Sunda Strait

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Asylum seekers drown on way to Australia

Posted by Craig Hill ⋅ September 28, 2013 ⋅ 3 Comments

About 20 people, mostly children under 15 years old, died when an asylum seeker vessel sank off the southern coast of Java on its way to Australia. Adjunct Commissioner Warsono from the Agrabinta Police has confirmed that 25 people were rescued before the search was called off at nightfall. He could not say how many … Continue reading →

Indonesia still stalling on asylum rescue effort; Australia expresses concern

Posted by Craig Hill ⋅ April 15, 2013 ⋅ 1 Comment

Indonesian rescue authorities were last night still unable to find survivors or likely search sites for possibly two asylum-seeker boats that disappeared in the Sunda Strait last week. The weekend passed without Basarnas, the search and rescue agency, initiating searches for between 60 and 120 passengers thought to be missing. Basarnas officials said yesterday they … Continue reading →

August 27 1883 Krakatau explodes

Posted by Craig Hill ⋅ August 27, 2012 ⋅ 3 Comments

On August 27th 1883, the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurred on Krakatau (also called Krakatoa), a small, uninhabited volcanic island located west of Sumatra in Indonesia. Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions threw five cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air, created 120-foot tsunamis and killed 36,000 people. Krakatau exhibited … Continue reading →