunday, Australia offered A$3 million ($2.27 million) for emergency food, shelter and medical supplies.About 100 U.S. troops are bound for Yogyakarta to deliver supplies and equipment and help treat the thousands of injured people. The U.S. Marines, Air Force and Navy are involved in the effort. The U.N. World Food Program announced Sunday three trucks carrying enough high-energy biscuits to feed 20,000 people for a week had arrived in the districts of Bantul and Klaten.)"The challenge is to make sure there is no mismatch between what is needed and what is being offered," said Dr. Marty Natalegawa, the Indonesian ambassador to the United Kingdom.Earlier, WFP spokesman Trevor Rowe told CNN they were planning to bring in 80 tonnes of food, several teams of doctors and 2,300 kilograms (5,000 pounds) of medicine.Countries across the globe pledged monetary aid adding up to millions of dollars.)The 6.3-magnitude quake struck just before dawn Saturday about 15 miles (25 kilometers) south-southwest of Yogyakarta, near the volcano Mount Merapi.
Emergency food aid has begin arriving in two hard-hit districts of central Java, two days after a large earthquake flattened communities in the heavily populated Indonesian region. The country's Social Affairs Ministry said 4,983 people were killed in Saturday's quake in southern Indonesia and nearly 4,000 were injured. Visiting refugees on Monday, The Associated Press quoted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as calling for government officials to be "more agile."The quake, which struck early Saturday morning close to the former Javanese royal capital of Yogyakarta, has so far killed 5,136 people, wounded nearly 6,504 and left 100,000 homeless.Heavy rain added to the misery Monday as grieving survivors scavenged for food in the debris of their houses. Rescuers are being hampered by rain, power outages and the closure of a local airport."I saw in many areas that there are many things that need to be speeded up," the president said, after declaring a state of emergency to quicken relief efforts.Slammed by some critics as being too slow to act in past disasters, Yudhoyono spent the first night after the quake sleeping in a tent along with survivors and moved his office to Yogyakarta to keep an eye on relief efforts, AP reported.Meanwhile, activity at the nearby Mount Merapi volcano has tripled since Saturday's quake, experts told AP, and a large eruption is still possible. Emergency aid only began arriving in two hard-hit districts of central Java on Monday, two days after the large quake flattened communities in this heavily populated Indonesian region.The U.N. aid flight carried in water, hygiene kits and tents, according to The Associated Press, as rescuers sifted through the debris of homes searching for survivors.Hospitals have been overwhelmed by the injured --- 2,192 of the 4,000 hurt are seriously wounded --- and medical workers fear tens of thousands of injured may not be receiving adequate treatment."Patients are still in the streets," said Malcolm Johnston, a representative of the International Federation of the Red Cross in Bantul. "Anywhere you can hang a drip, they're hanging a drip."Many people have been reluctant to enter hospitals because they fear structural damage from aftershocks. Since the quake struck before dawn on Saturday, there have been 450 aftershocks.
"We need more paramedics and field hospitals to take care of those who are injured," Andy Mallarangeng, spokesman for Yudhoyono, told CNN on SundayHundreds of thousands went without shelter for a second night Sunday, living in makeshift tent cities or camping outside hospitals as they wait for help. ("There are many, many, many people in misery right now," said Brook Weisman-Ross, a spokesman for the international children's charity, Plan International.Most of the dead are being found in Bantul, a district near the Java coast just south of the historic tourist destination of Yogyakarta, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Jakarta.)Military troops have been deployed from Jakarta to help dig people out of the rubble and to evacuate victims.The Indonesian government has allocated 75 billion rupiah ($8 million) for its initial emergency response, and on Sunday, Australia offered A$3 million ($2.27 million) for emergency food, shelter and medical supplies.About 100 U.S. troops are bound for Yogyakarta to deliver supplies and equipment and help treat the thousands of injured people. The U.S. Marines, Air Force and Navy are involved in the effort. The U.N. World Food Program announced Sunday three trucks carrying enough high-energy biscuits to feed 20,000 people for a week had arrived in the districts of Bantul and Klaten. "The challenge is to make sure there is no mismatch between what is needed and what is being offered," said Dr. Marty Natalegawa, the Indonesian ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Earlier, WFP spokesman Trevor Rowe told CNN they were planning to bring in 80 tonnes of food, several teams of doctors and 2,300 kilograms (5,000 pounds) of medicine.Countries across the globe pledged monetary aid adding up to millions of dollarsThe 6.3-magnitude quake struck just before dawn Saturday about 15 miles (25 kilometers) south-southwest of Yogyakarta, near the volcano Mount Merapi.
