Indonesian rescuers hold hope for survivors as scale of disaster...
10/2/2018, 2:17:39 AMThe extent of the devastation caused by an earthquake and tsunami on the Indones... ✔ Antara Foto/Muhammad Adimaja/ via REUTERS About 1,700 houses in one Palu neighbourhood were swallowed up, with hundreds of people believed buried, the national disaster agency said ✔ (For a graphic on 'Sulawesi map' click tmsnrt.rs/2OYa4YD) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Scale of Indonesian disaster emerges but rescuers hold hope for...
10/2/2018, 3:12:33 AMThe extent of the devastation caused by an earthquake and tsunami on the Indones... ✔ About 1,700 houses in one Palu neighborhood were swallowed up, with hundreds of people believed buried, the national disaster agency said ✔ Before-and-after satellite pictures show a largely built-up expanse just south of Palu’s airport seemingly wiped clean of all signs of life by liquefaction ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
More bodies pulled from Indonesia rubble as scale of disaster emerges
10/2/2018, 2:57:02 AMThe bodies of dozens of students have been pulled from their landslide-swamped church in Sulawesi, officials said Tuesday, as an international effort to help nearly 200,000 Indonesia quake-tsunami victims ground into gear. ✔ Palu: before and after the tsunami At Poboya -- in the hills above the devastated seaside city of Palu -- volunteers have begun to fill a vast grave with the dead, with instructions to prepare for 1,300 victims to be laid to rest ✔ The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was working to reunite families who had become separated during the disaster and was providing forensic services to those carrying out the grim task of identifying victims
6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia days after Sulawesi tsunami killed 844
10/2/2018, 2:29:10 AMThe quake, which hit about 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Ende on Flores, was later downgraded by the US Geological Survey to a magnitude of 5.9 ✔ We suspect there are still some survivors trapped inside, the head of on rescue team, Agus Haryono, told Reuters at the collapsed seven-storey Hotel Roa Roa ✔ A 5.9 magnitude quake struck earlier on Tuesday near the southern island of Flores, hundreds of kilometres from Sulawesi, the U.S. Geological Survey said
Shocking satellite images show tsunami wiped villages off map
10/2/2018, 12:34:03 AMThese shocking satellite images show the damage the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami has caused to the Balaroa and Petobo neighbourhoods in the city of Palu on Sulawesi. ✔ Local television said around 3,000 residents had flocked to the Palu airport trying to get out ✔ The regencies of Donggala, Sigi and Parigi Moutong - with a combined population of 1.2 million - had yet to be fully assessed ✔ Officials had estimated about 50 people could be inside
Scale of Indonesian quake disaster becomes clearer as rescuers enter remote areas
10/2/2018, 1:45:29 AMThe extent of the devastation caused by an earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi should become clearer on Tuesday, as rescuers push into remote areas that have been out of contact for more than three days. ✔ Officials fear the death toll will rise into the thousands ✔ The city of Palu has been devastated and first reports out of Donggala indicate that it has also been hit extremely hard by the double disaster, Gelfand said ✔ Numerous aftershocks have strained survivors already jangled nerves
Indonesia tsunami: desperation mounts in Palu amid aid delays and food shortages
10/2/2018, 12:22:58 AMReports of looting and growing chaos in the Sulawesi city four days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit ✔ Updatedat 8.20pm EDT 8.03pm EDT20:03 Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the disaster in Indonesia ✔ If you have any tips or questions that you’d like the blog to address, get in touch with me via email at kate.lyons@theguardian.com or on Twitter @mskatelyons Updatedat 8.05pm EDT
Harrowing pics reveal destruction after killer Indonesia quake and tsunami
