Evacuation Warnings in China

It is possible that more than one million people might have to evacuate dozens of villages in a Sichuan province if the lake bursts and floods the area due to the recent earthquake. The lake has a wall of debris that is clogging a river. On Saturday, officials will start a three-day drill that will test the government communications systems to make sure that residents in the valley can hear future evacuation orders.

So far, it is estimated that 68,858 people were killed in the earthquake and there are 18,618 people that are missing. The earthquake left 5 million people homeless and many people were separated from their families.

Evacuation in Indonesia Due to Volcano Eruption Scare

In Indonesia, they ordered the evacuation of 30,000 people that lived with six miles of the volcano Mount Kelud. The volcano has been rumbling for weeks and an eruption is very possible. It is one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes and the last time it erupted in 1990 it killed 5,160 people and destroyed 100 villages.