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Hundreds dead as tsunami strikes

9/30/2018, 12:15:54 AM
NEARLY 400 people, many celebrating at a beach festival, have been confirmed dead and 540 injured after a tsunami triggered by two earthquakes ripped through Indonesia. ✔ Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said troops were on their way to help rescuers ✔ It is expected to make landfall on the Aegean coast near Izmir, Turkey ✔ Typhoon Trami – a Category 5 storm – is threatening Japan this weekend and Kansai international airport near Osaka has been closed



Indonesia searches for survivors after powerful quake, tsunami

9/30/2018, 2:30:53 AM
More than 400 people were confirmed killed, many swept away as tsunami waves tri... ✔ Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Indonesia had not yet asked for help but he contacted President Joko Widodo overnight to offer support and deep sympathies ✔ It is estimated that 50 to 60 people remain trapped ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Paradise bay likely made Indonesia tsunami more dangerous

9/30/2018, 1:04:37 AM
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The sun had just slipped behind the mountains, leaving a soft pink glow as the blue sea melted into the darkening horizon. It could have been a video pos ✔ JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) The sun had just slipped behind the mountains, leaving a soft pink glow as the blue sea melted into the darkening horizon ✔ In contrast, temblors occurring where one tectonic plate is lodged beneath another called subduction zones can move large amounts of water vertically when the strain forces one plate to pop up or dive down



Indonesia's geophysics agency under fire for lifting tsunami warning

9/30/2018, 2:51:26 AM
Warning lifted after 34 minutes, with agency saying it had no data at the town of Palu, where hundreds died ✔ It was not clear whether the tsunami, which officials say hammered Palu and the surrounding area at extremely high speeds measuring in the hundreds of kilometres per hour, occurred before or after the warning had been lifted ✔ #KataNalar (@ZAEffendy) It's such ashamed that our @infoBMKG has failed, lifted the early #tsunami warning within 40minutes after the 7,7SR earthquake



Indonesia tsunami death toll nears 400, expected to rise

9/30/2018, 12:13:18 AM
PALU, Indonesia-- Residents too afraid to sleep indoors camped out in the darkness Saturday while vi ✔ The earthquake left mangled buildings with collapsed awnings and rebar sticking out of concrete like antennae ✔ Roads and infrastructure are poor in many areas, making access difficult in the best of conditions ✔ Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country



Indonesia tsunami toll tops 400 amid search for survivors

9/30/2018, 3:05:13 AM
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers are scrambling to try to find trapped victims in collapsed buildings where voices could be heard screaming for help after a massive earthquake that ✔ PALU, Indonesia (AP) Rescuers are scrambling to try to find trapped victims in collapsed buildings where voices could be heard screaming for help after a massive earthquake that spawned a deadly tsunami in Indonesia two days ago ✔ A powerful earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, triggering a 3-meter-tall (10-foot-tall) tsunami that an official said swept away houses in at least two cities



Toll seen rising after Indonesian quake, tsunami kills hundreds - World

9/30/2018, 1:15:04 AM
undefined ✔ The Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Willem Rampangilei, told reporters in Sulawesi late on Saturday the death toll from Palu had reached 420 people, according to news website Kompas ✔ Photos confirmed by authorities showed bodies being lined up along the street on Saturday, some in bags and some with their faces covered with clothes



The Latest: Tsunami-hit Indonesia shopping mall being looted

9/30/2018, 3:25:58 AM
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia (all times local): 11:15 a.m. Looters are stealing items from ✔ An Associated Press photographer saw items being carried off from inside the collapsed mall Sunday ✔ Residents were also seen making their way back to badly damaged homes to try to pick through whatever belongings they could salvage to take away ✔ A magnitude 7.5 earthquake spawned a deadly tsunami on Friday evening, killing more than 400



Aerial footage shows tsunami destruction in Sulawesi – in pictures

9/30/2018, 2:16:52 AM
Indonesian are reeling from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck the island of Sulawesi, sweeping away buildings and killing hundreds in the regional capital Palu ✔ The town of Palu on Sulawesi received the brunt of the tsunami ✔ Photograph: BNPB/EPA Hundreds are confirmed dead following the earthquake and tsunami ✔ Photograph: Antara Foto/Reuters A ship swept ashore by the tsunami ✔ Photograph: Rio Mario/AP A man looks for his belongings amid the debris



Indonesia tsunami: cries for help from rubble amid fears thousands dead

9/30/2018, 1:25:40 AM
Aftershocks rattle island of Sulawesi as vice-president warns nation to expect significant rise in fatalities ✔ So we had to use the data we had and make a call based on that, said Rahmat Triyono, head of the earthquakes and tsunami centre at BMKG ✔ That Boxing Day quake triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 throughout the region, including 168,000 in Indonesia