10/2/2018, 12:48:34 AMTHE scale of the devastation caused by the Indonesian tsunami and earthquake has been revealed in these harrowing images. Aerial footage shows the extent of the damage caused by the magnitude 7.5 e… ✔ Residents trying to track down their loved ones have been walking from body bag to body bag, opening the top to check who is wrapped inside ✔ The tsnumai was the latest natural disaster to hit Indonesia, which is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions because of its location on the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin ✔ Last month, a powerful quake on the island of Lombok killed 505 people
Desperation everywhere, aid slow to reach Indonesia victims
10/2/2018, 2:08:55 AMPALU, Indonesia (AP) — Desperation is visible everywhere in areas heavily damaged by an earthquake and tsunami, four days after the disaster devastated parts of Indonesia's centra ✔ An earthquake and subsequent tsunami later caused heavy damage to the area ✔ 1) Satellite images show the destruction fin Indonesia as the death toll from the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the island of Sulawesi increases to over 800 , and nearly 50,000 people have been displaced by the disaster
Bodies found in ruins of Palu church
10/2/2018, 3:09:06 AMThe 34 students are among the hundreds killed by the quake and tsunami which hit Indonesia. ✔ The aid and rescue operation is being slowed by damaged infrastructure and continuing strong aftershocks ✔ It is unclear if the students whose bodies have been found belong to the same group ✔ Vice-President Jusuf Kalla has said the final death toll could be in the thousands while the Red Cross estimates that more than 1.6 million people have been affected
BREAKING: DESTRUCTIVE magnitude 6.0 earthquake SHAKES Sumba, Indonesia
10/2/2018, 12:45:09 AMA STRONG earthquake has hit the Sumba region of Indonesia - the country affected by a devastating tsunami last week, which left at least 844 people dead. ✔ An earthquake of magnitude 6 is classed as strong, which means it can cause extensive damage to buildings and residential areas ✔ It was initially measured at 6.2 but later downgraded by the US Geological Survey (USGS) ✔ The earthquake’s arrival is just days after a calamitous tsunami tore the country last week on the Sulawesi island
Powerful aftershocks strike Indonesia days after deadly quake & tsunami
10/2/2018, 1:01:48 AMA series of powerful aftershocks, ranging between 5 and 6 in magnitude, have rattled Indonesia just days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc across the island of Sulawesi, killing hundreds. ✔ So far 844 have been confirmed dead with the death toll expected to climb ✔ With roads destroyed, authorities are finding it hard to get heavy duty equipment in place to search for possible survivors ✔ Rescue workers continue to work overtime after a 14-day state of emergency was declared by the Central Sulawesi administration following Friday’s tragedy
Satellite images show Indonesia destruction
10/2/2018, 1:51:28 AMSatellite images show the destruction fin Indonesia as the death toll from the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the island of Sulawesi increases to over 800 , and nearly 50,000 people have been displaced by the disaster. (Oct. 1) ✔ Satellite images show the destruction fin Indonesia as the death toll from the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the island of Sulawesi increases to over 800 , and nearly 50,000 people have been displaced by the disaster
In neighborhood buried by quake, kin found in final embrace
10/2/2018, 1:53:54 AMPALU, Indonesia (AP) — For two days, Edi Setiwan helped pull the dead and the living out of a sea of mud and debris, all of them victims of one of Indonesia's deadliest earthquake ✔ As the 32-year-old rushed outside, the ground I stepped on cracked .. ✔ He tried to reach his parents' home, about 300 meters (yards) away, but the sea of mud that engulfed the area made it too hard to reach ✔ The death toll is expected to rise as areas cut off by the damage are reached
Magnitude 6.2 quake hits near Flores in Indonesia - USGS
10/2/2018, 12:26:51 AMAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 was recorded near the southern... ✔ The quake, which hit about 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Ende on Flores, was later downgraded by the USGS to a magnitude of 5.9 ✔ There were no immediate tsunami alerts or reports of casualties or damage ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
