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...
There is a story takes place in my real life, we all know, a big earthquake in Kobe, many buildings collapsed, including many schools, and also because occurred in the morning, resulting in a heavy death toll.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said that reconstruction work of earthquake-shattered areas in Sichuan Province must still overcome challenges before it can be judged a complete success.
Wen made the remarks while visiting the quake zone from Thursday to Saturday. It was his eighth visit to the region since the May 12 ...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 struck in the Samoan Islands region at 6:48 a.m. (1:28 p.m. ET) on Tuesday at a depth of about 7.4 miles (11.9 km), the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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LOS ANGELES -- Officials in American Samoa said at least 14 people were killed when a tsunami swept ashore in the South Pacific country after a powerful earthquake hit nearby.
Mase Akapo, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, says the deaths occurred in four different villages on the main island of Tutuila, with six in the ...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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
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
**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 ...
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
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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