The unseen reactions to Obama's Nobel Oct 12, 2009
It was rocked again this week by an earthquake near Padang, on the island of Sumatra, which so far has killed more than 750, a figure that - predictably in earthquake stories - is expected to rise ... March 6, 2007 Two strong earthquakes kill at least 72 people and injure dozens in the West Sumatra provincial capital of Padang ... 6 quake strikes off the city of Padang on the coast of Sumatra. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
* Aid groups target Sumatras traumatized kids Oct 12, 2009
In this village outside the quake-hit city of Padang, one such group, the Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team, has set up a play area beside an intact warehouse. With dolls, balls and paper for children to draw on X grim drawings are often a sign of trauma X the aim is to use play and socializing to get children out of their shells, said Christian Jung, a consultant from German non-governmental organization Kinder Not Hilfe. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Unshaken complacency Oct 11, 2009
The recent earthquake in Padang occurred 400km from Kuala Lumpur ... The recent earthquake in Padang caused tremors for 10 minutes in the area around Johor Baru. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Killer earthquakes shake scientific thought Oct 11, 2009
Some 184 people died in the terrifying tsunami which smashed Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga on September 30, while thousands are feared dead after parts of Indonesia's Padang city were reduced to rubble just hours later. On Thursday, thousands of panicked people fled the coast as a rapid succession of large quakes off Vanuatu set off a tsunami warning for much of the South Pacific. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ignore Indonesian group, says minister Oct 10, 2009
However, he assured that the Indonesian police was keeping an eye on the group but dismissed them as a minor nuisance compared to other more pressing issues such as the recent Padang earthquake tragedy. Bendera coordinator Mustar Nona Ventura was reported saying that around 1,300 volunteers would depart for Malaysia between Oct 9 and 22, including 50 medical staff. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Medair Responds to Indonesia Earthquake Oct 9, 2009
"While life in Padang City gets back to normal, the provincial government is beginning to think about how to check the structural integrity of 200 municipal buildings, starting with 20 hospitals," reports Wooding ... Children salvage items from a damaged mosque in the quake-hit Lima Koto Timur district in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra province, October 9, 2009. (AlertNet)
Diggers assist Indonesian quake relief Oct 9, 2009
Australian troops are producing 10,000 litres of clean drinking water every hour for survivors of the Indonesian earthquake in the city of Padang ... Tasting the water during a visit to the site, the Padang deputy mayor Mehyeldi Ansarullah gave it the thumbs up ... One week after the Padang earthquake, which killed more than 1,000 people, Australian Defence Force (ADF) relief efforts are delivering medical treatment, fresh drinking water and tonnes of humanitarian aid into the region. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Earthquake preparation pays off for Indonesian village Oct 9, 2009
A man leaves his earthquake-destroyed house in a fishing village on the outskirts of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia' on Thursday ... In the worst-hit city of Padang, around 100,000 houses were severely damaged, while scores of public buildings collapsed, exposing shoddy construction ... The fact that so many buildings collapsed in Padang, which caused most of the deaths, is an indicator of poor preparation by a highly vulnerable city, says Sanny Jegillos, a regional coordinator for crisis... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Indonesia quake toll climbs, mass graves declared Oct 9, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) - Mass graves were designated in Indonesia on Thursday as villagers gave up hope of finding loved ones buried alive in landslides triggered by last week's 7 ... In Malalak, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Padang, West Sumatra, grieving villagers, religious leaders and officials agreed to stop looking for 40 people buried in landslides and declare the areas mass graves ... More than 210 bodies are believed to be interred beneath massive landslides that obliterated... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Aid reaches villagers deep in Indonesia quake zone Oct 8, 2009
PADANG PARIAMAN, Indonesia (AP) -- Aid workers reached farther into Indonesia's disaster zone Wednesday, delivering food and water for the first time to villages cut off for a week by earthquake-triggered landslides ... Large parts of the provincial capital of Padang and nearby villages were destroyed in the Sept. 30 quake ... Many villages were swept away by landslides in the hilly terrain to Padang's north. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Aid reaches quake victims in Indonesia Oct 8, 2009