6.0-magnitude quake hits 30 km of Nggongi, Indonesia - World
10/2/2018, 1:12:43 AMundefined ✔ Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said the final number of fatalities could be in the thousands ✔ A Facebook page was created by worried relatives who posted pictures of still-missing family members in the hopes of finding them alive ✔ On Saturday evening, residents fashioned makeshift bamboo shelters or slept outdoors, fearing aftershocks
Storm Leslie may U-turn in Atlantic putting hurricane on collision course for UK
10/2/2018, 2:16:48 AMSome forecasters have warned Leslie could perform a shock U-turn and blow towards the UK, unleashing powerful gales and torrential downpours ✔ Three-day UK weather forecast Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to playTap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Today (Tuesday) : It will be a largely cloudy but mostly dry day for many northern and eastern parts ✔ Southern parts will start misty or foggy but become dry and bright later
USGS: Magnitude 6.2 quake hits near Flores in Indonesia
10/2/2018, 12:53:57 AMAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 was recorded near the southern Indonesian island of Flores, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday, ✔ Hermes Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images A rice field in Flores island, Indonesia ✔ The quake, which hit about 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Ende on Flores, was later downgraded by the USGS to a magnitude of 5.9 ✔ There were no immediate tsunami alerts or reports of casualties or damage
A Gender Reveal Party Went Seriously Wrong And Ignited A Massive Wildfire In Arizona
10/2/2018, 3:34:53 AM"I feel absolutely horrible about it," he said in court. "It was probably one of the worst days of my life." ✔ Fueled by strong, 40-mph winds and bone-dry conditions, the flames raced across state-owned land over the Santa Rita Mountains, and scorched thousands of acreage belonging to the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management ✔ The gender of his baby, however, has yet to be publicly revealed
Holidaymakers enjoy a pint in a Benidorm pub despite being flooded
10/2/2018, 1:52:58 AMPaul Emery was on holiday with his friends when heavy rain started to fall in Avenue del Mediterraneo and Avenue de Almeria, Benidorm, Spain. ✔ Paul told The Sun Online: 'Everyone was kind of up for it really, no one really seemed to care ✔ Some tourists were even spotted using an upside-down table as a makeshift surfboard to skid around on the slippery strip ✔ The Spanish Met Office, AEMET, put 14 of the country's provinces on yellow weather warning alerts for heavy rain, thunderstorms, winds and high tides
Catastrophe in Sulawesi
10/2/2018, 3:12:50 AMA look at the destruction in Sulawesi, Indonesia, after it was struck by earthquakes and tsunami on Sept. 28.
Super Typhoon Kong-rey poses DANGER to Japan as it intensifies to over 150mph winds
10/2/2018, 2:47:25 AMSUPER Typhoon Kong-rey poses a danger to the Ryuku Islands as it rapidly intensifies and is heading on a path of destruction towards the Japense lands, just days after Typhoon Trami wreaked havoc. ✔ Typhoon Trami hit Japan at the weekend (Image: GETTY) AccuWeather Meteorologist Rob Richard said: After threatening the Ryukyu Islands, scenarios for Kong-rey’s expected track around the start of the next weekend range from the Typhoon targeting Taiwan and/or eastern China or curving northwestward to mainland Japan or the Korean Peninsula
A North Carolina County Didn't Respond To 911 Calls From Migrant Workers, After The Farm Owner Called To Say They Were "Fine"
10/2/2018, 3:07:54 AMThe owner of the farm they worked on reportedly told county officials the workers "had everything they needed." ✔ The farm workers weren't the only ones who tried to arrange rescues at the camp ✔ We’re really sorry it happened how it happened, and we wish the grower would have taken additional steps ✔ Most of them have no independent means of transportation and that can be very scary
These Migrant Workers Called 911 During Hurricane Florence. But No One Came To Their Rescue.
