Emergency Bulletin: The Flooding in Nepal On December 26, 2004, the deadliest tsunami in recorded history occurred in the Indian Ocean. An enormous tidal wave, caused by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, blasted across the Indian Ocean and took roughly 230,000 lives in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. What occurred […]
In 2004, Justin Francis decided to visit Phuket on vacation. It certainly wouldn’t seem out-of-the ordinary for a Westerner to holiday in Phuket – after all, a little less than 3.5 million non-Thais visited the island in 2004. But his excursion to the popular tourist destination didn’t come at the best of times. Phuket – […]
Following the May 27th 6.2 magnitude earthquake in the Bantul region of Indonesia and further disruptions in tourism after the volcanic eruptions of Mt. Merapi, the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism formed the Java Media-Crisis Center. Under the patronage of the Ministry’s leader, Mr. Jero Wacik, the information center pools the resources of public […]
