The deadly storm, which was stuck in place over the island nation, has been pounding the northern Bahamas for nearly two days. (Photo credit to CBS News).
CNN – Grand Bahama is facing “extreme flooding” after receiving 30 inches of rain from Dorian, the National Hurricane Center said in its 10 a.m. ET update Tuesday.
The island faces yet another day of dangerous winds and life-threatening storm surge as Dorian continues to inch its way over the Bahamas.
Along with the tremendous amounts of rainfall, the NHC said, Grand Bahama is seeing wind gusts measured at 140 mph and storm surge of 10 to 15 feet above normal tide levels, causing destructive waves.
These hazards from Dorian are forecast to continue on Grand Bahama through most of the day.
The deadly storm, which was stuck in place over the island nation, has been pounding the northern Bahamas for nearly two days. (Photo credit to CBS News).
A view of devastation on Grand Bahama. EYEWITNESS NEWS (Photo credit to CBS News).
Images recorded on the Bahamas show the damage Hurricane Dorian caused. guavaduffntings/Instagram. (Photo credit to Insider).
Images showing the apron at Grand Bahama International Airport. Screenshot/YouTube; Screenshot/Twitter. (Photo credit to Insider).
A composite image showing the destruction from Hurricane Dorian in the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas and the intensity of the storm over the Bahamas on Tuesday morning. Twitter/Jason Nicholas/TropicalTidbits/Business Insider
A damaged car sits amid the damage in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas. (Photo credit to CNN).
Hurricane Dorian dealt massive damage to the Abaco Islands, Bahamas, over Labor Day weekend. (Photo credit to ABC News).
Hurricane Dorian dealt massive damage to the Abaco Islands, Bahamas, over Labor Day weekend. (Photo credit to ABC News).
Ten people were killed in Dayton, Ohio mass shooting, August 4, 2019. Credit photo to CNN.
(Reuters) – Ten people, including one suspect, were killed early on Sunday in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, and at least 16 others were taken to hospitals with injuries, police said.
Authorities gave no details about the circumstances of the shooting except that it occurred in the city’s Oregon District, an historic neighbourhood known for its nightclubs, bars, art galleries and shops.
The Dayton Daily News said the shooting occurred at or near an establishment called Ned Pepper’s Bar in Dayton’s Oregon District.
A report by CNN stated that the incident happened at around 1:00 a.m. ET in a popular area in downtown Dayton on August 4; only about 13 hours after a shooting that left 20 dead in El Paso, Texas.
CNN also reported, Dayton Police Department’s Assistant Police Chief Matt Carper said in a news conference that the shooter has been shot dead by responding police officers.
Bodies are removed from at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Several people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Bodies are removed from at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Several people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Authorities work the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. A several people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Ten people were killed in Dayton, Ohio mass shooting, August 4, 2019. Credit photo to CNN.
[CNN}- At least one person died and 10 were injured, according to Indonesia’s Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), after a series of earthquakes struck the island of Sulawesi on Friday afternoon.
Initial reports from the agency say dozens of buildings collapsed in Palu City in the Donggala region of Sulawesi.
Evacuations are underway and people have been advised to remain alert and outside their homes.
A localized tsunami hit beaches in the cities of Palu and Donggala as a result of the tremors, according to the BNPB.
An early tsunami warning had been issued by the Indonesian meteorological agency, but was later lifted after the agency ascertained that the water had receded.
BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho shared a video on Twitter of the tsunami striking the coast at Palu. “Tsunami was about three meters high,” Nugroho wrote.
Troops from the Indonesian National Armed Forces were being deployed to help deal with the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, according to the BNPB.
Writing on his official Twitter account Friday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that he was monitoring the situation and preparing for any post-earthquake eventualities.
“May our brothers and sisters remain calm and be safe,” he wrote.The first in a series of tremors was felt at 3 p.m. (4 a.m. ET) 35 miles north of Palu, according to the United States Geological Survey. The largest shock — with a magnitude of 7.5 — was detected 50 miles north of Palu, according to USGS.
The shaking of the 7.5-magnitude tremor was “severe” and the likely damage following the quake “moderate to heavy,” the USGS said.
Local media reports that the airport at Palu has been closed until Saturday evening.
