UN Report States: At Least 1,100 Dead in Indonesia after 2 Earthquakes in as Many Days
October 1, 2009 by dlewis
Filed under Breaking News
UN Report States: At Least 1,100 Dead in Indonesia after 2 Earthquakes in as Many Days
by Aimee Herd : Oct 1, 2009 : CNN Staff – CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/indonesia.earthquake/index.html
“These numbers, I fear, will rise as more information becomes available.”
(Jakarta, Indonesia)—United Nations Humanitarian Chief, John Holmes told reporters on Thursday that at least 1,100 people have died in the two major earthquakes that struck Indonesia in the past couple days.
“These numbers, I fear, will rise as more information becomes available,” added Holmes. “It’s still feared that thousands of people are trapped under damaged houses and many buildings.”
According to the CNN report: The 6.6 magnitude quake Thursday hit South Sumatra (9:52 p.m. Wednesday ET), about 100 miles (160 km) from Bengkulu, the U.S. Geological Survey said. An earlier quake Wednesday had a magnitude of 7.6.