10/2/2018, 1:50:54 AMThe owner of the farm they worked on reportedly told county officials the workers "had everything they needed." ✔ The farm workers weren't the only ones who tried to arrange rescues at the camp ✔ We’re really sorry it happened how it happened, and we wish the grower would have taken additional steps ✔ Most of them have no independent means of transportation and that can be very scary
UK weather forecast: SAVAGE gale-force winds THRASH coastal areas as temperatures PLUMMET
10/2/2018, 3:16:16 AMFEROCIOUS gale-force winds of at least 60mph will batter coastal regions on Tuesday morning before temperatures plummet to near-freezing on Wednesday, sparking “a touch of frost” in the northeast. ✔ The weather forecaster said: It will be quite warm, here, 19 or 20 degrees the afternoon high ✔ Many other places after a bright start will be increasingly cloudy through the day but still a few breaks in the southeast and it will still feel quite warm here
Malaysian sex, lies, videotapes and sharia
10/2/2018, 1:14:46 AMIn elections earlier this year, Malaysia experienced a political earthquake. The party that had ruled the former British colony for six decades, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), via the Barisan Nasional coalition, was pushed out of power. A new coalition, the Pakatan Harapan (PH), was installed in its placed via the May general vote count. ✔ The sex tape was allegedly provided by Japanese intelligence ✔ The world is under no illusions about the state of politics in Asia and the dirty techniques that have been employed for all time, however, a little sunlight is the best medicine, and more transparency about what is going on in Malaysia would be good for everyone
In boom times, unsustainable debt levels threaten prosperity
10/2/2018, 2:27:30 AMThe federal government’s fiscal year 2018 is over. In some ways, it was a banner year: Economic growth quickened, average paychecks fattened, and there were more jobs available than there were people looking for work. But there are clouds on the horizon. Washington’s soaring deficit and debt could wipe out the progress being made, hitting working Americans the hardest. ✔ Everyone feels the pinch from rising rates immediately, due to higher prices for everyday goods and services ✔ Some analysts argue that last year’s tax cuts are what’s driving up the deficit, but that’s not true ✔ • Justin Bogie is a senior policy analyst specializing in fiscal affairs for The Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Economic Freedom
PM declares war on fake news
10/2/2018, 2:50:15 AMundefined ✔ As part of countermeasures, the prime minister raised the need to create a cooperation channel between prosecutors and police to swiftly probe those involved in producing fake news ✔ We want the Japanese government's explanation and its wise decision, he added
Cubs, Rockies meet for NL wild card after losing tiebreakers
10/2/2018, 1:00:20 AMCHICAGO (AP) — Manager Joe Maddon and the Chicago Cubs insist they still have plenty left to make another deep run in the postseason. What they don't have is room fo ✔ CHICAGO (AP) Manager Joe Maddon and the Chicago Cubs insist they still have plenty left to make another deep run in the postseason ✔ And the Cubs have certainly won their share of elimination games the past four seasons ✔ But that whole narrative switches (Tuesday) if we win the ballgame
'You're not thinking. You never do,' Trump tells female reporter
10/2/2018, 1:32:58 AMIt was supposed to be a triumphant Rose Garden news conference for President Trump. Then, things took a turn. ✔ In his very first presidential debate, Trump pushed back on host Megyn Kelly for questioning him about his treatment of women by saying that she had blood coming out of her wherever ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes
Trump's 'New' Canada-Mexico Trade Deal Has All Kinds Of Improvements? Thanks, Obama.
10/2/2018, 12:23:04 AMThe so-called "new NAFTA" is mainly what Canada and Mexico agreed to in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement -- which Trump threw out after taking off... ✔ Nevertheless, the provisions of the agreement dealing with online commerce and intellectual property protections, for example, were included in TPP and are now in Trump’s USMCA, largely unchanged ✔ If Congress does not approve the new trade pact, the existing NAFTA would remain in place ― at least until Trump carried out the formal process of withdrawing from it, which might also require congressional approval
Trump’s family separation policy was flawed from the start, watchdog review says
10/2/2018, 12:07:53 AMGovernment investigators report that hundreds of children were held in short-term detention cells beyond the 72-hour limit set by the courts. ✔ is our highest responsibility, and we work closely with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement to ensure the timely and secure transfer of all unaccompanied minors in our custody as soon as placement is available from HHS
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