EGU2010: The 2010 Haiti and Chile eartquakes and tsunami (Press Conference)

Press conference with Vasily Titov, Raul Madriaga, Massimo Cocco at the 2010 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union. (Credit: EGU/CNTV.at) The European Geosciences Union (EGU, www.egu.eu is Europe's premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. It is a non-profit interdisciplinary learned association of scientists founded in 2002. The EGU has a current portfolio of 14 diverse scientific journals, which use an innovative open-access format, and organises a number of topical meetings, and education and outreach activities. Its annual General Assembly is the largest and most prominent European geosciences event, attracting over 10000 scientists from all over the world. The meeting's sessions cover a wide range of topics, including volcanology, planetary exploration, the Earth's internal structure and atmosphere, climate change, and renewable energies.

Since doing the eruption premiere October 26, 2010 and, until recently the most active volcano in the world is still volatile. Even pack Surono often called mbah Rono (Head of Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation) can not give a definite forward trim condition. Merapi, which has its own characteristics with the eruption has now been lost peculiar to it. The eruption of Merapi in addition has claimed the lives of the caretaker Mbah Maridjan, until recently also been consuming about 134 people dead after the most devastating eruption occurred Friday morning (05/11/2010). The death toll following the eruption terahir an amount at most after the first eruption impact 44 people, starting at the hospital. Sardjito 88 people, mostly found in the village Argomulyo. The amount is expected to still increase due to the evacuation process still continues. But until now, the evacuation process is constrained because the hot clouds still threaten those activities. In addition to casualties, there are also several people were injured mostly suffered burns to the appalling conditions. The information in to the hospital. 5 November 2010 Sardjito burns victims who were treated there are as many as 77 people. Of this amount sebgian of which suffered severe burns. After the explosion last Friday of the residents in the surrounding trim is also in droves to escape to a safer place. After a stay in barracks with a safe 15 km radius, are now returning refugees moved to new camps a safe distance ...
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