Powerful Earthquake hit Indonesia

I just got this breaking news from yahoo another form of natural calamity, a strong earthquake brought huge damages and casualties in PADANG, Indonesia




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Here's the article:

PADANG, Indonesia – A powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia trapped thousands of people under collapsed buildings — including hospitals, a hotel and a classroom, officials said. At least 200 bodies were found in one coastal city and the toll was expected to be far higher.

The temblor Wednesday started fires, severed roads and cut off power and communications to Padang, a coastal city of 900,000 on Sumatra island. Thousands fled in panic, fearing a tsunami. It was felt hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in Malaysia and Singapore, causing buildings there to sway.

The undersea quake of 7.6 magnitude was followed by a powerful, shallow inland earthquake on Thursday morning with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It hit about 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of Padang at a depth of just under 20 miles (24 kilometers).

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Typhoon Ondoy Casualty Rises

Typhoon Ondoy has brought devastating damages in the Philippines, particularly in Metro Manila (NCR), Pasig, Rizal, Cavite, Pampanga, Laguna and Quezon City.
So far Typhoon Ondoy was the first typhoon that hits the Philippine Territory with huge amount of rainfall that causes floods in different areas of NCR.
And now, I’ve just read from a yahoo Philippine article that Philippine flood crisis (Typhoon Ondoy) deepens as toll hits 246

Hundreds of thousands of exhausted Philippine flood survivors crammed into schools, gymnasiums, churches and other makeshift shelters on Tuesday as the death toll from the weekend disaster soared to 246.

Three days after a once-in-a-generation storm pounded Manila and surrounding regions, officials said they were unable to cope with the enormous number of flood victims still pouring into evacuation centres.
"More people are coming in by the hour.... We don't know how long we will be able to sustain this," said Joe Ferrer, a local government official in charge of a shelter on a basketball court on the edge of the Manila area.

"We need clothing, food supplies, food rations and medicine."
Original Post Here Typhoon Ondoy Death toll Rises
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PAGASA|Philippine Weather Forecasts,Report

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
PAGASA is the government sector in the philippines that provides typhoon and flood warnings, public weather forecasts and advisories, meteorological, astronomical, climatological, and other specialized information and etc.

Philippines is one of the countries in Southeast ASIA that is part of the so-called typhoon belt. Especially, this year it was reported by PAGASA that alot of typhoon will hit the country. Thus, PAGASA is always giving the people an up to date Weather forecasts,report or information about typhoon and other form of calamities.
PAGASA warned the people to be always prepared and alert to avoid accident.

For more info. about PAGASA, Philippine Weather Forecasts or weather Report you can visit PAGASA website at www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph

PAGASA Typhoon Juan Update/Forecast

 Issued At: 5:00 a.m., 17 October 2010

Valid Beginning: 5:00 a.m. today until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow

Synopsis:

At 4:00 a.m. today, the center of Typhoon "JUAN" was located based on satellite and surface data at 630 km East of Aparri, Cagayan (18.7°N 128.2°E) with maximum sustained winds of 160 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph. Forecast to move West at 24 kph.

Forecast:

Cagayan including Calayan and Babuyan Group of Islands, and Isabela will experience stormy weather with rough to very rough seas. The rest of Northern Luzon will have rains and gusty winds. The rest of the country will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast to north will prevail over rest of Luzon and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast to northwest with slight to moderate seas.

 Source: PAGASA website

 

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