Indonesian earthquake survivors line up for food provided by donors during a distribution in Padang, Indonesia, on Wednesday ... In the provincial capital of Padang, the search for the dead and treatment of injuries have given way to clearing debris and trying to prevent disease outbreaks ... Large parts of Padang city and nearby villages in West Sumatra province were destroyed by the quake. (MSNBC -- International)
* Foreign medical teams offer health care in Indonesia Oct 8, 2009
AP , PADANG PARIAMAN, INDONESIA Thursday, Oct 08, 2009, Page 5 ... Large parts of the provincial capital of Padang and villages in nearby mountains were flattened in the Sept. 30 quake or buried by landslides ... Many villages were swept away by landslides in the remote hilly terrain to Padangs north. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
View From Abroad- A tale of two days Oct 8, 2009
My first thought, That s Padang. Padang is a city on the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra ... It brings back memories of arriving in Padang late at night and staying in a hotel so disgusting, I actually felt dirtier after I took my bath. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Death toll of Indonesia quake reaches 704 Oct 7, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The number of fatalities of the 7. 6-magnitude quake in West Sumatra of Indonesia has reached to 704 and some 295 others are still missing, the provincial Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Indonesia to focus on markets for post quake recovery Oct 7, 2009
JAKARTA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will focus on collecting data on damaged markets and their rehabilitation to accelerate post earthquake-economic recovery in West Sumatra's provincial capital city of Padang, Kompas daily quoted a minister as saying on Wednesday ... Actually, even without the disaster, the Trade Ministry has planned to revitalize markets in Padang and Pariaman regency in 2010, using the state budget worth 3 billion rupiah (about 300,000U.S. dollars). (Xinhuanet, China)
Volunteers pour into Indonesia to find missing Oct 7, 2009
(10-03) 04:00 PDT Padang, Indonesia ... The wail of ambulances and the stench of decomposing bodies met volunteers from dozens of relief agencies Friday as they poured into the worst-hit area around the regional capital of Padang ... Contrasting that grim picture of grief and destruction, 19-year-old Virgo, a sophomore English major, was found alive under the rubble of her college in Padang, the Foreign Language School of Prayoga. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
False hope from voice in rubble in Indonesia Oct 7, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers rushed back into the rubble Tuesday after a woman's cries for help were reported coming from a collapsed hotel six days after Indonesia's devastating earthquake -- but the search was in vain ... 6-magnitude quake collapsed buildings in Padang city and sent landslides crashing down onto villages in the surrounding hills in West Sumatra province ... Demolition crews had begun knocking down damaged structures around Padang and hauling off debris in trucks. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Padang rescue efforts turn to remote hills Oct 7, 2009
pupils walk past the rubble of hotels and shops in Padang as schools opened for the first time since lase weeks earthquake ... PADANG: Unable to reach the bodies buried beneath them, workers have begun demolishing buildings damaged in Indonesia's giant earthquake ... Crews with heavy digging equipment tore down the collapsed remains of the six-storey Ambacang hotel in the regional capital, Padang, yesterday, where as many as 200 people are believed to have died. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Girl accuses dad of rape to be with boyfriend Oct 7, 2009
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will investigate the incident where a RMAF C-130 Hercules plane was hit by stones allegedly thrown by some Padang residents when it was there to carry out a relief and rescue mission, reported Berita Harian. RMAF chief General Datuk Rodzali Daud said the act could be seen as a sign that the presence of Malaysian planes was not welcomed by certain residents there. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Indonesia mulls declaring villages mass graves Oct 7, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) - Villages buried in landslides triggered by last week's earthquake may be declared mass graves, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday as relief agencies battled to reach remote areas ... 6-magnitude quake and obliterated four adjacent villages in Padang Pariaman district of Sumatra island ... "If after umpteen days the bodies are broken, if we dig them up probably their arms will break off, their legs will break off, it's no good," he told reporters in Padang, the... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Humanitarian aid to Padang will continue: DPM Oct 7, 2009
