Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: All the latest updates
10/4/2018, 1:47:16 PMDeath toll in Indonesia's twin quake-tsunami disaster passes 1,400 as rescuers scramble to locate survivors. ✔ In another part of Donggala, Ahmad Derajat said survivors were scavenging for food in fields and orchards ✔ The injured and those with children received priority seating on the Hercules C-130 aircraft ✔ But they obviously looked tired and stressed out, Al Jazeera's Ted Regencia reported from the scene ✔ The wreckage of the Ponulele Bridge in Palu
Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: Failed early warning systems?
10/4/2018, 12:28:29 PMThe failure of early-warning detection systems to function adequately, coupled with a lack of public education about disaster response, likely compounded the magnitude of deaths and injuries in the wake of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami. ✔ The failure of early-warning detection systems to function adequately, coupled with a lack of public education about disaster response, likely compounded the magnitude of deaths and injuries in the wake of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami
Indonesia volcano eruption pictures: Terrifying images as Indonesia is RIPPED APART
10/4/2018, 12:21:52 PMINDONESIA has been hit with three volcanic eruptions this week. Here are the latest images of the erupting volcanoes as Indonesia is ripped apart. ✔ Indonesia volcano eruption pictures: The islands have been devastated by a natural disasters (Image: EPA/GETTY) The Gamalama volcano erupted today (Image: MAGMAINDONESIA) Interesting to see the tourist phenomenon the mountain erupted in a safe place
Indonesia volcano eruption map: Where is the volcano erupting? Is Bali affected?
10/4/2018, 1:58:24 PMINDONESIA has been rocked by a third volcano eruption since the devastating earthquake hit a week ago. Where is the volcano erupting and is Bali affected? ✔ At least 1,424 people have died after a 7.5 earthquake on Sulawesi island caused a tsunami last Friday ✔ He tweeted: Mount child of Krakatoa erupts almost daily ✔ The Foreign Office is also advising against all but essential travel to the city of Palu and the districts of Donggala, Mamuju Utara, Sigi and Parigi Moutong in Central Sulawesi
'God does not strike twice': Indonesians rebuild in disaster zone
10/4/2018, 2:04:09 PMAbout 100 meters from the beach north of the earthquake-shattered Indonesian cit... ✔ Inland, the tremor destroyed homes, while liquefied soil sucked up entire villages ✔ An assessment from the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Centre reviewed by Reuters said 191,000 people had urgent needs, including 60,000 children and elderly ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Indonesia earthquake and tsunami leave more than 70,000 homeless
10/4/2018, 12:00:24 PMIndonesian Marines are pouring into the area devastated by an earthquake and tsunami to help with rescues. The death toll climbed to more than 1,420. Indonesia has still not evacuated all of the injured, six days after the disasters. Ben Tracy reports from Palu, Indonesia.
Aid Slowly Reaches Indonesia Tsunami Victims
10/4/2018, 3:18:26 PMAid trickled through to victims of last week’s deadly earthquake and tsunami in this Indonesian city, but the effort continued to face major hurdles and many people living in makeshift camps outside devastated villages were growing desperate for basics like water. ✔ People wave to an army helicopter in the isolated village of Kulawi on Thursday ✔ Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency, predicted that the number of dead would continue to rise ✔ Amid collapsed houses and the charred remains of crushed vehicles and rooftops, red and white Indonesian flags marked places to dig for more victims
Indonesia tsunami-quake death toll could soar over 2,000
10/4/2018, 1:34:05 PMSome 1,424 people have already been confirmed dead and buildings were reduced to rubble after monster earthquake struck on Friday, sending destructive waves into Sulawesi island. ✔ More than 2,000 people may have died in the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, it has emerged, with more than a thousand still missing ✔ But as the scale of the disaster became clear President Joko Widodo reluctantly agreed to allow in overseas aid
1,000 people STILL missing after tsunami as aid struggles to reach starving survivors
10/4/2018, 3:32:09 PMMORE than 1,000 people are still missing almost a week after an earthquake and huge tsunami hit Indonesia. ✔ The number of those still unaccounted for is an estimate by the national disaster agency and is made up of those believed to be missing from the areas of Petobo, Balaroa and Sigi - neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the hard-hit city of Palu ✔ GETTY (Pic: GETTY) GETTY (Pic: GETTY) The spokesman said: The liquefaction damage is unprecedented in Indonesia, despite high seismic activity
Indonesia tsunami: Tears and hope amid the rubble as aid arrives
