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Deflecting Disaster Rumors

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Thousands of people in Nias, Padang, and Jakarta panicked when a rumor spread about an earthquake and a tsunami. The government lacks an effective disaster information system.

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TRAUMA can easily turn to panic. That phenomenon is being experienced—particularly at disaster locations—after Aceh and part of North Sumatra were attacked by an earthquake and a tsunami last December. This was even more significant when an earthquake shook Nias and Simeule, causing many deaths. A little rumor about an earthquake these days can instill a lot of terror in people.

In Nias, the trauma has caused an exodus of people

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