The quakes come a month after a trio of earthquakes hit several islands in the South Pacific and Indonesia, including Lombok, which is still recovering from the effects of an August 5 earthquake that killed more than 430 people.
A house sits damaged after an earthquake, in Donggala, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Picture: AP | Source:AP
A resident is seen beside the collapsed brick wall of her house at Tobadak village in Central Mamuju, western Sulawesi province, on September 28, 2018, after a strong earthquake hit the area. – Indonesia was rocked by a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake on September 28, just hours after at least one person was killed by a collapsing building in the same part of the country. A resident is seen beside the collapsed brick wall of her house at Tobadak village in Central Mamuju, western Sulawesi province. Picture: AFP | Source:AFP
A collapsed house following an earthquake in Donggala, Central Sulawesi. Picture: AFP | Source:AFP
After the Category 5 Hurricane Irma made its landfall in the Caribbean with 175 mph sustained winds, Hurricane Irma is expected to make a landfall in South Florida this weekend.
NBC News reported that at least 12 people were killed due to the hurricane that had caused vast devastation in the Caribbean islands.
Florida is braced for a possible direct hit that could cause a devastating damage to the southern part of the state.
CNN reported that the National Hurricane Center said Irma will make landfall in southern Florida as a dangerous major hurricane and has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for South Florida including from Jupiter Inlet on the east coast of the state and southward around the Florida Peninsula to Bonita Beach on the west coast.
The warning included the Florida Keys, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida Bay.
Hurricane Irma is one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded as it caused massive destruction to multiple places including Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Turks, Caicos and others.
Below are some photos taken from CNN:
Bluebeard’s Castle, a resort in St. Thomas, was hit hard by Irma. St. Thomas resident David Velez sent this photo to CNN on September 7.
People walk through damage in Marigot, St. Martin, on Thursday, September 7. Hurricane Irma has devastated several islands in the Caribbean.
An aerial view of St. Martin on September 6.
Waves smash into St. Martin on Wednesday, September 6.
An aerial view shows the damage that Hurricane Irma left on the Dutch side of the island of St. Martin.
A boat is washed onto shore in St. Martin.
Irma floods a beach in Marigot on September 6.
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Last two months, Texas was hit by the deadly Category 4 Hurricane Harvey, that caused immense damage and catastrophic flooding, and also killed at least 70 people.
The plane came down in buildings in a village near Magong airport in Penghu
A Taiwanese ATR-72 TransAsia Airways plane crashed in Xixi village outside the Magong airport in Taiwan’s Penghu archipelago on Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
The ATR 72 turboprop aircraft departed from the southern municipality of Kaohsiung at 17:43 local time (09:43 GMT), but lost contact with controllers at 19:06, CNA said, citing the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
The plane, carrying 58 people, crashed into buildings after a failed attempt to land at Magong airport.
BBC News reported that forty-eight people were killed while another 10 people were injured.
A few empty apartment buildings adjacent to the runway caught fire after the crash.
Officials said that two French nationals were among the dead, and no crew members are thought to have survived.
Five Penghu residents were injured on the ground but by Thursday morning all had been discharged from hospital, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said.
Official said visibility at the time of the crash was 1,600m (one mile) and within acceptable standards for landing, despite the stormy weather.
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The plane, carrying 58 people, came down in a village near the airport after an apparently failed second attempt to land.
The plane came down in buildings in a village near Magong airport in Penghu
The plane came down in buildings in a village near Magong airport in Penghu
A TransAsia Airways plane crashed in Penghu, Taiwan, late on Wednesday as a storm battered the area.
The plane, carrying 58 people, came down in a village near the airport after an apparently failed second attempt to land.
A general view shows the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official said. (Photo REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev).
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 carrying 295 people crashed near the town of Torez in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Thursday.
According to a Facebook post from a top Ukrainian official, as it flew at about 10,000 meters (nearly 33,000 feet) on the way from Amsterdam to Malaysia.
CNN reported that a senior U.S. official said, a radar system saw a surface-to-air missile system turn on and track an aircraft right before the plane went down.
The senior U.S. official also said that a second system saw a heat signature at the time the airliner was hit.
The United States is analyzing the trajectory of the missile to try to learn where the attack came from.
