Selasa, 27 September 2011

Rusia: Lebih Baik Selamatkan Yunani


Rusia: Lebih Baik Selamatkan Yunani

Bila Yunani tak diselamatkan, risiko perekonomian dunia akan meningkat secara drastis.

MINGGU, 25 SEPTEMBER 2011, 10:12 WIB
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Menteri Keuangan Rusia Alexei Kudrin (REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov)
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VIVAnews - Menteri Keuangan Rusia Alexei Kudrin menyatakan bahwa menyelamatkan Yunani dari kemungkinan default utang sangat penting bagi negera-negara zona Euro. Sebab, ancaman serupa juga terjadi di Spanyol dan Italia.

"Lebih baik menyelematkan (Yunani)," kata Kudrin kepada wartawan di sela-sela pertemuan semi-tahunan kebijakan global di Washington, seperti dikutip laman Reuters, Minggu 25 September 2011.

Dia mengatakan, bila Yunani tak diselamatkan, risiko perekonomian dunia akan meningkat secara drastis, dan bunga utang atas Italia dan Spanyol juga akan membengkak tajam.

Pejabat tinggi ekonomi Uni Eropa, Olli Rehn, mengatakan segera setelah pemerintah daerah mengkonfirmasi kekuatan baru dengan suntikan 440 miliar euro, yang dikenal sebagai fasilitas stabilitas keuangan Eropa (EFSF). (adi)
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Sabtu, 24 September 2011

Gunung Marapi Masih Keluarkan Asap Hitam


Gunung Marapi Masih Keluarkan Asap Hitam

Antara – Jum, 23 Sep 2011
Bukittinggi, Sumbar (ANTARA) - Gunung Marapi di Koto Baru, Kecamatan X Koto, Kabupaten Tanah Datar, Sumatera Barat, hingga Jumat pagi masih mengeluarkan asap hitam. 
Pantauan ANTARA di daerah Sungaipuar, Kabupaten Agam, pada pukul 08.15 WIB terlihat puncak Gunung Marapi mengeluarkan asap hitam tapi sudah relatif mulai menipis atau tidak seperti dua hari lalu yang berwarna hitam pekat dengan tekanan kuat. 
Seorang warga Sungaipuar, Yulia Ningsih, mengatakan, asap hitam yang dikeluarkan gunung tidak lagi setebal dua hari lalu dan disertai debu vulkanik. 
"Gumpalan asap hitam kali ini terlihat menipis dan tingginya juga telah berkurang dari biasa diperkirakan mencapai 50 meter," katanya. 
Dia menyebutkan, gumpalan asap hitam juga berlangsung tidak lama, hanya sekitar lima menit untuk kemudian disusul asap putih. 
"Asap putih yang keluar dari gunung setelah asap hitam itu juga tidak begitu lama, hanya 5-7 menit," katanya. 
Gumpalan asap hitam disusul asap putih berasal dari kawah gunung, tidak lagi terlihat setelah puncak gunung itu tertutup kabut sekitar pukul 09.30 WIB. 
Seorang warga Sungaipuar lainnya, Jon Badorai, mengatakan, warga setempat setiap pagi hari sering melihat gunung itu mengeluarkan asap bahkan disertai abu vulkanik. 
"Sejak gunung meletus sebulan yang lalu, hampir tiap hari asap hitam menggumpal dari kawah gunung," katanya. 
Ia mengatakan, asap putih ataupun hitam yang keluar dari gunung terkadang terlihat sangat tinggi, namun kemudian hilang selama beberapa menit, lalu terlihat lagi. 
"Warga yang tinggal di kaki gunung sudah terbiasa melihat asap hitam dan putih tebal itu. Kondisi seperti itu sudah menjadi hal yang biasa oleh warga," katanya. 
Petugas pengamatan Gunung Marapi, Badan Geologi Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (BGPVMB) Bukittinggi Warseno mengatakan, status aktivitas vulkanik gunung yang memiliki ketinggian 2.891 meter di atas permukaan laut itu hingga saat ini masih "Waspada". 
"BGPVMB tetap mengeluarkan larangan bagi masyarakat dan pendaki untuk tidak melakukan pendakian sampai tiga kilometer dari puncak," katanya. 
Gunung itu pada Selasa (20/9) pagi telah mengeluarkan debu vulkanik bercampur belerang sekitar 150 hingga 200 meter dari kawah. 
Sebaran abu vulkanik menjangkau beberapa kabupaten dan kota di Sumatera Barat seperti Agam, Tanahdatar, dan Padangpanjang. 
Debu vulkanik yang disemburkan Gunung Marapi sejak Agustus 2011 sampai dengan saat ini telah lebih dari 15 kali.
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Hurricane Hilary blamed for 3 deaths in Mexico


