DHA-GENEVA 94/0501
INDONESIA - VOLCANIC ERUPTION
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
23 NOVEMBER 1994
SITUATION
1.UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN JAKARTA REPORTS THAT MT. MERAPI (2968 M), A VOLCANO SITUATED ON ISLAND OF JAVA, ERUPTED ON 22 NOV, AT 10.15 HRS LOCAL TIME. A PYROCLASTIC FLOW CONTAINING HOT ASH, GAS AND OTHER PARTICLES IN SUSPENSION FLOWED SIX KILOMETRES DOWN ALONG THE RIVER BOYONG IN TURGO VILLAGE, SUBDISTRICT OF PAKEM, YOGYAKARTA PROVINCE.
2.TWENTY-FOUR (24) PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 95 SEVERELY INJURED. 25 OF 40 PUBLIC WORKS WORKERS WHO WERE BUILDING A WATER TREATMENT FACILITY STILL MISSING, WHILE 15 WERE FOUND DEAD. 6,026 PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES IN THE SUBDISTRICT OF PAKEM WERE EVACUATED.
3.EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MINISTER COORDINATOR FOR PEOPLE'S WELFARE / CHAIRMAN OF THE INDONESIAN DISASTER COUNCIL (BAKORNAS PB) VISITING AFFECTED AREA ON 23 NOV.
4.LOCAL VOLCANOLOGY OFFICIALS ADVISED AUTHORITIES AND LOCAL PEOPLE TO REMAIN ON ALERT FOR 7 DAYS.
5.ON 20 AND 21 NOV, INDONESIA WAS ALSO HIT BY FOUR EARTHQUAKES IN MALUKU, IRIAN JAYA, NORTH SUMATRA AND DENPASAR REGISTERING BETWEEN 5.0 AND 5.7 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. IN IRIAN JAYA, 39
PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND DAMAGE IS STILL BEING ASSESSED BY THE DISTRICT AUTHORITIES. NO CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE WERE REPORTED FROM THE OTHER AREAS.
6.UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE MONITORING SITUATION IN CONSULTATION WITH NATIONAL AUTHORITIES.
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DHA-GENEVA 94/0504
INDONESIA - MT. MERAPI VOLCANIC ERUPTION
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
29 NOVEMBER 1994
SITUATION
1. LATEST REPORTS INDICATE 37 DEAD AND 85 SEVERELY INJURED (46 CRITICALLY). 15 HOUSES TOTALLY DESTROYED, 25 SEVERELY DAMAGED. 6,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED. HOWEVER, DUE TO HEAT FROM PYROCLASTIC FLOW, LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO THOROUGHLY ASSESS CASUALTIES/DAMAGE.
2. INDONESIAN VULCANOLOGISTS RECOMMEND THAT A 10 KM-LONG AREA ALONG RIVER BOYONG BE EVACUATED IN CASE OF FURTHER LARGE ERUPTION.
3. SINCE RIVER BOYONG FLOWS INTO RIVER CODE IN PROVINCIAL CAPITAL OF YOGYAKARTA, RESIDENTS ALONG RIVER CODE HAVE BEEN WARNED TO STAY ALERT AND TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES DUE TO
POSSIBILITY OF COLD LAHAR FLOW.
NATIONAL RESPONSE
4. CLEAN WATER FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO AFFECTED AREAS. FIELD KITCHENS HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR EVACUEES. INDONESIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS CONTINUING SEARCH FOR MISSING PEOPLE.
5. PRESIDENT VISITED AFFECTED AREAS 26 NOVEMBER. COORDINATING MINISTER FOR PEOPLE'S WELFARE PROVIDED 50 MILLION RUPIAHS TO ASSIST AFFECTED POPULATION.
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
6. WHO PLANNING TO DEPLOY PLASTIC SURGEONS TO ASSIST LOCAL HOSPITALS WITH PLASTIC SURGERY. JAPANESE GOVT DISPATCHING GROUP OF MEDICAL ADVISORS. PLASTIC SURGERY URGENTLY REQUIRED TO
SAVE LIVES OF CRITICALLY BURNED PEOPLE.
7. CONTRIBUTIONS REPORTED TO DHA-GENEVA
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UN SYSTEM
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US DLRS
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WHO
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CASH
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15,000
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PROVISION OF PLASTIC SURGEONS
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GOVERNMENTS
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JAPAN
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MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND MEDICINES
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155,000
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PROVISION OF GROUP OF MEDICAL ADVISORS AND TRANSPORT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
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114,000
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++ = VALUE OF CONTRIBUTION UNSPECIFIED
8. SINCE DAMAGE PRESENTLY CONCENTRATED IN VILLAGE OF TURGO, DISTRICT OF SLEMAN, UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS THAT LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE MANAGING SITUATION WELL. TO DATE, INDONESIAN GOVT HAS NOT APPEALED FOR FURTHER INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH GOVT AND MONITORING SITUATION.
9. FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF BILATERAL RELIEF MISSIONS/PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY ITEM.
