Food shortage, displacements, water and health gaps after a volcano erupted in Eritrea’s Nabro reg

Wow, this is not fun. How much of this can the world take? also in this article it state's "The eruption also caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7" so the volcano caused a 5.7 EQ!

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

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. 48,000 people were affected in the Bidu, Afdera, Erebti and Teru woredas. Another 167,153 people, in the Elidar and Kori woredas, required monitoring, according to an emergency assessment team deployed there in mid-June.

However, Ethiopia’s federal government said it did not endorse the Afar regional government appeal and was assessing the situation.The ministry had no record of casualties, adding that it was still too early to say how many people had been affected and needed help

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.

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. One of Ethiopia’s largest salt mines in the Afdera area could been contaminated by the volcanic ash. 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

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Originally posted by BasedGod
Wow, this is not fun. How much of this can the world take? also in this article it state's "The eruption also caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7" so the volcano caused a 5.7 EQ!

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

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. 48,000 people were affected in the Bidu, Afdera, Erebti and Teru woredas. Another 167,153 people, in the Elidar and Kori woredas, required monitoring, according to an emergency assessment team deployed there in mid-June.

However, Ethiopia’s federal government said it did not endorse the Afar regional government appeal and was assessing the situation.The ministry had no record of casualties, adding that it was still too early to say how many people had been affected and needed help

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.

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. One of Ethiopia’s largest salt mines in the Afdera area could been contaminated by the volcanic ash. 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

www.irinnews.org...

edit on 7-7-2011 by BasedGod because: more info

I posted this same article yesterday in a thread I started a few weeks ago about the Nabro volcano not getting any media coverage:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Bottom line here is these are the type of stories that used to get a lot of MSM coverage but all of a sudden they are just blips on the radar.

Call it a conspiracy but there is a reason that the MSM is selectively reporting the uptick of natural disasters happening across the planet. And it seems events have been accelerated every since the Japan events in early March.

Not sure what type of world we are living in when pointless garbage like Weiner's weiner and Casey Anthony are the 'hot topics' everyday for what seems like weeks and you have to visit conspiracy websites to get the 'real' news happening in the world.

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Sorry there I must have missed your thread, thank you for informing me. Also I conur 100% with you these events are much more important than the topic being talked about on the news. I have a answer for you, it is fear. Fear is being used as a weapon by the US therefore we only get to see what they want us to see. If we seen what was really going on in this world on the media we wouldnt have a civilized socitey as we would all be going crazy in fear, you are 100% right about where to get your information it seems like people are the only ones willing to share & spread knowledge/information.

This is why I believe there might be a planet on its way or these event have been a planned attack on the human race.