Indonesia: Mt. Kelud Volcano - Feb 2014 Updates

Overview The Asia Pacific zone (APZ) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) comprises the zone office in Kuala Lumpur, four regional offices in Suva (Pacific),...

Overview 2014 was a year of several changes in Indonesia. The country went through parliamentary and presidential elections, both without major incidents. Mr. Joko Widodo (‘Jokowi’) was elected as...

Emergency Assistance to Communities Affected by Mount Kelud Eruption in East Java Province Situation Overview One week after the eruption, most of the displaced people in evacuation posts has been...

Asia-Pacific Humanitarian Bulletin January - June 2014

The first six months of 2014 saw the most intense and highest number of storms in Asia and the Pacific compared to the same period over the last five years. Over 31 million people were affected by 58 natural disasters.

Summary CHF 240,127 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 27 February 2014 to support the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in delivering assistance to approximately 3,400...

Natural disasters impact increasing Indonesia’s wet season, hydro-meteorological disasters, and their humanitarian impact, reached its peak in January affecting 1,212,747 persons, rising from 171,259...

Jakarta, 25 March 2014 Ref: ARES(2014)913081 Press Release The European Commission has allocated € 100,000 (approx. IDR 1.5 billion) in assistance to the victims of the volcanic eruptions in eastern...

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business | Wed, March 05 2014, 11:04 AM The government is to provide seeds to victims of the eruptions from Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra and Mount Kelud in Kediri, East...

The National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) reported 145 Disaster events – with whirlwinds being the most common followed by landslides and floods – resulting in a total of 26 deaths, at least...

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Archipelago | Sun, March 09 2014, 7:58 PM The reconstruction of houses affected by Mount Kelud’s eruption is entering the final stage with 12,184 houses having been...

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Archipelago | Wed, March 05 2014, 7:09 PM The recent eruption of Mt. Kelud in Kediri, East Java, has disrupted springs in four districts causing local residents to suffer...

La espectacular erupción del volcán Kelud en Java ha afectado en los últimas días a alrededor de 200.000 personas. Al mismo tiempo, la situación humanitaria de las poblaciones desplazadas tras la...

Under the coordination of the local government, the Indonesian Red Cross has been asked to target 20 per cent of the current displaced population of 83,088 people.

Apriadi Gunawan and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Karo, North Sumatra/Malang, East Java | Headlines | Tue, February 25 2014, 9:53 AM Thousands of residents who have returned to their...

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Indonesia: Volcanic Eruption – Mt Kelud Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) Operation n° MDRID009

By Dwi Handono, Save the Children, Indonesia “I was afraid that rocks and fire would fall on me”, says Juniar, an 11-year old girl from the tiny village of Gogorejo in Indonesia. Despite living...

1 INDONESIA The Volcanology Center in Indonesia (PVMBG) maintained Mt. Kelud's alert status at level 4, although there was some indication of decreased activity over the course of last week. The...