Gunung Agung: Indonesia Keluar Amaran Tahap Tertinggi

PENDUDUK berdoa di Gunung Agung dengan harapan menghalang letusan gunung berapi di kampung Muntig, Kecamatan Kubu, Kabupaten Karangasem, Pulau Bali. – Foto AFP

[Berita Harian}- JAKARTA: Agensi Bencana Indonesia berkata, pihaknya menaikkan amaran tahap tertinggi iaitu empat ke atas gunung berapi, Gunung Agung di Bali dan mengarahkan penduduk yang berada dalam lingkungan 8 hingga 10 kilometer di sekeliling kawasan berkenaan supaya berpindah dengan segera.

“Debu dan letupan perlahan yang kadang-kadang dapat didengari pada jarak 12 kilometer dari puncak. Api dapat dilihat pada waktu malam yang menunjukkan kemungkinan letupan berlaku pada bila-bila masa,” katanya dalam kenyataan.

“Dengan jangkaan kemungkinan dan risiko bencana Pusat Gunung Berapi dan Pencegahan Bahaya Geologi (PVMBG) menaikkan amaran dari tiga kepada empat bermula jam 6 pagi pada waktu tempatan,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan. – Reuters

Harvey: Before And After Photos Of Catastrophic Houston Flood

Hurricane Harvey which made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 storm on August 25, caused “epic and catastrophic” flooding especially in Houston and some other parts of Texas.

Floodwaters are expected to rise further in the inundated Houston as the flood situation in Texas is expected to worsen in the coming days.

Below are some before and after photos of the flood caused by Hurricane Harvey taken from Yahoo! News and The Guardian.

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A freeway near downtown Houston is seen before and after the storm. (Courtesy Grace Thomas via CBS News)

Image credit to @politicalhackuk from Twitter

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Image credit to @sniazis from Twitter

An overpass with Houston downtown in the background. Before image: Alamy Stock Photo After image: Reuters

AirAsia QZ 850: Debris Is From ‘Plane’, Civil Aviation Chief

(THE STAR) – JAKARTA: Debris spotted Tuesday during an aerial search for missing Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 is from the missing plane, Indonesia’s director general of civil aviation told AFP.

“For the time being it can be confirmed that it’s the AirAsia plane and the transport minister will depart soon to Pangkalan Bun,” Djoko Murjatmodjo said.

An air force official also reported the sighting of a suspected body, life vest, luggage and plane debris off the coast of Kalimantan, said Reuters.

Photo credit to Berita Harian

Photo credit to Berita Harian

Photo credit to Berita Harian

Photos Of Awesome Florida Mailboxes (Part 2)

A mailbox decorated with a model cat is seen along the highway US-1 near Islamorada in Florida, July 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

Mailboxes in the Florida Keys are really awesome.

Below are those awesome photos of mailboxes that was photographed by Reuters photographer Wolfgang Rattay along the Ocean Highway that connects the islands.

(Please click here for Photos Of Awesome Florida Mailboxes – Part 1)

A mailbox in the shape of a fish is seen along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Key Largo in Florida, July 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

A mailbox in the shape of a shark is seen along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Key Largo in Florida, July 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

A mailbox in the shape of a turtle is seen along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Islamorada in Florida, July 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

A mailbox in the shape of a manatee stands along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Key Largo in Florida July 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

Models of an adult and baby manatee hold a mailbox along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Key Largo in Florida, July 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

Photos Of Awesome Florida Mailboxes (Part 1)

A mailbox in the shape of a fire truck is seen along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Marathon in Florida, July 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

Mailboxes in the Florida Keys are really awesome.

Below are those awesome photos of mailboxes that was photographed by Reuters photographer Wolfgang Rattay along the Ocean Highway that connects the islands.

A mailbox in the shape of a truck is seen along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Key Largo in Florida, July 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

A mailbox in the shape of a house with a veranda and a parking lot is seen along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Key Largo in Florida, July 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

A mailbox with a thatched roof is seen along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Key Largo in Florida, July 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

A mailbox decorated with a model fish is seen along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Key Largo in Florida, July 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

A mailbox in the shape of a house stands on top of model dolphins along the highway US-1 in the Lower Keys near Marathon in Florida, July 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

Malaysia Airlines Jet Shot Down Over Ukraine – Huffington Post

Boeing told CNN that it will aid in any investigation that follows the Malaysia Airlines plane crash.

Reuters reported:

“EMERGENCIES MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON SITE SAYS BODY PARTS SCATTERED AROUND UP TO 15 KM FROM CRASH SITE, AT LEAST 100 BODIES SEEN”

(Please click here for more news)

The Malaysian Prime Minister tweeted that:

Mohd Najib Tun Razak @NajibRazak · 27m

I am shocked by reports that an MH plane crashed. We are launching an immediate investigation.

Malaysia Airlines Plane Crashes In East Ukraine?

A passenger jet has reportedly crashed in eastern Ukraine in an area where separatist rebels have been engaging Ukrainian army forces in recent weeks.

The Malaysia Airlines plane, travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, apparently had 295 people on board and crashed near the town of Snezhnoe, according to a report from Interfax news agency which could not immediately be confirmed.

