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Padang : Indonesia | about 1 month ago  
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  • People try to put out a fire with buckets of water as houses burn following a powerful earthquake near the city of Padang
    People try to put out a fire with buckets of water as houses burn ...
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  • People stand near a collapsed shopping mall after an earthquake hit Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
    People stand near a collapsed shopping mall after an earthquake hit ...
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  • A man walks amid the rubble of an earthquake-damaged building in Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island
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  • Volunteers count dead bodies at a makeshift tent in a Padang hospital, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
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  • Injured people rest at a makeshift hospital in Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
    Injured people rest at a makeshift hospital in Padang, on Indonesia's ...
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  • A man stands in front of a collapsed building after an earthquake hit Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
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  • Students run near a collapsed university building after an earthquake hit Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
    Students run near a collapsed university building after an earthquake ...
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  • A volunteer walks near dead bodies at a makeshift tent in a Padang hospital, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
    A volunteer walks near dead bodies at a makeshift tent in a Padang ...
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  • People clear rubble with their hands following a powerful earthquake near the city of Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island
    People clear rubble with their hands following a powerful earthquake ...
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  • Students walk out from a collapsed building after an earthquake hit Padang
    Students walk out from a collapsed building after an earthquake hit ...
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  • Residents wait outside damaged houses after an earthquake in Padang, Indonesia's Sumatra island
    Residents wait outside damaged houses after an earthquake in Padang, ...
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  • A women comforts her relative at a hospital in Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island
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  • A man comforts a relative after an earthquake hit Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
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  • Rescue workers transport the body of a victim to an ambulance following a powerful earthquake near the city of Padang
    Rescue workers transport the body of a victim to an ambulance ...
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  • People stand near injured lying in beds in makeshift medical centre following powerful earthquake near city of Padang
    People stand near injured lying in beds in makeshift medical centre ...
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  • A woman walks in front of a collapsed shopping mall after an earthquake hit Padang
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  • A man sits on a motorcycle outside a collapsed shopping mall after an earthquake hit Padang
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  • People gather in front of the governor's office after an earthquake hit Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
    People gather in front of the governor's office after an earthquake ...
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  • Teachers hold each other in front of a collapsed university building after an earthquake hit Padang
    Teachers hold each other in front of a collapsed university building ...
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  • A man carries an injured person in front of a collapsed university building during an evacuation after an earthquake hit Padang
    A man carries an injured person in front of a collapsed university ...
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  • Rescue workers transport a survivor on a stretcher to an ambulance following a powerful earthquake near the city of Padang
    Rescue workers transport a survivor on a stretcher to an ambulance ...
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  • Medical staff attend to a casualty following a powerful earthquake near the city of Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island
    Medical staff attend to a casualty following a powerful earthquake ...
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  • An injured girl cries during an evacuation after an earthquake hit Padang, Indonesia's Sumatra island
    An injured girl cries during an evacuation after an earthquake hit ...
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  • People queue for petrol in Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
    People queue for petrol in Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island
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  • A video grab shows a foot among the wreckage of a building following an earthquake in Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island
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The quake occurred almost concurrently with a series of disasters that hit the Pacific region, including Typhoon Ketsana that swept the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia, and the tsunami that smashed the Samoa Islands. “I am greatly saddened by the news of the terrible natural disasters that have...
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  • News Source: Guardian Unlimited | about 1 month ago
    Sumatra quake toll mounts as hospital lies in ruins Ben Doherty reports from Padang, the city which bore the brunt of Wednesday's devastating earthquake Ben Doherty in Padang, Sumatra A boy stands near a building flattened by an earthquake in...
  • News Source: Voice of America | about 1 month ago
    Humanitarian Chief John Holmes says the world body is gearing up relief efforts and deploying teams to help the millions of people affected by severe tropical storms, earthquakes and tsunamis in the Asia-Pacific region. At least six Asian-Pacific...
  • News Source: Kansas City Star | about 1 month ago
    The U.N.'s humanitarian chief said Thursday the powerful earthquakes that struck Indonesia have killed at least 1,100 people.

    John Holmes said the latest figures "suggest the death toll has risen already to 1,100" and that there are "many...

  • News Source: News 24 | about 1 month ago
    The death toll from the major earthquake in Indonesia has risen to at least 1 100 and was likely to worsen, UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said on Thursday. "The latest figures we have suggest the death toll has risen already to 1 100," he told a...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    Indonesian island of Sumatra, where rescuers were battling to save thousands of people feared to have been buried under collapsed buildings in the coastal city of Padang. The official death toll stood at 770, but local authorities warned that the...
  • News Source: SwissInfo | about 1 month ago
    Rescue teams in Southeast Asia and the Pacific on Thursday struggled to deal with the devastation inflicted by four near-simultaneous natural disasters. In Indonesia, emergency workers sought to find scores of people trapped under debris after a...
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  • Blog Source: kaips4shizzo.blogspot.com
    There were reports that the second quake badly damaged dozens of additional buildings. In Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province, the shaking was so intense from Wednesday's temblor that people crouched or sat on the street to ...
  • Blog Source: www.bartamaha.com
    An earthquake with a magnitude of 7 has hit Sumatra, a day after another powerful quake devastated much of the Indonesian island. Officials now say at least 200 bodies have been found from the earlier 7.6 magnitude quake, which triggered landslides
  • Blog Source: landslides-gib.blogspot.com
    Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, says the deaths were counted in the coastal Sumatran city of Padang, following Wednesday's 7.6 magnitude quake. ... People stand near a collapsed shopping mall after an
  • Blog Source: the44diaries.wordpress.com
    **44-Update** —Indonesia earthquake toll rises as survivors await relief. A second Indonesian earthquake struck near the city of Padang Thursday as the death toll rose to at least 529. Some residents, fearing aftershocks, sought safety ...
  • Blog Source: www.theepochtimes.com
    A powerful earthquake struck the city of Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing between 100 and 200 people. ... Priyadi Kardono, spokesman for the national disaster agency, said about 500 houses had caved in and around 100 people were buried
  • Blog Source: tenanan.com
    After the last earthquake on Jakarta, now the earthquake strikes Padang, Indonesia. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake placed 440 km(275 miles) to the northeast from padang, and the depth was 85 km(53 miles). This quake made panic 900000 ...
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Posted By aleefregoe aleefregoe | about 1 month ago
so sad!!!:(
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