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People walk amongst the debris, at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine. Photo / AP
A picture taken on July 17, 2014 shows the wreckages of the Malaysian Air plane carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk. Photo / AFP
An Emergencies Ministry member works at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. (Photo REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev)
The site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash is seen in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. (Photo REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev)
The site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash is seen in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. (Photo REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev)
An armed pro-Russian separatist stands at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. (Photo REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev).
Emergencies Ministry members work at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014, (Photo REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev)
A firefighter hoses flames in trees near houses at Bilpin, 75km (47 miles) west of Sydney on Tuesday, October 22.
200 homes have been damaged or destroyed during a massive bush fire in New South Wales.
The fire started at the Port Stephens area, more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Sydney on October 13th.
A 63-year-old man died of a suspected heart attack on Friday, defending his house from the big fire.
Police said Monday they had arrested two boys, age 11 and 15, over two earlier bush fires.
The 11-year-old has been charged with two counts of intentionally causing fire and being reckless as to its spread, NSW Police Force said.
About 287,000 acres (116,167 hectares) were affected by the fire.
A volunteer fire fighter, Michael Green recorded a video of the fire using his phone.
CNN reported that Forecasts of high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds over the next few days in the Blue Mountains region, west of Sydney, have state officials especially concerned.
Power lines were also blamed for the fire as reported by CNN.
Locals feared that three big fires could merge into an inferno in New South Wales where lots of people live.
Here are the photos of the fire…
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A helicopter works to extinguish bush fires burning near Winmalee on October 18.
A firefighter hoses flames in trees near houses at Bilpin, 75km (47 miles) west of Sydney on Tuesday, October 22.
Smoke fills the sky over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 17.
Smoke fills the sky above the Winmalee Country Club on October 18.
The Wallarah House, a historic site, sits burned to the ground in Catherine Hill Bay on October 18.
Image #: 24982986 epa03916795 A NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer puts out a fire near the Monky Creek Cafe in the town of Bell, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, NSW, Australia, 20 October 2013. A state of emergency was declared in Australia’s south-east on 20 October as the tally of houses lost to forest fires climbed past 200 and amid warnings of worse weather conditions ahead. Officials warned that separate fires in the Blue Mountains, 70 kilometres west of Sydney, could join up and advance on the city. The dozens of individual blazes have a combined perimeter of more than 400 kilometres and have burned more than 100,000 hectares of bushland. EPA/PAUL MILLER /LANDOV
The rubble of a house is seen after it collapsed following the quake in the town of Awaran, southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan, September 25, 2013. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Pakistan rose to at least 208 on Wednesday after hundreds of mud houses collapsed on people in a remote area near the Iranian border, officials said. REUTERS/Sallah Jan
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Baluchistan on Tuesday.
The U.S. Geological Survey said, the quake, with a depth of about nine miles (about 15 kilometers), struck 43 miles (69 kilometers) northeast of Awaran and 71 miles (114 kilometers) northwest of Bela.
It destroyed houses and cut communications with the worst affected district of Awaran.
The earthquake was so powerful that it caused a small island to emerge from the Arabian Sea, just off the Pakistani coast.
Pakistani officials said that the earth moved with enough force to create a small island visible off the southern coast after the huge tremor.
By Wednesday, 327 people were reported killed by the disaster.
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The rubble of a house is seen after it collapsed following the quake in the town of Awaran, southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan, September 25, 2013. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Pakistan rose to at least 208 on Wednesday after hundreds of mud houses collapsed on people in a remote area near the Iranian border, officials said. (REUTERS/Sallah Jan)
People walk on an island that rose from the sea following an earthquake, off Pakistan’s Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea September 25, 2013. (REUTERS)
An island that rose from the sea following an earthquake is pictured off Pakistan’s Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea September 25, 2013. (REUTERS)
People walk on an island that rose from the sea following an earthquake, off Pakistan’s Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea September 25, 2013. (REUTERS)
The rubble of a house is seen after it collapsed following the quake in the town of Awaran, southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan, September 25, 2013. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Pakistan rose to at least 208 on Wednesday after hundreds of mud houses collapsed on people in a remote area near the Iranian border, officials said. REUTERS/Sallah Jan
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