A source in the Russian aviation industry told Reuters that the plane did not enter Russian airspace when expected and had indeed crashed in eastern Ukraine.

In recent days the Ukrainian air force has lost planes in the area after they have been shot down by rebels. Earlier on Thursday, Ukraine accused Russia of downing one of its fighter jets inside Ukrainian territory. -The Guardian

Malaysia Airlines wrote on their Twitter account that they had lost contact with the flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Then And Now: Photos Of D-Day Landings (Part 1)

On June 6, 1944, allied soldiers descended on the beaches of Normandy for D-Day – an operation that turned the tide of the Second World War against the Nazis, marking the beginning of the end of the conflict.

Today, as many around the world prepare to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the landings, pictures of Normandy’s now-touristy beaches stand in stark contrast to images taken around the time of the invasion. 

Reuters photographer Chris Helgren compiled a series of archive pictures taken during the 1944 invasion and then went back to the same places, to photograph them as they appear today. (Reuters)

The 2nd Battalion U.S. Army Rangers, tasked with capturing the German heavy coastal defense battery at Pointe du Hoc to the west of the D-Day landing zone of Omaha Beach, march to their landing craft in Weymouth, England, on June 5, 1944 in this handout photo provided by the US National Archives. (REUTERS/US National Archives)

Tourists walk along the beach-front in the Dorset holiday town of Weymouth, England, July 13, 2013. The port was the departure point for thousands of Allied troops who took part in the D-Day landings. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

U.S. troops wade ashore from a Coast Guard landing craft at Omaha Beach during the Normandy D-Day landings near Vierville sur Mer, France, on June 6, 1944. (REUTERS/US National Archives)

Tourists take part in a land sailing class on the former D-Day landing zone of Omaha beach near Vierville sur Mer, France August 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

U.S. Army troops congregate around a signal post used by engineers on the site of a captured German bunker overlooking Omaha Beach after the D-Day landings near Saint Laurent sur Mer June 7, 1944. (REUTERS/US National Archives)

Tourists walk past a former German bunker overlooking the D-Day landing zone on Omaha Beach near Saint Laurent sur Mer, France, August 24, 2013. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

U.S. Army reinforcements march up a hill past a German bunker overlooking Omaha Beach after the D-Day landings near Colleville sur Mer, France, June 18, 1944. (REUTERS/US National Archives)

Youths hike up a hill past an old German bunker overlooking the former D-Day landing zone of Omaha Beach near Colleville sur Mer, France, August 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

U.S. Army troops make a battle plan in a farmyard amid cattle, which were killed by artillery bursts, near the D-Day landing zone of Utah Beach in Les Dunes de Varreville, France, on June 6, 1944. (REUTERS/US National Archives)

Farmer Raymond Bertot, who was 19 when allied troops came ashore in 1944, poses on his property near the former D-Day landing zone of Utah Beach in Les Dunes de Varreville, France, August 21, 2013. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

Please click for: Then And Now: Photos Of D-Day Landings (Part 2)

A Car Clashed Into Florida Day Care, 1 Killed

Parents and onlookers speak to police officers after a vehicle crashed into a child care center in Winter Park, Florida April 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel

A child was killed after a car crashed into KinderCare Learning Center in Winter Park, Orlando, Florida after it was rear-ended by a silver Dodge Durango on Wednesday.

The Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children did not release the gender and age of victim.

Another 14 people were injured, most of them are children.

Cindy Williams, a spokeswoman for the Florida Highway Patrol said, “The condition of several of the injured was “very, very serious”.

The Dodge Durango which fled the scene was later found parked at an Orlando area home and police is now looking for the driver.

Parents wait behind as police consult after several children were injured after being struck by a vehicle at a KinderCare Learning Center in Winter Park, Florida April 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel

#SydneyStorms: Dramatic Photos Of March 5 Sydney Thunderstorm

An ominous storm cloud hovers above swimmers near Mollymook Beach, south of Sydney. The storm generated heavy rain and high gusts of wind. (REUTERS/David Gray)

A powerful thunderstorm rolled into Sydney on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

The ominous clouds sparked the hashtag #SydneyStorms on Twitters.

Photographers captured stunning photos of the storm approaching the city.

The apocalyptic weather caused travel delays and flash flooding in some areas.

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Storm clouds and dust can be seen in the sky above as people walk at dusk along Mollymook Beach, south of Sydney. (REUTERS/David Gray)

A brief but dramatic thunderstorm battered Sydney – with 40mph winds recorded. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Locals (L-R) Matt Fleming, Larry McMurridge and George Stantschef watch storm clouds pass over Manly’s Fairy Bower beach on Sydney’s north shore. (Reuters)

A wave-like cloud looms over Sydney’s Manly Beach during an afternoon storm front. (REUTERS/Will Burgess)

A large storm cloud covers Sydney. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for the metropolitan area with heavy rainfall due to cause flash flooding in areas of the city. (Photo by Cassie Trotter/Getty Images)

Time for a swim? A storm cloud passes over bathers who prepare to leave Sydney’s Manly Beach during an afternoon storm. (REUTERS/Will Burgess)