Typhoon Trami thrashes Japan with powerful wind, downpour [PHOTOS]

9/30/2018, 1:45:52 AM
undefined ✔ We are strongly urging our residents to stay indoors because it is extremely dangerous to be outside now, Masaaki Tamaki, an official of Kagoshima's disaster management section, told AFP ✔ Also in September, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake rocked the northern island of Hokkaido, sparking landslides and leaving more than 40 people dead



It rained much of the month; now it’s water under the bridge

9/30/2018, 12:44:20 AM
High water is expected in parts of the District. ✔ By Martin Weil Martin Weil Local reporter Email Bio Follow September 29 at 8:31 PM After many wet days this month Saturday in Washington was finally precipitation free ✔ Some caution seemed advisable Saturday night for anyone planning to check on the river while avoiding wet feet



Theresa May offers Strictly dancers advice

9/30/2018, 2:19:16 AM
THE PM revealed her love for Strictly — but admits she’s a bit of a dancefloor disaster. She said: “I’ve never had lessons. We did a bit of Scottish dancing at school.   “In my youth, I went t… ✔ Asked if she felt under the weather, Mrs May quipped: It’s all the hard work of preparing for the interview with you, Dave ✔ The PM had just returned from a gruelling trip to the United Nations in New York ✔ RING The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk



I don’t worry if I look bad on TV ...I never watch

9/30/2018, 12:15:59 AM
Susannah Constantine shrugged off criticism of her Strictly Come Dancing performances saying she never watches herself on TV. ✔ : Susannah scored a mere 12 again last night (Image: GUY LEVY/BBC) Susannah, 56, was dubbed car crash Miranda after one of the lowest debut scores on the BBC show last weekend, a total of 12 – and last night repeated the disaster with another 12 ✔ I think you are marvellous and could not be more proud



Corbyn in power would wreck the economy — for our nation's sake give us hope

9/30/2018, 12:05:39 AM
THOUGH cowards flinch and traitors sneer, Jeremy Corbyn will keep the white flag flying here. Labour’s leader took his old Marxist carcass off to Brussels to lick the boots of EU leaders, promising… ✔ THOUGH cowards flinch and traitors sneer, Jeremy Corbyn will keep the white flag flying here ✔ And then there are the silent 17.4million who were told that their decision to leave the European Union was final and are watching the biggest vote for anything in our history slowly being betrayed



'Time for the ABC to stop talking about itself': Morrison puts ABC board on notice

9/30/2018, 1:49:50 AM
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned that ABC board "can expect a bit more attention from me". ✔ Photo: AAP Now, I can't begin to imagine what was in the chairman's mind, but the chairman is no longer there, he said ✔ The remaining board members have so far failed to explain why they did not intervene when presented with evidence of editorial interference by Mr Milne, after he called for high-profile presenters Andrew Probyn and Emma Alberici to be fired because he feared their continued employment could jeopardise government funding



These 19 Emo Kid Glow-Ups Will Blow Your Mind

9/30/2018, 12:52:49 AM
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There are four key issues that could win the election for Theresa May

9/30/2018, 12:35:49 AM
My latest research shows voters think the Prime Minister is right to threaten to leave without a deal, rather than seek further compromise with an intransigent EU. ✔ Many expect a messy compromise in which we will still be closely tied to the EU ✔ Labour is believed to have the best approach to both these issues by a comfortable margin ✔ Rebuilding the Conservative brand will be a tall order this week, but the work must start now



Michael Gove holds back tears as he describes parents who adopted him

9/30/2018, 12:01:51 AM
The Environment Secretary spent the first four months of his life in care, before being adopted by Ernest and Christine Gove in a working-class Aberdonian household. ✔ I respect his viewpoint and I’m looking forward to reading the article,’ he says ✔ It’s a funny thing, when you go to the doctor and they ask you, is there a history of X in your family and I’ll say I’m adopted and so on ✔ ‘We’ve got the right Prime Minister now,’ he insists



Brexit Meltdown: The Inside Story Of Theresa May's Desperate Fight To Save Her Chequers Plan (And Her Job)

9/30/2018, 2:23:07 AM
The Conservatives will promise “opportunity for all” at their annual conference this week, but in Downing Street the only real question is how to get their own MPs to back their hated Brexit plan. ✔ It was a Friday morning in late July, and the Conservative chief whip Julian Smith was in his North Yorkshire constituency meeting members of his local Tory association about Brexit ✔ Staffers were told by the chief-of-staff to expect that a deal with the European Union would be agreed at a special summit in mid-November, a person who was present at the meeting told BuzzFeed News



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