PUTRAJAYA: The mission to provide humanitarian aid to the victims of the earthquake in Padang, Indonesia, will continue although some people in that country still have a negative perception of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Wednesday ... To a certain extent, (the Malaysian team) has helped ease the situation in Padang and this is viewed in the context of the good relations between the two governments and between the peoples in general ... He was asked to comment on the negative... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Aid helps quake victims and also Indonesia's sick Oct 7, 2009
PADANG PARIAMAN, Indonesia - Foreign medical teams reached further into Indonesia's disaster zone Wednesday, treating victims of last week's massive earthquake but also dealing with crowds wanting help for other illnesses ... Large parts of the provincial capital of Padang and villages in nearby mountains were flattened in the Sept. 30 quake or buried by landslides ... Many villages were swept away by landslides in the remote hilly terrain to Padang's north. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Aid pours into Indonesia Oct 7, 2009
Another 10 bodies were pulled from wreckage around Padang, including six from the Ambacang, provincial disaster management operation head Ade Edward said ... About 45 metric tonnes (50 tons) of relief goods from US Agency for International Development stockpiles were due to arrive in Padang on Tuesday ... Meanwhile, a US Navy field hospital that will treat up to 400 people a day was opened in Padang and would start treating patients on Wednesday, a US official said. (iAfrica.com)
Foreign rescue teams leave quake-hit Indonesia city Oct 7, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Relief workers struggled to reach Indonesian quake survivors still without food or shelter a week after the disaster, while foreign rescue teams packed up their high-tech equipment on Wednesday and prepared to pull out. Aid has been pouring into the shattered West Sumatran city of Padang since the Sept. 30 earthquake, but the scale of the disaster, heavy rain and damaged infrastructure have meant it has been slow to reach outlying areas ... Helicopters are... (AlertNet)
Indonesia ramps up aid effort a week after quake Oct 7, 2009
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Mercy Corps Leads Relief and Recovery Work in the Asia-Pacific Oct 6, 2009
Within 24 hours of the disaster, Mercy Corps established contact with their staff in Padang, a major city near the epicenter of the quake, and immediately deployed global emergency specialists to the site. "The team here is amazing truly dedicated," said Malka Older, Mercy Corps' director of programs in Indonesia, who has been directing the effort in Padang ... In addition, the agency is working with the local water company to ensure that they can distribute clean water by tanker truck to... (AlertNet)
Quake-hit Indonesian city sprayed to stop disease Oct 6, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Health workers doused the Indonesian city of Padang with disinfectant to ward off disease outbreaks, and helicopters dropped aid to desperate survivors six days after a devastating earthquake. Survivors gather as a dog from the Hungarian rescue team sniffs for bodies in a landslide-hit area which was caused by an earthquake in the Padang Alai village area in Pariaman, West Sumatra province October 6, 2009 ... "It is difficult to get water because it is being... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Indonesia calls off search for missing survivors Oct 6, 2009
Kevin Frayer / APA villager walks on a felled palm tree as she surveys an area severely hit by landslides during last Wednesday's earthquake in the Sumatran Island village of Jumanak, in Padang Pariaman, on Sunday ... PADANG, Indonesia - Rescue workers called off the search Monday for life under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, focusing instead on bringing aid to survivors in the towns and hills of western Indonesia, despite being hampered by torrential rains ... First 100 hours are... (MSNBC -- International)
For Indonesia earthquake relief, true test comes in remote areas Oct 6, 2009
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, schools and marketplaces in the ravaged capital of Padang have begun reopening following last Wednesday's earthquake, suggesting that the city is returning to a semblance of normal life ... The village of Sungai Sarik may be typical of the challenges faced in areas to Padang's north ... In parts of Padang where the authorities haven't arrived, citizens are stepping in. (Christian Science Monitor)
Indonesia earthquake: Rescue teams refocus on survivors Oct 6, 2009