Hurricane Hilary blamed for 3 deaths in Mexico

AP – 1 hr 33 mins ago
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Hilary moved away from Mexico's southwestern coast in the Pacific as a powerful Category 4 storm Friday, and search teams recovered the bodies of three fishermen caught in the storm.
The hurricane was not forecast to make landfall, but Mexico's coast has been being affected by wind, rain and heavy surf from Hilary, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The three fishermen, ages 27 to 50, went out to sea Thursday night despite a hurricane warning advising against it, Guerrero state's Public Safety Department said.
Navy rescue crews found the bodies Friday in the waters off the town of Marquelia. They had tied themselves to empty gasoline containers, the department said.
Hilary's maximum sustained winds late Friday were near 145 mph (230 kph). The hurricane was centered about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Manzanillo, Mexico, and was moving west at near 9 mph (15 kph).
All tropical storm watches and warnings that had been in place for Mexico's coast were discontinued as forecasters predicted the storm would keep moving away from Mexico.
In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Ophelia had winds near 50 mph (85 kph) and was not a threat to land.

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Rabu, 21 September 2011


China flood deaths rise to 57, thousands evacuated

AFP – 13 hrs ago
Heavy rains and floods across China have left 57 people dead, dozens of others missing and hundreds injured, while more than a million residents have been evacuated from their homes, the government said.
Unprecedented rains over the past week have swamped parts of northern, central and southwest China, and although the affected region is breathing a tentative sigh of relief as the downpours pause, rivers continue to swell.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement that the rain had forced authorities to evacuate more than 1.2 million people from their homes.
"Constant strong rainfall has caused serious flood disasters in Sichuan (southwest), Shaanxi (north) and Henan (central China) -- 12.3 million people were affected, 57 died and 29 are missing," it said late Monday.
More than 120,000 houses have collapsed and economic losses from damaged houses, crops and land is estimated to have reached 17.27 billion yuan ($2.7 billion), it added.
Authorities have dispatched work teams to help with relief efforts, and plan to distribute thousands of tents, cots, blankets and clothing, the ministry said.
One area of the southwestern province of Sichuan, Bazhong, was severely affected, with 13 people left dead, 10 missing and 156 injured, a spokesman for the local government told the official China Daily newspaper.
Over the weekend, officials in Sichuan's Dazhou and Guangan regions ordered the evacuation of over 600,000 people as major tributaries to the Yangtze -- China's longest river -- exceeded danger levels, the Xinhua news agency said.
The Jialing river was recorded nearly seven metres (23 feet) above alert levels, and waters were expected to rise to their highest levels since record-keeping began in 1847, it added.
China is hit by big downpours every summer. Last year saw the nation's worst flooding in a decade, leaving more than 4,300 people dead or missing.
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1million urged to evacuate as typhoon nears Japan

AP – 2 hrs 34 mins ago
TOKYO (AP) — More than a million people in central Japan were urged to evacuate Tuesday as a powerful typhoon approached, triggering floods that left two people missing.
Public broadcaster NHK said about 1.3 million people have been ordered or advised to leave their homes, including 80,000 people in Nagoya.
Heavy rains as the storm approached caused floods and road damage in dozens of locations in Nagoya and several other cities, the Aichi prefectural (state) government said.
Television footage showed Nagoya residents wading through water up to their knees. In parts of the city near swollen rivers, rescue workers helped residents evacuate in rubber boats.
Police in nearby Gifu prefecture said a 9-year-old boy and an 84-year-old man were missing after apparently falling into swollen rivers.
The Meteorological Agency said the typhoon was located off the southern coast of Japan's southwestern main island of Shikoku on Tuesday night with winds of 89 miles (144 kilometers) per hour. It could reach the Tokyo area by Wednesday afternoon, the agency said.
A typhoon that slammed Japan earlier this month left about 90 people dead or missing.

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