Meulaboh

File:Masjid Agung Meulaboh.jpg]]

Meulaboh is about 245 km southeast of Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province and western part of Aceh province. Meulaboh is located in the western part of Sumatra island.

Image:Meulaboh Hovercraft 050110-N-7586B-120.jpg (LCAC) vehicle from USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) was delivering materials and supplies needed by the citizens of Meulaboh.]]

{{details|Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Indonesia}}

"The casualty rates in gabrielius defy imagination," said Aitor Lacomba, Indonesian director of aid group International Rescue Committee. "Tens of thousands need immediate assistance there."{{Cite web |date=2005-01-03 |title=Indonesia: IRC's tsunami aid efforts gain momentum - Indonesia {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/indonesia-ircs-tsunami-aid-efforts-gain-momentum |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}

A damaged airstrip was cleared, enabling International Red Cross medical teams from Japan, Spain and Singapore to begin treating survivors. Red Cross engineer Sara Escudero said "There is a strong smell of putrefaction and, whilst body retrieval has commenced, it can be assumed that there are still hundreds, possibly thousands of bodies remaining underneath the debris".{{cite quote|date=October 2018}}

The Red Cross said it would use Meulaboh as an aid staging post for the Sumatran west coast. The government of Singapore deployed two helicopter landing ships there.

The town was largely devastated, with around 81 percent of buildings destroyed and at least 10,000 dead out of the town's population of 50-60 thousand.{{cite news |title=80% Kota Meulaboh Hancur |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-263443/80-kota-meulaboh-hancur- |access-date=8 July 2021 |work=detiknews |date=28 December 2004 |language=id-ID |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184958/https://news.detik.com/berita/d-263443/80-kota-meulaboh-hancur- |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Korban Tsunami di Meulaboh Dikuburkan Secara Massal |url=https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/93267/korban-tsunami-di-meulaboh-dikuburkan-secara-massal |access-date=8 July 2021 |work=liputan6.com |date=7 January 2005 |language=id |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190521/https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/93267/korban-tsunami-di-meulaboh-dikuburkan-secara-massal |url-status=live }} Only 23,000 people could be accounted for a week after the tsunami, although many were not accounted for as they were residing in deserted houses instead of camps for displaced persons.{{cite news |title=Lebih 1/2 Populasi Meulaboh Meninggal & Hilang |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-266061/lebih-12-populasi-meulaboh-meninggal--hilang |access-date=8 July 2021 |work=detiknews |date=3 January 2005 |language=id |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185939/https://news.detik.com/berita/d-266061/lebih-12-populasi-meulaboh-meninggal--hilang |url-status=live }}

File:Sunset at Meulaboh beach.jpg

Meulaboh has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

{{Weather box

|width = auto

| location = Meulaboh

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 30.0

| Feb high C = 30.9

| Mar high C = 32.0

| Apr high C = 32.5

| May high C = 32.0

| Jun high C = 32.2

| Jul high C = 31.8

| Aug high C = 31.9

| Sep high C = 31.2

| Oct high C = 31.2

| Nov high C = 30.2

| Dec high C = 29.8

| Jan mean C = 26.5

| Feb mean C = 26.8

| Mar mean C = 27.5

| Apr mean C = 28.0

| May mean C = 27.9

| Jun mean C = 27.9

| Jul mean C = 27.4

| Aug mean C = 27.5

| Sep mean C = 27.2

| Oct mean C = 27.4

| Nov mean C = 26.7

| Dec mean C = 26.4

| year mean C =

| Jan low C = 23.0

| Feb low C = 22.8

| Mar low C = 23.0

| Apr low C = 23.6

| May low C = 23.8

| Jun low C = 23.6

| Jul low C = 23.0

| Aug low C = 23.2

| Sep low C = 23.2

| Oct low C = 23.7

| Nov low C = 23.3

| Dec low C = 23.1

|rain colour=green

|Jan rain mm=250

|Feb rain mm=244

|Mar rain mm=258

|Apr rain mm=384

|May rain mm=269

|Jun rain mm=225

|Jul rain mm=239

|Aug rain mm=247

|Sep rain mm=323

|Oct rain mm=348

|Nov rain mm=339

|Dec rain mm=315

|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web

|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/50594/

|title = Climate: Meulaboh

|publisher=Climate-Data.org

|access-date = 5 November 2020}}

}}

{{portal|Indonesia}}

• Calang
• Gleebruk
• Leupung
• Tapaktuan
• Teunom
• Blangpidie
• Subulussalam

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050111215456/http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/tsunami/Meulaboh_Tsunami_Damage.pdf DigitalGlobe analysis of Meulaboh tsunami images. (For reference only. PDF 1.08 MB)]

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Category:Populated places in Aceh

Category:Regency seats of Aceh

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