Date: April – July 2006 Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3 and above After half a decade of relative calm, Mt Merapi began showing signs of an imminent eruption in April 2006. Powerful pyroclastic flows in late May marked the peak of the eruption. Tens of thousands...
Date: 5 September 2005 In September 2005, a Mandala Airlines airplane travelling from Medan to Jakarta in overcast weather crashed into a densely populated residential area shortly after take-off. The accident claimed the lives of 149 people including the Governor of...
Date: 28 March 2005 Magnitude: 8.7 The Nias Earthquake that shook Indonesia in March 2005 claimed 850 lives and destroyed 95 per cent of the structures on the island, including 13,000 homes. Mercy Relief was quick to respond to the Indonesian government’s appeal for...
Date: 26 December 2004 Magnitude: 9.0 The Indian Ocean Tsunami, triggered by a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake on Boxing Day 2004, claimed more than 250,000 lives and rendered at least two million more homeless. The enormity of the crisis saw Mercy Relief join...
Date: 3 November 2003 The flash floods that hit the North Sumatran district of Bahorok in November 2003 triggered devastating landslides that killed 245, displaced thousands, and destroyed a renowned Orangutan Sanctuary which was not only the largest for the...
Date: 6 December 2014 Category: 3 (Severe Tropical Cyclone) Typhoon Hagupit made its first landfall in the province of Eastern Samar on 6 December 2014, and then made three other landfalls in the country, claiming the lives of 18 and injuring 916 others. More...