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DHA-GENEVA 94/0508
INDONESIA - MT. MERAPI VOLCANIC ERUPTION
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 3
30 NOVEMBER 1994
SITUATION
1. 50 DEAD, 26 STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. 20 MISSING AND SEARCH FOR THEM CONTINUES. INDONESIAN MEDICAL TEAMS, ASSISTED BY JAPANESE PLASTIC SURGEONS, UNDERTAKING URGENT LIFE-SAVING PLASTIC
SURGERY FOR VICTIMS WITH SEVERE BURNS.
2. NO MORE PYROCLASTIC FLOWS OBSERVED SINCE 23 NOV. HOWEVER, LAVA STILL FLOWING 1.5 KMS DOWN RIVER BOYONG. GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS INDICATES INCREASED EMISSIONS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE UP TO 44
TONS A DAY, INDICATING POSSIBLE FURTHER ERUPTIONS.
NATIONAL RESPONSE
3. LOCAL VULCANOLOGY OFFICE HAS DECLARED VILLAGES OF TURGO (MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED), KINAHREDJO, KALIADEM, TRITIS AND NGANDONG IN DISTRICT OF SLEMAN, YOGYAKARTA AS VERY DANGEROUS AREAS SINCE THEY ARE LOCATED ONLY 5 KMS FROM CRATER. LOCAL AUTHORITIES NOT
ALLOWING 2,700 EVACUEES FROM THESE 5 VILLAGES TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME VILLAGES.
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
4. ON 2 DEC UNDMT WILL MEET WITH INTERESTED DONOR AGENCIES, AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES (WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL DISASTER COUNCIL WORKING GROUP) WILL EXPLAIN STATUS OF MT. MERAPI VOLCANO AND SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES WHICH OCCURRED IN INDONESIA.
5. FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF BILATERAL RELIEF MISSIONS/PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY ITEM.
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DHA-GENEVA 94/0516
INDONESIA - MT. MERAPI VOLCANIC ERUPTION
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 4
7 DECEMBER 1994
SITUATION
1. 58 DEAD. INDONESIAN AND JAPANESE MEDICAL TEAMS JOINTLY CONDUCTING LIFE-SAVING SURGERY ON 22 CRITICALLY INJURED VICTIMS. ALSO, WHO PLASTIC SURGERY ADVISOR ARRIVED IN YOGYAKARTA.
2. CONTINUING SMALL ERUPTIONS ARE CAUSING LAVA FLOWS UP TO 1.5 KM DOWN RIVER BOYONG.
3. PYROCLASTIC FLOW HAS DAMAGED A SPRING WATER SOURCE, WHICH SUPPLIES CLEAN WATER TO KALLURANG RESORT TOWN (NEXT TO VILLAGE OF TURGO).
4. ONE MILLION CUBIC METERS OF PYROCLASTIC SEDIMENT NOW CONDENSING ALONG RIVER BOYONG, WHILE ANOTHER 12 MILLION CUBIC METERS IS STILL LOOSE AROUND CRATER.
NATIONAL RESPONSE
5. LOCAL VULCANOLOGY OFFICE, DECLARING THAT ERUPTION HAS SLOWED DOWN, HAS LET EVACUEES FROM NON-DANGEROUS ZONES RETURN HOME. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE DECIDED THAT 2,700 EVACUEES FROM 5
VILLAGES IN DANGEROUS ZONE WILL BE RESETTLED LOCALLY. PLANS FOR THIS RESETTLEMENT/TRANSMIGRATION TO BE DEVELOPED.
6. 15,000 PEOPLE IN 11 VILLAGES ALONG RIVER CODE IN YOGYAKARTA HAVE BEEN ALERTED TO POSSIBILITY OF EVACUATION, SINCE ANY HEAVY RAINFALL AROUND RIVER BOYONG COULD IMMEDIATELY TRIGGER COLD LAHAR FLOW TO YOGYAKARTA.
7. COLD LAHAR CONTROL IS URGENTLY NEEDED. EXISTING LAHAR CONTROL WORKS AND SABO DAMS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON WEST SIDE OF VOLCANO IN MAGELANG DISTRICT. RIVER BOYONG HAS ONLY 2 SABO
DAMS OF 400,000 CUBIC METER CAPACITY. GOVT PLANS TO CONSTRUCT 3 SABO DAMS OF 350,000 CUBIC METER CAPACITY EACH, DOWNSTREAM FROM RIVER BOYONG.
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
8. ON 2 DEC, DONOR INFORMATION MEETING WAS HELD AT UNDP OFFICE, AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES INDICATED THAT VOLCANO IS STILL UNSTABLE. HE REPORTED THAT MT. MERAPI HAS A 3-4 YEAR ERUPTION CYCLE AND SAID THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER STRONG ERUPTION IN NEAR FUTURE. HE EMPHASIZED IMMEDIATE NECESSITY TO PROMOTE PEOPLE'S ALERTNESS TO DANGERS AND TO PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY YOGYAKARTA AUTHORITIES TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY.
9. FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF BILATERAL RELIEF MISSIONS/PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY ITEM.
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