Disaster's in Indonesia raise death tolls

A tsunami and volcanic eruption in Indonesia have killed more than 300 people with over 400 people missing, and tens of thousands of people displaced. On Tuesday, Mount Merapi, one of Indonesia's most active volanoes, erupted after a tsunami slammed remoted islands and flattened villages in western parts of Indonesia which was caused by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. According to the article, more than 40,000 people have been removed from the slopes of Mount Merapi where many of the houses there have been destroyed. This article relates to the Swiss Cheese Model we have been discussing in class in that everything bad that could happen has. Not only were these people hit by a tsunami but then they were hit by a volcanic eruption.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101027/wl_nm/us_indonesia_volcano