Sunday, August 29, 2010

President follows Sinabung Eruption Information

Special staff in the Social Assistance and Natural Disasters, Andi Arief, share info about Sinabung eruptions in North Sumatra (North Sumatra), via Twitter social networking account.

"The president continues to follow developments and has been reported about the occurrence of this eruption," wrote Andi Arief at Twitternya account on Sunday morning.



He is also currently still underway, the evacuation of local people. "Assistant to join a special staff to monitor directly the process of evacuation of the residents," he wrote again.



He wrote, based on the results of coordination with National Disaster Management Agency and volcanology, command handling in the hands of Karo Regent. He also wrote, based on information he had received one of the villagers of the People Love, Surbakti (54) died after suffering shortness of breath on the way out of his village fled.



Meanwhile, Sinabung located in Tanah Karo, North Sumatra erupted at around 0:15 pm Sunday. Previously Sinabung having an altitude of 2460 meters above sea level began to show its activities by issuing black smoke on Saturday (08/28) morning.



Indonesian Red Cross estimates that at least 12 thousand people displaced by the eruption Sinabung. On Saturday night (28 / 8), after the Red Cross distributed 500 masks, then three personnel Satgana PMI North Sumatra along with an ambulance to sweep and around the village to monitor the latest situation.

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