Bad Monsoon Floods Hit Assam, India: Photos

5 07 2012

This aerial photo shows a flooded area of Jorhat in Assam state, India, Monday, July 2, 2012. The floods from monsoon rains in northeastern India killed dozens of people, with more than 2,000 villages inundated as rivers breached their banks, an official said Sunday. (AP Photo)

Assam in India was hit by the worse monsoon floods in a decade.

It killed at least 95 people.

Around 2 millions were forced to leave their homes.

The Brahmaputra River overflowed and flooded villages.

The heavy rains also caused landslides.

In the worst hit Dhemaji district, raging waters of the Brahmaputra River swept away entire villages.

The entire Majuli island was awash as the Brahmaputra River rosed above the danger level.

Majuli island is one of the largest river islands in the world.

In the Kaziranga National Park that is badly flooded, hundreds of animals were found dead.

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary near Assam’s capital city, Gauhati is also badly flooded.

This is a disaster!

A Press Information Bureau photo shows an Indian Air Force helicopter on a Relief and Rescue mission in the flood-affected areas of Assam. India’s agriculture minister has warned the annual monsoon, which is crucial to the country’s economy, is 31% below average but he says increased rainfall is forecast. (AFP)

Flood affected villagers crowd a boat in Gagalmari village in Assam state, India, Monday, July 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Domesticated animals are seen stranded on an islet in the flooded areas of the Sonitpur district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam July 1, 2012. Incessant heavy rains in northeast India have caused massive flooding and landslides, killing more than 60 people, local media reported on Sunday. Picture taken July 1, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter, carrying relief supplies, flies over the flooded areas of the Sonitpur district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam July 1, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

A view of flood-affected people with their domesticated animals stranded on an islet in a flooded area of the Sonitpur district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam July 1, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

Villagers travel on a boat in the flood affected area of Jhargoan village in Morigoan district on June 29. Almost half a million peolpe are living in relief camps, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday.

Villagers padddle with their belongings through flood waters in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, 55 kms from the capital city of the northeastern state of Assam on June 28, 2012. Floodwaters have submerged 90% of the sanctuary.

Flood waters have inundated the Kaziranga National Park in the north-east Indian state of Assam national park where hundreds of animals have been found dead.





Age of Empires 3 The Asian Dynasties

12 01 2012

The Asian Dynasties was launched on 2007, a year after Age of Empires 3 The War Chiefs.

I first played Age of Empires 3 The Asian Dynasties after Age of Empires 3 The War Chiefs.

This computer game was created by the Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Studios who created the Age of Empires, Age of Empires 2 and Age of Empires 3.

It was developed by a video game developer named Big Huge Games.

There are three new home cities, new campaigns, new mercenaries and new tribes, Native Asians.

The three new home cities are Chinese, Indians and Japanese.

The new campaigns are Japan, China and India.

General Kichiro (L) and Shogun Tokugawa (R)

The new mercenaries are Aronists, Iron  Troops, Jat Lancers, Shaolin Rattan Shields and more.

My favorite mercenary is Arsonist because they’re like Grenadiers but they throw fire instead of bombs.

The Aronist.

The Native Asians are Sufi, the Shaolin, the Zen, the Udasi, the Bhakti, and the Jesuits.





Special Presents From India

21 01 2011

On 21th Dec 2010, Uncle Nisar reached Kuala Lumpur from Singapore.

Uncle Nisar is my father’s friend from Palo Alto, California.

Uncle Nisar flew to Singapore from India.

He was on holiday in Ahmadnabad, India.

Uncle Nisar gave me two presents :)

The first was an Indian  shirt.

I was wearing the Indian shirt :)

I wore the shirt to my hadith’s class that night.

The second present was wrapped in an Indian newspaper.

A banana?

Before I unwrapped the present, I thought it was a banana.

But after I unwrapped it, I was very surprised because it was not a banana.

It's not a banana but it's a wooden car!

It was a hand made wooden car!

The car is very beautiful.

I really love the car!

The front view of the car.

And I like the shirt too because it is nice and comfortable.

The shirt is a bit too big; so I can wear it for a long time :)





Flash Floods Kill 112 In Indian-Held Kashmir-Pictures

7 08 2010

Relief workers and locals gather around an area affected by flash floods in Leh, in Indian-controlled Kashmir's normally arid, mountainous region of Ladakh, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The sudden overnight downpour and flash floods swept away houses and killed dozens of people, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Josh Schrei)

A sudden heavy rain and flash floods swept away houses and killed at least 112 people in Ladakh, Kashmir.

