TSUNAMI ACEH 2004

December 26, 2004, Earthquake and Tsunami Vibrate Aceh
Bahana earthquake and tsunami 2004 has become a wake up call for the Indonesian people to understand the importance of disaster.
December 26, 2004, Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami (Thinkstock)
Eight years ago, just on December 26, 2004, as the world was preparing to change nominal year, the devastating tsunami hit Aceh. The catastrophe that was later called as one of the greatest in the 21st century started from the 9.1 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean.
The magnitude of the earthquake triggered tsunami waves that struck Aceh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives and the east coast of Africa. Tsunami poured millions of liters of sea water into land and is estimated to cost up to 280 thousand inhabitants. Aceh became the most prominent area with more than 200 thousand casualties.
Bahana earthquake and tsunami 2004 has become a wake up call for the Indonesian people to understand the importance of disaster. That disaster is a real threat to the nation of Indonesia.
The fact remains that government and community preparedness is still very low in terms of disasters. Therefore, Law No.27 of 2007 on disaster management was established.
"The law regulates how institutional, mechanism, and funding, about disaster management," said Public Relation National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugoroho on National Geographic Indonesia, Wednesday (26/12).
garbage, tsunami, natural disaster, earthquake (Thinkstockphoto)
Then, added Sutopo, born other legal products. Year 2008 formed BNPB and BPBD (Regional Disaster Management Agency). "Even disaster management is a national priority."
The Aceh earthquake and tsunami also moved the world in a single path along with concerns. Donations from foreign countries flowed in through the Multi Donor Fund (MDF) or other independent self-help organizations.
World Bank Representative Director Stefan Koeberle said the recovery, development and resilience programs carried out by the Acehnese people after the tsunami are key to lessons for other countries. "Later, this lesson will be the basic point used by other nations in the world when disaster strikes, "Koeberle said some time ago