10/4/2018, 12:52:29 PMThe ground was still shaking when Martinus Hamaele entered the shattered ruins of the Mercure Hotel, a five-storey building on the Palu coast, shortly after the earthquake and tsunami which devastated the city on Friday. ✔ But his 20-year-old daughter Marienne wasn't one of them ✔ Thousands of people in Palu are fleeing aboard Indonesian military ships which arrived with supplies for the devastated region, according to the BNPB ✔ The survivors of this disaster have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods
Survivors begin to leave quake-stricken town in Indonesia as frustration grows over relief effort - Los Angeles Times
10/4/2018, 2:29:39 PMWidely reported shortages of food, water, gasoline and other basic necessities have led to looting of damaged shops and supermarkets in Palu, the town of 380,000 near the quake’s epicenter. ✔ But even then, with relief slow to arrive on damaged roads and ground that had churned into mud, residents said there isn’t enough food and water for the thousands of injured and 70,000 left homeless ✔ Like a number of Indonesians, Husni goes by one name ✔ In the landslide, unknown numbers of people were buried even as they were paying their last respects to a loved one, he said
Person found alive buried in rubble six days after deadly tremor in Indonesia
10/4/2018, 1:47:44 PMThe deadly earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia last Friday and the death toll stands at 1,424 people ✔ Liquefaction is a process which sees the earth loosen due to seismic activity, turning it into what looks like a heaving liquid ✔ The country's national disaster agency has estimated the missing are concentrated in the Petobo, Balaroa and Sigi areas, Sky News reported ✔ Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said in a statement
Engineer grateful to be alive after tsunami beaches his 500-tonne ship
10/4/2018, 1:09:14 PMShip's engineer Charles Marlan had the unsettling sensation his vessel was ... ✔ I could hear the waves coming, Marlan said, describing how he was gripped by fear ✔ They survive on handouts from passing ferries and while away the time, attending a roll-call every now and then and chatting with neighborhood kids who climb up on board ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Race to get aid to Indonesian quake victims as deaths rise
10/4/2018, 12:49:38 PMPALU, Indonesia (AP) — Nearly a week after disaster struck, aid workers raced Thursday to get shelter, food, medicine and other badly needed supplies to the Indonesian port city o ✔ People living in tents and shelters have little but uncertainty since the powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the city, where death toll rises and efforts to retrieve scores more victims buried deep in mud and rubble were still hampered Thursday by the lack of heavy equipment
Heartbroken man finds his sister and dad's bodies 'hugging' after tsunami horror
10/4/2018, 1:47:39 PMOne father told the heartbreaking story of finding his son's body in a morgue - he had become physically unrecognisable ✔ 'He's so sad - he's remembering his little brother a lot' Nurjati Katili is taking care of her nephew Mohammed, aged seven, whose mum and younger brother are missing ✔ But the fate of many thousands of people in outlying districts remained unknown nearly a week after the disaster struck
Rescuers find possible survivor under hotel hit by quake in Indonesian
10/4/2018, 3:50:47 PMFrench rescuers in Indonesia said the team's high-tech sensors 'detected the presence of a victim' in the wreckage of the Mercure Hotel in Palu but were not able to say if the person is conscious. ✔ Masrita Arifin, who was camped out a few hundred yards from her family's heavily damaged home: 'It's really difficult to find water and we don't have a place to shower, but thank God we got some aid from the government, including a medical checkup.' Many victims might have survived with faster help, said Palu resident Bambang
French rescuers detect signs of life under quake-hit hotel
10/4/2018, 2:06:31 PMPALU, Indonesia (AP) — A French rescue team said Thursday it has detected a person believed to still be alive under the rubble of a hotel in Indonesia's central Sulawesi, nearly a ✔ People living in tents and shelters have little but uncertainty since the powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the city, where death toll rises and efforts to retrieve scores more victims buried deep in mud and rubble were still hampered Thursday by the lack of heavy equipment
Yellowstone volcano: Hot springs and geysers could hold secret to Yellowstone eruption
10/4/2018, 2:29:07 PMA GEYSER had its biggest eruption in more than 60 years at Yellowstone National Park last month. But could hot springs and geysers hold the secret to when Yellowstone could erupt? ✔ This included cigarette butts, a Hamm’s beer can, part of a cement block, a plastic spoon, a straw, and a piece of rubber that looked like a heel insert ✔ Geyser eruptions are a vent in the Earth’s surface that occasionally shoots hot water and steam a few hundred feet into the air ✔ There has been no significant increase in seismicity nor broad-scale variations in ground movement
Lights, TVs back on in Indonesia quake city, but fate of thousands...
