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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Indonesia is expected to pass the 50,000 mark for confirmed infections today.
Several villages on the main island of Java were blanketed by clouds of ash from Mount Merapi today.
Five people have been tossed into the spooky jails so far.
Ash mixed with sand rained down on towns as far as 10km away.
More than 2,000 people have been forced to leave their flooded homes.
Around 30 people were on the bridge when it collapsed.
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Monsoon rains and rising rivers have submerged at least 169 neighbourhoods in greater Jakarta.
About 120,000 rescuers have been deployed to evacuate those affected.
Jakarta’s governor Anies Baswedan said about 200 people had been injured.
Half of the city, which is home to 30 million people, is below sea level.
The group has been studying birds on Sulawesi, in Indonesia, and its offshore islands since 1999.
Residents in the Morowali district earlier fled their homes.
Mass tourism is affecting the island which is home to some 2,300 giant, carnivorous dragons.
The pet was owned illegally and has been transferred to a conservation area.
A spokesperson for the national disaster agency said there is a danger of more eruptions.
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The latest death toll stands at 429, with 1,485 people injured and another 154 still missing.
The latest death toll stood at 429, with 1,485 people injured.
The powerful tsunami struck without any warning on Saturday night,
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At least 843 people have been injured too, officials said.
Syachrul Anto (48) was part of the team searching for body parts and debris from the jet in the Java Sea.
Monday’s crash off Indonesia’s northern coast killed 189 people.
A jet plunged into the sea with 189 people on board yesterday.
Indonesia’s disaster agency says they have recovered 1,763 bodies so far.
A government volcanologist said it’s possible the eruption was accelerated by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Central Sulawesi on Friday.
Rescue efforts have been hampered by a lack of heavy machinery and severed transport links.
Medicines are running out and rescuers are struggling with a shortage of heavy equipment.
The death toll is expected to worsen considerably as so many regions have yet to be heard from in the aftermath of the quake.
The main airport in Palu is expected to stay closed for at least 24 hours, complicating disaster relief efforts.
The 1.5 metre tsunami slammed into Sulawesi island.
The 18-year-old was working solo on a fishing hut when heavy winds knocked it off its moorings.
Several earthquakes in recent weeks have killed more than 500 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
The quakes hit throughout yesterday, with the first measuring 6.3 shortly before midday which triggered landslides.
There have been no reports of deaths or injuries so far.
Aftershocks are hampering rescue efforts on the Indonesian island.
Nearly 2,500 people have been hospitalised with serious injuries.
Rescuers today resumed the search for survivors, and to recover the bodies of victims.
More than 2,000 tourists are being helped to leave the island after the incident.
PUBS OUTSIDE DUBLIN that don’t serve food will be permitted to open today for the first time since March.
Strict measures will be in place: customers will not be able to sit at or order at the bar, and groups will be limited to six people from three different households, with distancing of at least one metre between each table.
If a pub can implement a distance of two metres, the 105-minute time limit for customers can be waived. All customers are to be off the premises by 11.30pm.
Amidst a rising number of cases in counties around the country, Professor Philip Nolan told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that although people outside of Dublin can go to the pub, “the question is should you, and how often”.
So, with that in mind, will you go to a ‘wet’ pub this week?
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