Post by faithinhim on Jul 6, 2011 15:28:12 GMT -5
Death-toll and adverse environmental conditions mounting from fallout of Nabro volcano
Posted on July 6, 2011 by The Extinction Protocol
July 6, 2011 – ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI, (IRIN) – Thousands of Ethiopians in Afar State are facing critical food, water and health gaps almost a month after a volcano erupted in neighbouring Eritrea’s Nabro region, officials say. The volcano started erupting on 12 June, spewing ash over hundreds of kilometres, affecting food and water sources as well as air travel in some parts. The eruption also caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7, Eritrea’s Information Ministry reported in a communiqué. According to a report from Ethiopia’s Afar Disaster Prevention and Food Security Programs Coordination Office: “The adverse impacts of the volcanic ash increased reports of livestock mortality, migration, critical water shortage, human health problems and rising malnutrition among the worst volcanic affected woredas [districts]: Bidu, Afdera, Erebti, Elidar, Teru and Kori. “In Bidu woreda, [the] deaths of 31 persons were reported as a result of the volcano ash.” At least 68.6 million birr (about US $4 million) is required to respond to the emergency needs, according to an appeal made by the Afar government, which said 48,000 people were affected in the Bidu, Afdera, Erebti and Teru woredas. Mohammed Amin, a nutritionist in Afar, told IRIN: “The dispatched team [of experts] went deep into the affected areas, up to 10km from [where] the volcano erupted; food there is [contaminated] by the volcanic ash.” He said residents had been advised not to eat locally produced food in case of contamination. The effects of the eruption had increased the vulnerability of the affected population in the predominantly pastoral region, said the appeal. The effects of the eruption increased the vulnerability of the affected population in the predominantly pastoral region Amid fears that one of Ethiopia’s largest salt mines in the Afdera area had been contaminated by the volcanic ash, Aklog said: “Experts, including [those] from the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, are going to examine if the salt production in Afdera is contaminated with toxic materials so its consumption and exportation can be halted.” -IRIN
Posted on July 6, 2011 by The Extinction Protocol
July 6, 2011 – ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI, (IRIN) – Thousands of Ethiopians in Afar State are facing critical food, water and health gaps almost a month after a volcano erupted in neighbouring Eritrea’s Nabro region, officials say. The volcano started erupting on 12 June, spewing ash over hundreds of kilometres, affecting food and water sources as well as air travel in some parts. The eruption also caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7, Eritrea’s Information Ministry reported in a communiqué. According to a report from Ethiopia’s Afar Disaster Prevention and Food Security Programs Coordination Office: “The adverse impacts of the volcanic ash increased reports of livestock mortality, migration, critical water shortage, human health problems and rising malnutrition among the worst volcanic affected woredas [districts]: Bidu, Afdera, Erebti, Elidar, Teru and Kori. “In Bidu woreda, [the] deaths of 31 persons were reported as a result of the volcano ash.” At least 68.6 million birr (about US $4 million) is required to respond to the emergency needs, according to an appeal made by the Afar government, which said 48,000 people were affected in the Bidu, Afdera, Erebti and Teru woredas. Mohammed Amin, a nutritionist in Afar, told IRIN: “The dispatched team [of experts] went deep into the affected areas, up to 10km from [where] the volcano erupted; food there is [contaminated] by the volcanic ash.” He said residents had been advised not to eat locally produced food in case of contamination. The effects of the eruption had increased the vulnerability of the affected population in the predominantly pastoral region, said the appeal. The effects of the eruption increased the vulnerability of the affected population in the predominantly pastoral region Amid fears that one of Ethiopia’s largest salt mines in the Afdera area had been contaminated by the volcanic ash, Aklog said: “Experts, including [those] from the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, are going to examine if the salt production in Afdera is contaminated with toxic materials so its consumption and exportation can be halted.” -IRIN