10/4/2018, 12:14:32 PMElectricity was restored and shops began reopening in Indonesia's quake and... ✔ REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha But there has been scant information about conditions on the road to the north, along the coast towards the epicenter of the quake, 78 km (50 miles) from Palu ✔ Slideshow (18 Images) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
The Crown's Olivia Colman looks sombre as she recreates Queen's 1966 visit to Aberfan days after Welsh mining disaster killed 144
10/4/2018, 12:58:18 PMTHE Crown’s Olivia Colman looked sombre as she recreated the Queen’s 1966 visit to Aberfan days after the Welsh mining disaster which killed 144 people. The actress was seen wearing an … ✔ WENN 10 The actress wore an almost identical outfit to the Monarch 52 years after the visit The shoot was an almost perfect recreation of the day Queen Elizabeth visited the village more than five decades ago ✔ Also joining the cast for the third season is Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, replacing Vanessa Kirby
Power restored to Indonesian quake city, but fate of thousands unknown
10/4/2018, 2:39:50 PMElectricity was restored and some shops reopened in Indonesia's quake and t... ✔ REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha But there has been scant information about conditions on the road to the north, along the coast toward the epicenter of the quake, 78 km (50 miles) from Palu ✔ Slideshow (16 Images) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Thursday Morning Briefing
10/4/2018, 12:53:02 PMWhite House receives FBI report on Kavanaugh, U.S. warns of new hacking spree fr... ✔ REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Some services began returning to normal in Indonesia’s quake and tsunami stricken city of Palu, but the fate of many thousands of people in outlying districts remained unknown nearly a week after the disaster struck ✔ Pence to ramp up U.S. criticism of China Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Palu bodies sent straight to graves as time for identification runs out
10/4/2018, 2:17:30 PMDetails have been taken of more than 700 dead but Indonesian authorities prioritising survivors ✔ On Cimanggis Road in Balaroa, people were walking past scenes of utter devastation, wearing T-shirts or scarves pulled up around their faces ✔ Abdul Maruf, a father of three from Balaroa, said he was preparing for Magrib prayer at dusk when he felt the earth move wildly beneath him ✔ I thought it was the final day, he said on Thursday
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10/4/2018, 12:29:58 PMMount Soputan volcano erupts during the night, as seen from Lobu village in Southeast Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Antara Foto/Adwit B Pramono/ via REUTERS ✔ Mount Soputan volcano erupts during the night, as seen from Lobu village in Southeast Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia ✔ REUTERS/Beawiharta Reuters / Thursday, October 04, 2018 A sofa is seen among the ruins of a house after an earthquake hit Balaroa sub-district in Palu, Indonesia
Gender reveal party goes catastrophically wrong and ends up costing dad £170,000
10/4/2018, 12:05:53 PMDennis Dickey, from Arizona, caused a catastrophic wildfire in April 2017 and has agreed to pay a huge sum in reparations ✔ The trend for gender reveal parties can be pretty outrageous, as some people go to over the top length to announce the news ✔ But it all went horribly wrong, when explosives used to celebrate the special announcement ended up torching over 45,000 acres of Arizona's dry grasslands ✔ All in all, the gender reveal party ended up costing authorities more than $8 million
UK weather forecast: Terrifying path map shows Hurricane Leslie on UK collision course
10/4/2018, 12:34:51 PMHURRICANE Leslie is on a collision course with the UK as a terrifying satellite map shows the tropical weather system moving through the Atlantic. ✔ UK weather: Hurricane Leslie could reach the UK with gale force winds next week (Image: EARTH NULL SCHOOL) Some models suggest Leslie may move close to the UK by the end of next week Andy Page Wet and windy conditions could hit in the north-west and dry and warm weather in the south and east
Morning Update: The Main Export Of YouTubers Is Drama
10/4/2018, 12:55:57 PMRepublicans take on Kavanaugh's accusers, a deadly standoff in South Carolina, YouTube's big drama explained. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, October 4. ✔ The Russian president’s comments come seven months after Russian agents attempted to murder Skripal and his daughter with a deadly nerve agent in the UK, according to British security services ✔ Hammond had two assistants to help her jump between the islands on the floating map and, yes, you can absolutely guess what happened next: Tap to play GIF
Opinion | Kavanaugh or not, Republicans’ House majority is slipping away
10/4/2018, 1:29:29 PMThe House majority is going, going. . . ✔ People vote at Edison High School in northeast Minneapolis on Aug. 14 ✔ But for the trajectory of this midterm election to change, it would take a massive event that fundamentally changes how people see Trump and one or both political parties ✔ Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) is leading by a more comfortable margin
Bottle of whisky sold for record $1.1 million
