Großstadt nach Erdbeben in Sumatra offenbar schwer in Mitleidenschaft gezogen
Nach dem gestrigen Erdbeben in Samoa und der tödlichen Flutwelle, die bislang mindestens 100 Menschenleben kostete, wurde heute vormittag (MEZ) nach zwei Erdbeben mit der Stärke 7,6 (andere Quellen: 7,9) und 5,5 in Sumatra eine neue Tsunami-Warnung herausgegeben. Sie gilt für die Länder Indonesien, Malaysia, Thailand und Indien.
Besonders schwer soll es die knapp 900.000 Einwohner zählende Stadt Padang getroffen haben. Dort soll eine Reihe von Hotels zerstört worden sein, Häuser und Brücken seien zusammengebrochen und offenbar gibt es auch Brände.
Großstadt Padang (West Sumatra)
Update: Die Tsunami Warnung ist inzwischen wieder aufgehoben worden, die Meldungen über Schäden in Padang häufen sich.
Erste Berichte:
AFP: Up to 1,000 people may have been killed after the earthquake in Indonesia (19:00 MESZ)
“A number of hotels in Padang have been destroyed,” Indonesian geophysics and meteorology agency tsunami warning head Rahmat Triyono said.
“Up to now we haven’t been able to reach Padang, communications have been cut,” Triyono said.
There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
Local news channel Metro TV reported fires amid the wreckage in Padang, a city of 900,000, where panicked residents had run onto the streets as the quake hit. It also reported that the building of the Institute of Health Sciences in Padang collapsed in the quake.
“Hundreds of houses have been damaged along the road. There are some fires, bridges are cut and there is extreme panic here maybe because water pipes are broken and there is flooding in the streets,” said a Reuters witness in the city.
“We have received reports that many house have been destroyed in West Sumatra,” Gagah Prakoso, spokesman for the National Search and Rescue Agency said by phone in Jakarta. “We have deployed teams of rescuers from nearby branches to the location. We are still waiting for more detailed information.”
Large buildings had come down in the earthquake, AFP reported.
The tremor was also felt in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra. Hasibuan, a local, told Metro TV that house roofs were shaken strongly. People panicked and ran out of their homes and some people were still out in the street, too scared to go back inside, he said. (Quelle: thejakartaglobe.com)
News:
Tausende Opfer auf Sumatra befürchtet
(Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 30.09.2009)
Viele Tote auf Indonesien nach schwerem Beben
(Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 30.09.2009)
Powerful quake off Indonesia's Sumatra Island
(abc.net.au, 30.09.2009)
Tsunami-News via Twitter
Sumatra-News via Twitter
News über Padang via Twitter
Besonders schwer soll es die knapp 900.000 Einwohner zählende Stadt Padang getroffen haben. Dort soll eine Reihe von Hotels zerstört worden sein, Häuser und Brücken seien zusammengebrochen und offenbar gibt es auch Brände.
Großstadt Padang (West Sumatra)
Update: Die Tsunami Warnung ist inzwischen wieder aufgehoben worden, die Meldungen über Schäden in Padang häufen sich.
Erste Berichte:
AFP: Up to 1,000 people may have been killed after the earthquake in Indonesia (19:00 MESZ)
“A number of hotels in Padang have been destroyed,” Indonesian geophysics and meteorology agency tsunami warning head Rahmat Triyono said.
“Up to now we haven’t been able to reach Padang, communications have been cut,” Triyono said.
There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
Local news channel Metro TV reported fires amid the wreckage in Padang, a city of 900,000, where panicked residents had run onto the streets as the quake hit. It also reported that the building of the Institute of Health Sciences in Padang collapsed in the quake.
“Hundreds of houses have been damaged along the road. There are some fires, bridges are cut and there is extreme panic here maybe because water pipes are broken and there is flooding in the streets,” said a Reuters witness in the city.
“We have received reports that many house have been destroyed in West Sumatra,” Gagah Prakoso, spokesman for the National Search and Rescue Agency said by phone in Jakarta. “We have deployed teams of rescuers from nearby branches to the location. We are still waiting for more detailed information.”
Large buildings had come down in the earthquake, AFP reported.
The tremor was also felt in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra. Hasibuan, a local, told Metro TV that house roofs were shaken strongly. People panicked and ran out of their homes and some people were still out in the street, too scared to go back inside, he said. (Quelle: thejakartaglobe.com)
News:
Tausende Opfer auf Sumatra befürchtet
(Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 30.09.2009)
Viele Tote auf Indonesien nach schwerem Beben
(Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 30.09.2009)
Powerful quake off Indonesia's Sumatra Island
(abc.net.au, 30.09.2009)
Tsunami-News via Twitter
Sumatra-News via Twitter
News über Padang via Twitter
