Kamis, 24 Februari 2011

Tsunami Aceh

Tsunami Aceh.Tectonic earthquake measuring 8.5 Richter Scale centered in the Indian Ocean (2.9 latitude and 95.6 east longitude at a depth of 20 km (in the sea is about 149 km southtown of Meulaboh ,Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam ).The quake was also accompanied by a tidal wave ( tsunami) that swept some offshore areas in Indonesia (Aceh and North Sumatra), Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Maldives and Thailand.

According to the Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations (UN), Jan Egeland, the death toll from the tsunami storm in 13 countries (up to week 2 / 1) to reach 127,672 people. But the death toll in Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Africa will never be known, is estimated at least 150,000 people. The UN estimates that most of the additional deaths are in Indonesia, namely Aceh. The reason, most of the obstructed humanitarian aid to enter because there are many isolated areas.