Closer to 5000 are reported dead in the quake. An estimated 20,000 people are now injured and more than 200,000 are made homeless went without shelter for a second night Sunday, living in makeshift tent cities or camping outside hospitals as they wait for help.
The Malaysian government “is doing all it can” to help Indonesia in their hour of need. And the local MCRS (Malaysia Red Crescent Society) and Mercy Malaysia are appealing for donations. You may be pinched by the hike in fuel and electricity, but there is always some extra to give to those in direr needs. Remember "the more you give, the more you will get back eventually".
MCRS: Contact: 60-3-4257-8122 / 60-3-4257-8236,. Email: mcrs@po.jaring.my
MERCY MALAYSIA Contact: 60-3-4256-9999 Cheques to:
45B 1st Floor, Jln Memanda 9, Ampang Point, 68000 Ampang, Selangor
made out to “Mercy humanitarian Fund”
Email: hew@mercy.org.my
More pictures of the Earthquake disaster
Survivors seeking shelter in make shift tents
Dwellings and houses totally destroyed by the Quake
The injured seeking treatments outside the full hospitals
The damaged roads and Prambanan temple complex just east of Yogyakarta has sustained substantial damage
The most horrific damage occurred in the district of Bantul, south of the city, where the tremor pulverized hundreds of houses, burying sleeping families beneath the rubble. Those lucky enough to escape dug for survivors with their bare hands. Electricity and phone lines throughout much of the city were disrupted, and Yogyakarta's airport was closed due to damage, diverting much-needed relief flights. Makeshift ambulances picked their way along cratered roads to hospitals and clinics choked with the injured. Nurses laid the wounded in folding beds outside the buildings, for fear of aftershocks. Even more crowded were the morgues, which filled with the dead until corpses spilled over into the hallways.
Mount Merapi was disturbed by the quake, and heavy clouds of ash and debris erupted in the hours that followed. But even if Merapi remains silent, the country still sits on one of the most geologically unstable patches of the earth, part of an
earthquake-prone area called the Ring of Fire. For Indonesia, natural catastrophe has come to seem all too natural.
The following is the latest dispatch from CNN available from
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/indonesia.quake/index.html
dateline: Monday, May 29, 2006; Posted: 4:55 a.m. EDT (08:55 GMT)
INDONESIA PRESIDENT: SPEED IT UP
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia's president has acknowledged a "lack of coordination" as the first aid trickled into the quake-stricken zone on Java island.Visiting refugees on Monday, The Associated Press quoted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as calling for government officials to be "more agile."The quake, which struck early Saturday morning close to the former Javanese royal capital of Yogyakarta, has so far killed 5,136 people, wounded nearly 6,504 and left 100,000 homeless.Heavy rain added to the misery Monday as grieving survivors scavenged for food in the debris of their houses. Rescuers are being hampered by rain, power outages and the closure of a local airport."I saw in many areas that there are many things that need to be speeded up," the president said, after declaring a state of emergency to quicken relief efforts.Slammed by some critics as being too slow to act in past disasters, Yudhoyono spent the first night after the quake sleeping in a tent along with survivors and moved his office to Yogyakarta to keep an eye on relief efforts, AP reported.Meanwhile, activity at the nearby Mount Merapi volcano has tripled since Saturday's quake, experts told AP, and a large eruption is still possible. Emergency aid only began arriving in two hard-hit districts of central Java on Monday, two days after the large quake flattened communities in this heavily populated Indonesian region.The U.N. aid flight carried in water, hygiene kits and tents, according to The Associated Press, as rescuers sifted through the debris of homes searching for survivors.Hospitals have been overwhelmed by the injured --- 2,192 of the 4,000 hurt are seriously wounded --- and medical workers fear tens of thousands of injured may not be receiving adequate treatment."Patients are still in the streets," said Malcolm Johnston, a representative of the International Federation of the Red Cross in Bantul. "Anywhere you can hang a drip, they're hanging a drip."Many people have been reluctant to enter hospitals because they fear structural damage from aftershocks. Since the quake struck before dawn on Saturday, there have been 450 aftershocks."We need more paramedics and field hospitals to take care of those who are injured," Andy Mallarangeng, spokesman for Yudhoyono, told CNN on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands went without shelter for a second night Sunday, living in makeshift tent cities or camping outside hospitals as they wait for help. "There are many, many, many people in misery right now," said Brook Weisman-Ross, a spokesman for the international children's charity, Plan International.