At least 400 people were injured.

There were mudslides too and some places looked like ‘a sea of mud’.

This disaster happened as Pakistan was hit by a terrible flood that killed more than 1500 people.

Buses stand damaged in an area affected by flash floods in Leh, Ladakh, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Josh Schrei)

The airport in Leh was damaged.

Leh is the main town in Ladakh.

Telecommunication towers have either fallen or been badly damaged.

People walk past an area damaged by flash floods in Leh, Ladakh, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Josh Schrei)

At this moment, they don’t know how many houses were damaged by the flood.

People walk around an area affected by flash floods in Leh, Ladakh, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Josh Schrei)

Ladakh is a popular place in the Himalaya for Western tourists.

There are lots of tourists over there during the disaster.

The highway to Leh was damaged, so the tourists were stranded.

At least 100 foreign tourists, mostly Europeans had been rescued.

None has been reported killed or injured.

Damaged houses in Leh's flash flood, Friday, August 6, 2010. REUTERS/Javeed Ahmad

Cars stand damaged in an area affected by flash floods in Leh, in the mountainous region of Ladakh, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Josh Schrei)





1 Dead In Glacier Express Accident

24 07 2010

Glacier Express derailed in the Swiss Alps on Friday, July 23, 2010.

It happened near the town of Fiesch and the mouth of the Aletsch glacier.

The Aletsch glacier is Europe’s largest icemass.

The train was on a journey between Zermatt and St. Moritz.

1 person was killed and 42 people were injured.

Train accident is very rare in Switzerland.

Glacier Express is a very popular tourist train in Switzerland.

It has very big windows so that the passengers can see the beautiful Alps mountains, glaciers, streams and other wonderful things around.

The Glacier Express is known for its majestic mountain climbs.

It is called the “slowest express train in the world”.

It travels at an average speed of 18 mph (30 kph).

This is another disaster.

On Monday a speeding express train collided in India.

Glacier Express derailed in Fiesch, Switzerland, Friday 23, July 2010. (REUTERS/Police Valais/Handout0)

Glacier Express train accident in Fiesch, Switzerland. Friday July 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Police Valais/Handout)

A senior fire fighter looking at a damaged carriage of a Glacier Express passenger train at the accident site, Friday July 23,2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Jean-Christophe Bott)

Rescue workers and paramedics load an injured person on board of a rescue helicopter after a train accident in Fiesch, Switzerland, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Jean-Christophe Bott)

Rescuers give an interview in front of damaged carriages of a Glacier Express passenger train at the accident site in Fiesch, Switzerland, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Jean-Christophe Bott)

A fire fighter is looking at a damaged carriage of a Glacier Express passenger train at the accident site in Fiesch, Switzerland, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Jean-Christophe Bott)





At Least 61 People Killed In India Train Crash-Photos

19 07 2010

At 2 a.m. Monday, there was a bad train accident at the Sainthia station near Calcutta in India.

This is a disaster.

The speeding Uttarbanga Express hit the Vananchal Express that was not moving.

The impact of the accident was so strong that the roof of one car flew into the air.

It landed on an overpass above the track.

So far, 61 bodies were found at the crash site; including 2 drivers of the

Uttarbanga Express.

125 people were injured.

The local people said that the rescue teams arrived about 3 hours after the accident.

The police said that they arrived within an hour after the accident.

It is not good if the rescue teams arrive late when there is an accident.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who rushed to the site, said that the crash could have been a sabotage.

A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at the station in eastern India early Monday, July 19, 2010 mangling the carriages and killing scores of people, railway police said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Locals trying to help searching for victims in the train accident, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)b

The roof of Uttarbanga Express is seen on top of Vananchal Express as rescue workers search for survivors at the site of an accident at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta, India, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A part of the Vananchal Express is seen on an overpass above the tracks at Sainthia station. Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A rescue worker walks past the tangled trains at the site of an accident, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Local residents and rescue workers search for survivors at the site of an accident, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Indian rescue workers take out the body of the train driver at the site of an accident. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Local residents and rescue workers search for survivors at the site of an accident. Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)





Solar Eclipse July 2009

22 07 2009

A total solar eclipse can be seen in some places in India, China and Japan.

Solar means sun.

In Malaysia we can only see a partial solar eclipse.

This morning we saw the solar eclipse at the Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque, Kuala Terengganu.

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I cannot see anything from the telescope but later we saw the solar eclipse from the TV.22072009(026)

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The cloud was too thick so we cannot see the solar eclipse clearly.

Anyway we cannot stay long because we have to drive back to Kuala Lumpur.









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