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Friday 4 December 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.
RESTAURANTS AND GASTROPUBS are allowed to reopen across the country from today.
Ireland entered Level 3 restrictions earlier this week after spending six weeks at Level 5.
Non-essential shops and services have reopened, cultural institutions like cinemas and museums are back open and from today, you can once again dine in a restaurant.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan on going to a restaurant/gastropub this weekend?
Poll Results:
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