Three deadly natural disasters hit Indonesia in the month of October 2010. On October 4, a flash flood ravaged Wasior village in West Papua. The tsunami-like waters over 3 feet high washed away homes, leaving 144 dead, 123 missing and thousands displaced and injured. On Monday, October 25, 2010, at 9.42 p.m. Western Indonesian time,
On Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Tasikmalaya, a city on the province of West Java in Indonesia. It claimed over 100 lives and thousands of people were injured. Over 30,000 people have been left homeless, remaining in make-shift tents or without any form of shelter. With the
On October 1st, 2009, CERDAS Foundation launched an urgent appeal to help the people in the city of Padang and the surrounding areas in the province of West Sumatra in Indonesia following a strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale that struck the area on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009. This earthquake which compeletely destroyed