Most of the dead are being found in Bantul, a district near the Java coast just south of the historic tourist destination of Yogyakarta, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Jakarta.)Military troops have been deployed from Jakarta to help dig people out of the rubble and to evacuate victims.The Indonesian government has allocated 75 billion rupiah ($8 million) for its initial emergency response, and on Sunday, Australia offered A$3 million ($2.27 million) for emergency food, shelter and medical supplies.About 100 U.S. troops are bound for Yogyakarta to deliver supplies and equipment and help treat the thousands of injured people. The U.S. Marines, Air Force and Navy are involved in the effort. The U.N. World Food Program announced Sunday three trucks carrying enough high-energy biscuits to feed 20,000 people for a week had arrived in the districts of Bantul and Klaten.)"The challenge is to make sure there is no mismatch between what is needed and what is being offered," said Dr. Marty Natalegawa, the Indonesian ambassador to the United Kingdom.Earlier, WFP spokesman Trevor Rowe told CNN they were planning to bring in 80 tonnes of food, several teams of doctors and 2,300 kilograms (5,000 pounds) of medicine.Countries across the globe pledged monetary aid adding up to millions of dollars.)The 6.3-magnitude quake struck just before dawn Saturday about 15 miles (25 kilometers) south-southwest of Yogyakarta, near the volcano Mount Merapi.
Emergency food aid has begin arriving in two hard-hit districts of central Java, two days after a large earthquake flattened communities in the heavily populated Indonesian region. The country's Social Affairs Ministry said 4,983 people were killed in Saturday's quake in southern Indonesia and nearly 4,000 were injured. Visiting refugees on Monday, The Associated Press quoted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as calling for government officials to be "more agile."The quake, which struck early Saturday morning close to the former Javanese royal capital of Yogyakarta, has so far killed 5,136 people, wounded nearly 6,504 and left 100,000 homeless.Heavy rain added to the misery Monday as grieving survivors scavenged for food in the debris of their houses. Rescuers are being hampered by rain, power outages and the closure of a local airport."I saw in many areas that there are many things that need to be speeded up," the president said, after declaring a state of emergency to quicken relief efforts.Slammed by some critics as being too slow to act in past disasters, Yudhoyono spent the first night after the quake sleeping in a tent along with survivors and moved his office to Yogyakarta to keep an eye on relief efforts, AP reported.Meanwhile, activity at the nearby Mount Merapi volcano has tripled since Saturday's quake, experts told AP, and a large eruption is still possible. Emergency aid only began arriving in two hard-hit districts of central Java on Monday, two days after the large quake flattened communities in this heavily populated Indonesian region.The U.N. aid flight carried in water, hygiene kits and tents, according to The Associated Press, as rescuers sifted through the debris of homes searching for survivors.Hospitals have been overwhelmed by the injured --- 2,192 of the 4,000 hurt are seriously wounded --- and medical workers fear tens of thousands of injured may not be receiving adequate treatment."Patients are still in the streets," said Malcolm Johnston, a representative of the International Federation of the Red Cross in Bantul. "Anywhere you can hang a drip, they're hanging a drip."Many people have been reluctant to enter hospitals because they fear structural damage from aftershocks. Since the quake struck before dawn on Saturday, there have been 450 aftershocks.
"We need more paramedics and field hospitals to take care of those who are injured," Andy Mallarangeng, spokesman for Yudhoyono, told CNN on SundayHundreds of thousands went without shelter for a second night Sunday, living in makeshift tent cities or camping outside hospitals as they wait for help. ("There are many, many, many people in misery right now," said Brook Weisman-Ross, a spokesman for the international children's charity, Plan International.Most of the dead are being found in Bantul, a district near the Java coast just south of the historic tourist destination of Yogyakarta, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Jakarta.)Military troops have been deployed from Jakarta to help dig people out of the rubble and to evacuate victims.The Indonesian government has allocated 75 billion rupiah ($8 million) for its initial emergency response, and on Sunday, Australia offered A$3 million ($2.27 million) for emergency food, shelter and medical supplies.About 100 U.S. troops are bound for Yogyakarta to deliver supplies and equipment and help treat the thousands of injured people. The U.S. Marines, Air Force and Navy are involved in the effort. The U.N. World Food Program announced Sunday three trucks carrying enough high-energy biscuits to feed 20,000 people for a week had arrived in the districts of Bantul and Klaten. "The challenge is to make sure there is no mismatch between what is needed and what is being offered," said Dr. Marty Natalegawa, the Indonesian ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Earlier, WFP spokesman Trevor Rowe told CNN they were planning to bring in 80 tonnes of food, several teams of doctors and 2,300 kilograms (5,000 pounds) of medicine.Countries across the globe pledged monetary aid adding up to millions of dollarsThe 6.3-magnitude quake struck just before dawn Saturday about 15 miles (25 kilometers) south-southwest of Yogyakarta, near the volcano Mount Merapi.
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