Inland from Padang, the worst-hit city on the coast, relief teams are finding more destroyed villages as well as some buried by mudslides after the 7 ... The devastation in outlying areas, as well as the hundreds of collapsed houses and high-rise buildings in Padang, make it likely that the final death toll will be in the thousands, up from the official tally of 715 ... Many towns and villages north and east of Padang were left out of early relief efforts, because roads were blocked and... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Aid pours into quake-hit Indonesia Oct 6, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) - Fresh international aid was on its way to earthquake victims in the Indonesian city of Padang on Tuesday as schools and shops reopened despite the stench of death and shortages of water ... He said about 45 metric tonnes of relief commodities from US Agency for International Development stockpiles in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was due to arrive in Padang around 0300 GMT Tuesday ... Related link: Padang picks up the broken pieces. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Padang mayor: no shoddy rebuilding Oct 6, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Reconstruction work in the earthquake-shattered Indonesian city of Padang must be up to scratch and building permits need to be handed out much more selectively, the mayor of the city told Reuters on Monday. In Padang, a city of 900,000 people which bore the brunt Wednesday's deadly 7 ... " Padang lies on one of the most active faultlines in the world, but a geologist said the city had been ill-prepared and remained at risk of being wiped out in the next... (AlertNet)
M'sian CPO firms in Padang unaffected by earthquake Oct 6, 2009
PETALING JAYA: The earthquake that hit Padang, west Sumatra will not have a big impact on Malaysian companies as Padang is not a hot spot for Malaysian palm oil producers ... However, it pointed out that as west Sumatra was not a major producer of Indonesias palm oil, any short term disruption on palm oil supply from Padang would not have a significant impact on processing of crude palm oil (CPO) ... Another analyst from a local research house said Padang was not a major planting area for... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Road restoration should be prioritized in quake-hit zone: experts Oct 6, 2009
Local offocials in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province, said more than 30 kilometers of roads have been severely damaged with five bridges collapsing. Hendri also said the government should step up restoration to other infrastructure, like electricity and telecommunications, to revive the economy. (Xinhuanet, China)
Voice in Rubble Days After Indonesia Quake Oct 6, 2009
Oct. 6: Rescuers search for victims in the ruins of a hotel that was destroyed by last week's earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Oct. 6: Rescuers search for victims in the ruins of a hotel that was destroyed by last week's earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia ... PADANG, Indonesia Workers briefly stopped tearing down the remnants of a hotel damaged in Indonesia's earthquake when someone said they heard a woman crying out Tuesday for help from beneath the rubble six days... (Fox News)
Alaska airmen to help with Indonesia relief Oct 6, 2009
Seven airmen from Elmendorf Air Force Base deployed to Padang, Indonesia, Monday to provide medical care to victims of the recent 7 ... "Four hospitals in Padang are damaged two of them severely -- so we'll be providing disaster relief, predominantly ambulatory care," said Lt. Col. David Olson, HARRT medical commander. (Anchorage Daily News)
Charities start collection drives for victims of regional disasters Oct 6, 2009
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Indonesian Earthquake Survivors Start Rebuilding After Rescue Efforts End Oct 6, 2009
Indonesian rescuers yesterday stopped searching for survivors in Padang, which was devastated by a 7 ... Rescuers from 19 countries have studied 31 rubble points in Padang and concluded that there were no signs of life, the disaster agency said ... The Indonesian government is also thinking about appointing a focal point institution to handle relief efforts in Padang. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Sumatra diary Oct 5, 2009
Treating quake victims in a mobile clinic near Padang. Is too much money being spent on Aids in Africa. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Votes counted in East Timor poll Oct 5, 2009
Treating quake victims in a mobile clinic near Padang. Watching video on smart phones will soon be easier. (Yahoo News -- East Timor)
Landslides threaten Indonesia quake victims Oct 5, 2009
(10-05) 00:38 PDT PADANG, Indonesia (AP) ... The undersea quake devastated 10 districts in the Western Sumatra province including the capital, Padang, a city of 900,000 people where scores of tall buildings, including hotels, a mall, mosques and schools came down crashing ... Heavy rain since Sunday night threatened to trigger more landslides and hamper delivery of aid as most aid teams were forced to stay put in Padang. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Aid push to wiped out villages Oct 5, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Rescuers and aid workers were fanning out on Monday into the hills of Indonesia's Sumatra island, where hundreds of people were buried in landslides triggered by an earthquake that may have killed 3,000. In the shattered city of Padang, which bore the brunt Wednesday's 7 ... While aid and international rescue teams have poured into Padang, a port city of 900,000, help has been slow to reach remoter inland areas, with landslides cutting many roads. (AlertNet)
World Vision: Urgent help needed to prevent trauma among child survivors of Asian disasters Oct 5, 2009
