DELUGE: 11 Inches Of Rainfall In Just 24 Hours In Padang, Indonesia - Floods Leave Hundreds Stranded!

Floods in Padang, Indonesia, March 2016.
© BNPB

March 23, 2016 - PADRANG, INDONESIA - Floods in the city of Padang and Padang Regency in West Sumatra have left hundreds of people stranded, according to Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).
Meanwhile, floods in Magelang Regency in Central Java have left at least 1 person dead and several injured.

Padang, West Sumatra

As much as 370 mm of rain was recorded in Padang in 24 hours between 21 and 22 March 2016. The heavy rain resulted in the Batang Arau river overflowing.

Three districts - Koto Tangah, Padang Utara and Padang Selatan - have been severely affected by floods. BNPB say that as many as 9 villages are under water up to 1 metre deep.

There have been no reports of casualties, although houses, schools and a bridge have been damaged.

Floods in Magelang, Indonesia, March 2016. © BNPB

Teams from emergency agencies are carrying out evacuations using inflatable boats. However, BNPB says that given the wide areas flooded, not all flood victims could be reached and estimate that there are hundreds who are trapped and not been evacuated, particularly in Koto Tangah district. Magelang Regency, Central Java

BNPB also report that heavy rain on Mount Merapi and Merbabu, Central Java, caused flash floods several small villages in the Sawangan district of Magelang Regency.

On person has died and 3 were injured. A bridge in the area was severely damaged due to the impact of flash floods.

Indonesia authorities also report that the overflowing Cimanuk River caused floods in Garut Regency, West Java on 19 March, damaging at least 14 houses. - Floodlist.

 

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Kerinci Volcano Erupts, Rattling Nearby Residents With A Loud Bang - Spews Smoke As High As 600 Meters!

June 03, 2013 - INDONESIA - Mount Kerinci in Jambi has erupted on Sunday, spewing smoke as high as 600 meters. The eruption occurred at 8:43 a.m. local time.

Head of Sungai Rumpun village, Herman, said everyone panicked, pouring out of their houses worried that a bigger eruption would follow.

“A loud bang was heard in our village. When we looked up we saw the volcano spew plumes of black smoke,” said Herman, who contacted the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) to seek information.

An ash cloud turned the sky black and locals could smell sulfur in the air.

Half hour after the eruption, several villages in Gunung Tujuh district were blanketed in thick black ash, sparking concern for food crops, but heavy rain after the ash shower washed the crops clean.

Mt Kerinci last erupted in 2009. Activity increased in July 2011 with tremors recorded in October that year. - Jakarta Post.


Mount Kerinci (also spelled Kerintji, among several other ways, and referred to as Gunung Kerinci, Gadang, Berapi Kurinci, Kerinchi, Korinci, or Peak of Indrapura) is the highest volcano in Indonesia, and the highest peak on the island of Sumatra.

It is surrounded by the lush forest of Kerinci Seblat National Park, home to the endangered species of Sumatran Tiger and Sumatran Rhinoceros.

Kerinci is located in Province of Jambi, the west central part of the island, in the Barisan Mountains, near the west coast, and is about 130 km (81 mi) south of Padang.

It is the most prominent feature of the terrain of Kerinci Seblat National Park, with pine-forested slopes rising 2,400-3,300 metres above the surrounding basin, and a cone 13 km (8 mi) wide and 25 km (16 mi) long at the base, elongated in the north-south direction.

At the summit there is a deep 600 m (1,969 ft) wide crater, often partially filled by a small crater lake on the northeast side of the crater floor.

Kerinci is more active than most Indonesian volcanoes, with nearly annual phreatic eruptions. In 2004, Kerinci erupted and continues to spew clouds of sulphurous smoke, with plumes reaching as high as 1,000 m (3,281 ft) above the summit.

In 2009, Kerinci erupted again and followed by June 2, 2013 eruption with 600 m (1,969 ft) spewed black smoke.

There is farmland in the area, and a tea plantation on its southern slope, Kerinci, being located in an Indonesian national park, and perhaps out of respect for its frequent growlings as well, sits in an area that is sparsely populated by Indonesian population-density standards. - Wikipedia.

PLANETARY TREMORS: Moderate Quakes Rattles Indonesia!

2 moderate earthquakes hit different parts of Indonesia within the space of twenty minutes today.

Firstly, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake strucked Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 21 km (13 miles), the quake hit at 16:25:07 UTC Tuesday 21st June 2011. The epicentre was 96 km (59 miles) south of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Then, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 51.9 km (32.3 miles), the quake hit at 16:45:07 UTC Tuesday 21st June 2011. The epicentre was 137 km (85 miles) southwest of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. Fortunately, there were no reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami warning was issued in either case.