10/4/2018, 3:11:28 PMA rare bottle of single-malt Scotch was bought for more than $1.1 million in Edinburgh, Scotland, making it the world's most expensive bottle of whisky to be sold at auction. ✔ 'Holy Grail' of whiskies The whisky was in a vat for 60 years before being bottled in 1986 ✔ It has been described by experts as the Holy Grail of whiskies because of its quality, artwork and vintage ✔ One is thought to have been destroyed in the 2011 earthquake in Japan and at least another has been opened and drunk, Bonhams wrote
Anti-abortion doctors in Ireland petition government
10/4/2018, 12:52:15 PMAs lawmakers prepared to debate a bill Thursday to introduce abortion services in Ireland, a group of anti-abortion doctors has petitioned the government to allow them to exercise their conscientious objection in full. ✔ Under the proposed bill, terminations will be provided on demand up to the 12th week of pregnancy, and later in cases where there is a risk to the mother's life or the fetus is not expected to survive ✔ The lower house of the Irish parliament, or Dáil, begins debating the bill Thursday
Brad Paisley and His Wife Kimberly Are Opening a Grocery Store Where Everything Is Free
10/4/2018, 3:51:35 PM“This is a grocery store with dignity for people who have fallen on hard times,” said the country star. ✔ The visit was a lesson in humility for the boys, who were acting up, but it turned into something much bigger when Brad and Kimberly liked what the Unity Shoppe was doing ✔ The couple made an initial donation to kick off their goal of raising $500,000 before breaking ground, and they have a $1.2 million target for total construction
‘Absolutely NO rhythm’ Strictly Come Dancing star hilariously scores Theresa May’s moves
10/4/2018, 1:05:55 PMSTRICTLY Come Dancing star Robin Windsor joked Theresa May should “loosen up” and “use her hips a little bit” after her dancing queen Conservative conference speech. ✔ An unimpressed Robin Windsor scored a measly two for Theresa May’s boogie at yesterday’s Tory Party Conference ✔ Her unexpected entrance and first joke appeared to go down well with the audience, who welcomed her with cheers and applause ✔ Conservative Deputy Chairman James Cleverly tweeted: ‘Great to see Theresa May dance onto the stage to Dancing Queen by ABBA
Lil Wayne's albums – ranked!
10/4/2018, 3:05:34 PMWe take stock of the rapper’s career, through stints in prison, label rows and trash-rock impulses to his heyday of raw swagger and southern bangers ✔ Rebirth (2010) When it comes to Lil Wayne’s worst-ever album, the obvious choice is the correct one ✔ Tha Carter V (2018) Wayne puts the frustrating delays and legal wrangles with Birdman in his rearview mirror with a personal, big-hearted record that combines modern sounds and thrilling early-00s pastiches
Nicola Sturgeon loudly mocked as she claims 'only independence can SAVE Scotland'
10/4/2018, 2:47:13 PMTHE SCOTTISH Parliament erupted in laughter when Nicola Sturgeon claimed a second referendum on Scotland's independence would be the only guarantee Brexit would not damage her country, during First Minister's Questions. ✔ Scotland needs the option of independence because only independence guarantees that these things can’t be imposed on us against our will ✔ The campaign group’s chief executive, former MEP Struan Stevenson, backed up the independent report and called for the government to abandon the pursuit of another referendum
Grenfell survivor says daughter who fled tower got A in GCSE next day
10/4/2018, 12:21:21 PMManuel Miguel Alves, who lived on the 13th floor of the tower in North Kensington, west London, saw the early stages of the fire on the fourth floor as he was going up to his flat in a lift shortly before 1am. ✔ 'There was still enough time to evacuate the building and it was clear the fire could not be stopped and that this was the only choice ✔ The inquiry is hearing from survivors, relatives and friends of those who died and nearby residents, at Holborn Bars in Central London
Analysis | The Senate has the FBI report on Kavanaugh. Here’s what senators on the fence are likely mulling.
10/4/2018, 1:28:28 PMDid the FBI complete a 'fair' investigation? Who do they believe most, Kavanaugh or his accusers? How would voting against Kavanaugh hurt their political careers? ✔ (Other sex-crimes prosecutors said what Ford remembered is par for the course in these cases.) Republican leaders routinely mention far less credible allegations lodged against Kavanaugh, in a way that seems designed to raise questions about the more credible claims the FBI is looking into
Flight MH370 'mysteries' exposed by experts who suspect a 'cover up'
10/4/2018, 1:20:24 PMThe Malaysia Airlines flight vanished with almost 240 passengers and crew as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing ✔ The Malaysia Airlines flight vanished with almost 240 passengers and crew as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014 ✔ Madagascar has a piece of the engine in its possession, while other parts were found on the French island of Reunion and the coast of Tanzania, for example ✔ The official report suggested unlawful interference by a third party may have been involved
Lucy Hale Is Ready For Her Next Big Role And That ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Reunion
10/4/2018, 3:50:49 PMThe actress is also mulling a return to music. ✔ Since Pretty Little Liars wrapped in 2017, Lucy Hale has barely slowed down ✔ Now she’s hoping to raise money and awareness for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ✔ You’re in the spotlight, but somehow you make it look effortless
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