MANILA and PADANG - Child survivors of the recent disasters in Asia are at risk of long term psychological distress or trauma without urgent help, says a World Vision expert on children ... As part of its 90-day earthquake response plan in Indonesia, World Vision will open 13 Child-Friendly Spaces - nine in Padang Pariaman and four in Kota Padang ... An aerial view of the damage after a landslide caused by a powerful earthquake in Limo Koto Timur village in Padang , Indonesia's West Sumatra... (AlertNet)
Rains in Indonesia hold up search for bodies Oct 5, 2009
The missing include 644 people who were buried alive in four villages in the hills of Padang Pariaman district that were swept away by landslides caused by the quake ... The exodus - on motorcycles, cars and trucks - caused a massive traffic jam on the two-lane road to Padang, the provincial capital that also was badly hit. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Riaa Sues 744 Music Pirates Oct 5, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia -- Indonesians dug a mass burial pit in the earthquake-shattered city of Padang yesterday, while in nearby hills villagers with wooden hoes clawed in the mud in a near-hopeless search for hundreds. Call of the wild. (Yahoo News -- Digital Music)
Indo: hopes fade Oct 5, 2009
In Padang, a vast team dug at the Ambacang hotel, a focus for rescue efforts, where hopes had been raised for survivors on Saturday after police received a mobile text message supposedly from someone inside ... Outside of Padang, the scale of the disaster is only now being discovered ... Desperate villagers complained to AFP reporters that they were being neglected while the focus remained on Padang. (iAfrica.com)
* Villagers use bare hands to dig corpses Oct 5, 2009
LENDING A HELPING HAND: Doctors, nurses, search and rescue experts and cleanup crews arrived on Saturday in Padang, Indonesia, from around the world AP, JUMANAK, INDONESIA Monday, Oct 05, 2009, Page 5. Residents whose houses were destroyed by an earthquake live in a makeshift tent beside a road in Padang in Indonesias West Sumatra Province yesterday ... Officials said at least 644 people were buried and presumed dead in the hillside villages in Padang Pariaman district on the western coast of... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Some schools reopen in quake-hit Indonesia city Oct 5, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Markets reopened and some children attended school in the earthquake-shattered city of Padang on Monday, but inland hamlets engulfed by landslides were to be left as mass graves to focus on getting aid to survivors. An Indonesian student and her teacher cry as they pray at their school after it reopened for classes following an earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra province October 5, 2009 ... While aid and international rescue teams have poured into Padang, a city of... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
SAF medical team treats patients in quake-hit Indonesia Oct 5, 2009
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Teenager Buried By Quake Rescued 40 Hours Later Oct 5, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers pulled a teenager alive from her collapsed college about 40 hours after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, while elsewhere they heard cries for help Friday from people trapped under a collapsed hotel ... At the site of the former Ambacang Hotel in Padang city, rescue workers detected signs of life under a hill of tangled steel, concrete slabs and broken bricks of the three-story structure, said Gagah Prakosa, a spokesman of the rescue team ...... (W-USA News, DC)
Rains, mud complicate quake relief effort in Indonesia Oct 5, 2009
The missing include 644 people who were buried alive in four villages in the hills of Padang Pariaman district that were swept away by landslides caused by the quake. Among the victims were 200 to 300 guests at a wedding party in Jumanak village. (Boston Globe)
Disease fears as rains lash Indonesia quake zone Oct 5, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) - Heavy rain across Indonesia's earthquake disaster zone hampered relief efforts on Monday as health officials sought to contain the risk of disease caused by the thousands of buried bodies. Heavy showers soaked the devastated city of Padang and the surrounding rural areas, adding to the misery of those left homeless by the 7 ... Foreign aid and emergency teams continue to pour into Padang, but there is now little hope of pulling surivors from the wreckage of homes,... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Schools hold class in tents after Indonesia quake Oct 5, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia Hundreds of children went back to class Monday in schools set up in tents in Indonesia's earthquake zone to get counseling on the loss of loved ones and homes, as authorities tried to restore normalcy after the disaster ... "The government has called for classes to resume as soon as possible so they can create some normalcy," said Amson Simbolon, an education officer for UNICEF, as math classes began for around 300 students at one badly-damaged school in hard-hit city of... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Rain hits Indo quake zone Oct 5, 2009
