Posts with tag: Earthquakes

When disaster strikes

Analysis, Policies, Policy in Focus, Public health

Earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic explosions – 2018 was a tumultuous year for Indonesia. Madelina Ariani asks how the health sector can provide a better safety net in 2019 and beyond.

Talking Indonesia: managing natural disasters

Policies, Talking Indonesia

What more could Indonesia be doing to mitigate the risk and impact of major natural disasters? In Talking Indonesia this week, Dr Dave McRae speaks to disaster management experts Professor Kuntoro Mangkusubroto and Dr Rahmawati Husein.

Why Indonesia is right to limit NGOs post-disaster

Aid & Development, Analysis

Indonesia has been widely criticised for its decision to limit the involvement of foreign aid personnel in the response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi. Ashlee Betteridge writes that Indonesia is doing the right thing by restricting access.

‘Families were left to try to identify the dead themselves’

Interview

It is more than a week since Central Sulawesi was struck by an earthquake and tsunami that has already claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people. We spoke to local resident Adriany Badrah about the recovery effort and how local people are coping.

Did humans cause the Lusi mudflow disaster?

Analysis, Environment

For 10 years, hot mud has been erupting from the ground in Sidoarjo, East Java. It has submerged villages and displaced about 39,700 people, and disaster management costs have exceeded $2.7 billion. Earthquake expert Associate Professor Mark Quigley examines the origins of the mud volcano, which remain controversial after a decade.