Indonesian medical aid workers carry an injured man near a makeshift tent hospital in Padang on 5 October ... Heavy showers soaked the devastated city of Padang and the surrounding rural areas, adding to the misery of those left homeless by the 7 ... Foreign aid and emergency teams continue to pour into Padang, but there is now little hope of pulling survivors from the wreckage of homes, hotels and offices. (iAfrica.com)
Fifth Australian dies in Samoa Oct 5, 2009
Raw video: Australian surfer Brett McGrath shot this video in Padang just moments after his hotel had been wrecked by an earthquake ... PADANG PARIAMAN: Hopes of rescuing hundreds of people buried in. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Int'l rescuers to end mission in West Sumatra, as time limit passes Oct 5, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- International rescuers are planning to end their operations searching for survivors of the 7 ... Senior High School students wait for transport to take them home after an earthquake struck Padang, West Sumatra province, October 5, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Fifth Aussie dies, search for another 40 Oct 5, 2009
ADAM GARTRELL PADANG, INDONESIA ... An Australian search and rescue team worked through Padang and the surrounding areas, including Pariaman, the worst affected district, to assess the damage and rescue needs ... 6-magnitude quake toppled buildings and is believed to have killed more than 1100 people in Padang, home to nearly 1 million people on the coast of Sumatra on Wednesday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Landslides raise death toll in Indonesia Oct 5, 2009
(10-04) 04:00 PDT Padang, Indonesia ... Virtually nothing remained of four villages that had dotted the hillside of the Padang Pariman district in Indonesia's West Sumatra, said officials ... The government's death toll on Saturday held steady at 715, most reported in the region's badly hit capital of Padang, where aid efforts are concentrated. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
3 villages in quake-hit Padang to turn to mass graves Oct 5, 2009
3 villages in Indonesia's Padang to turn to mass graves_English_Xinhua. 3 villages in Indonesia's Padang to turn to mass graves ... Meanwhile, around 50 victims at Belakang Pondok village of West Padang sub district were still missing. (Xinhuanet, China)
Interview: Indonesia should speed up efforts to fix infrastructures after quake Oct 5, 2009
PADANG, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has to speed up efforts to fix infrastructures at three provinces in Sumatra Island that was damaged by a 7 ... According to the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association, 11 hotels in the provincial capital city of Padang and surrounding areas were severely or totally damaged. (Xinhuanet, China)
Hundreds still missing after Indonesia quakes Oct 4, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- Hundreds remained missing Sunday beneath mud and debris in Indonesian villages from a pair of devastating earthquakes that struck the country at its center. Rescuers search for victims in a collapsed building in Padang, Indonesia, on Friday ... Wednesday's quake reduced buildings to rubble in the city of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra. (CNN -- International)
Up to 4,000 buried in Indonesian quake rubble Oct 4, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday ... The West Sumatran capital, Padang, with about a million residents, is near the epicenter ... Telecommunications are difficult in the region, roads are cut off, and the hardest-hit area, including Padang, lacks power and other services, Holmes said. (CNN)
Officials: Quake Wiped Out Entire Villages Oct 4, 2009
PADANG, Indonesia, Oct. 3, 2009 ... Indonesian soldiers and rescue workers try to remove bodies trapped in the rubble of the Ambacang Hotel Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in Padang, Indonesia ... An Indonesian rescue worker pulls the hand of a victim as they try to remove bodies trapped in a collapsed building Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in the Sumatran Island city of Padang, Indonesia, three days after Wednesday's 7. (CBS News)
Earthquake Death Toll Rises Oct 4, 2009
The government's death toll on Saturday held steady at 715, most reported in the region's badly hit capitol of 900,000, Padang, where aid efforts are concentrated. Wednesday's quake orginated in the same faultline that birthed the 2004 Asian tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen nations. (FOX19.com, OH)
Indonesians Use Hands to Dig Corpses Oct 4, 2009
Oct. 3: Damaged houses are seen in this aerial image of an area affected by earthquake-triggered landslide in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra ... Officials said at least 644 people were buried and presumed dead in the hillside villages in Padang Pariaman district on the western coast of Sumatra island ... So far, aid and rescue efforts have been concentrated in the region's capital, Padang, a city of 900,000 people where several tall buildings collapsed. (Fox News)
