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- Tsunami Waves Hit Hawaii
- (Gambar & Video) Gempa Bumi dan Tsunami Di Jepun
- Major Tsunami Damage In Japan After 8.9 Quake
- (Video) Prihatin Sungguh Najib & Rosmah, Jumpa Saiful Sebab Di Liwat Anwar..Ha..Ha..Ha..
| Posted: 11 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PST HONOLULU, Mac 11,2011 - Tsunami waves hit Hawaii in the early morning hours Friday and were sweeping through the island chain after an earthquake in Japan sparked evacuations throughout the Pacific and as far as the U.S. western coast. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Kauai was the first of the Hawaiian islands hit by the tsunami. Water rushed ashore in Honolulu, swamping the beach in Waikiki and surging over the break wall in the world-famous resort but stopping short of the area's high-rise hotels. Waves about 6 feet high were recorded on Maui, and 3 feet in Oahu and Kauai. Officials warned that the waves would continue and could become larger, but a scientist at the tsunami warning center said it didn't appear that they would cause major damage in Hawaii. "But there is going to be some damage, I'm sure," said geophysicist Gerard Fryer in Hawaii. Roadways and beaches were empty as the tsunami struck the state, which had hours to prepare. Sirens sounded throughout the night, and residents in coastal areas were sent to refuge areas at community centers and schools while tourists were moved to higher floors of hotels. People waited in long lines stocking up on gas, bottled water, canned food and generators. The tsunami, spawned by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan, slammed the eastern coast of Japan, sweeping away boats, cars, homes and people as widespread fires burned out of control. It raced across the Pacific at 500 mph - as fast as a jetliner - and could keep that speed until it hits a large land mass, though the waves roll into shore at normal speeds. Waves are predicted to hit the western coast of the United States between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. EST Friday. Evacuations were ordered in parts of Washington and Oregon, and fishermen in Crescent City, Calif., fired up their crab boats and left the harbor to ride out an expected swell. A tsunami in 1964 killed 11 people in Crescent City. It was the second time in a little over a year that Hawaii and the U.S. West coast faced the threat of a massive tsunami. A magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile spawned warnings on Feb. 27, 2010, but the waves were much smaller than predicted and almost no damage was reported. Scientists acknowledged they overstated the threat but defended their actions, saying they took the proper steps and learned the lessons of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami that killed thousands of people who didn't get enough warning. On Friday, the Honolulu International Airport remained open but seven or eight jets bound for Hawaii have turned around, including some originating from Japan, the state Department of Transportation said. All harbors are closed and vessels were being ordered to leave the harbor. Many islands in the Pacific evacuated after the warnings were issued, but officials told residents to go home because the waves weren't as bad as expected. But the size of Hawaii's islands is expected to amplify the waves, which will crash hardest against harbors and inlets. "They're going to be coming in with high currents, they can pick up boulders from the sea floor ... they can pick up cars, they can pick up fuel tanks, those things become battering rams and so it just amplifies the destruction in a big tsunami," said Chip McCreery, director for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Waves almost 5 feet high hit Midway, a tiny island in the North Pacific about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu. The warnings issued by the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cover an area stretching the entire western coast of the United States and Canada from the Mexican border to Chignik Bay in Alaska. In the Canadian pacific coast province of British Columbia, authorities evacuated marinas, beaches and other areas. In Alaska, a dozen small communities along the Aleutian Island chain were on alert, but there were no reports of damage from a wave just over 5 feet. Officials in two coastal Washington counties used an automated phone alert system, phoning residents on the coast and in low-lying areas and asking them to move to higher ground. "We certainly don't want to cry wolf," said Sheriff Scott Johnson of Washington's Pacific County. "We just have to hope we're doing the right thing based on our information. We don't want to be wrong and have people hurt or killed. In Oregon, sirens blasted in some coastal communities and at least one hotel was evacuated in the northern part of the state. Latin American governments ordered islanders and coastal residents to head for higher ground. First affected would be Chile's Easter Island, in the remote South Pacific, about 2,175 miles east of the capital of Santiago, where people planned to evacuate the only town. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency and ordered people on the Galapagos Islands and the coast of the mainland to seek higher ground. The tsunami warning was issued Friday at 3:31 a.m. EST. Sirens were sounded about 30 minutes later in Honolulu alerting people in coastal areas to evacuate. About 70 percent of Hawaii's 1.4 million population resides in Honolulu, and as many as 100,000 tourists are in the city on any given day. Honolulu's Department of Emergency Management has created refuge areas at community centers and schools, and authorities on Kauai island have opened 11 schools to serve as shelters for those who have left tsunami inundation zones. A small 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Big Island just before 5 a.m. EST, but there were no reports of damages and the quakes weren't likely related, a geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey said. Dennis Fujimoto said early Friday that the mood is calm but concerned on the island of Kauai while people readying for the tsunami. Long lines formed at gas stations and people went to Wal-Mart to stock up on supplies. "You got people walking out of there with wagonloads of water," he said. The worst big wave to strike the U.S. was a 1946 tsunami caused by a magnitude of 8.1 earthquake near Unimak Islands, Alaska, that killed 165 people, mostly in Hawaii. In 1960, a magnitude 9.5 earthquake in southern Chile caused a tsunami that killed at least 1,716 people, including 61 people in Hilo. It also destroyed most of that city's downtown. On the U.S. mainland, a 1964 tsunami from a 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, struck Washington State, Oregon and California. It killed 128 people, including 11 in Crescent City, Calif./Associated Press  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Gambar & Video) Gempa Bumi dan Tsunami Di Jepun Posted: 11 Mar 2011 04:30 AM PST
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| Major Tsunami Damage In Japan After 8.9 Quake Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:06 AM PST  At least one person was killed and there were reports of several injuries in Tokyo, hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, where buildings shook violently through the main quake and the wave of massive aftershocks that followed.TV footage showed waves of muddy waters sweeping over farmland near the city of Sendai, carrying buildings, some on fire, inland as cars attempted to drive away. "This is a rare major quake, and damages could quickly rise by the minute," said Junichi Sawada, an official with Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Officials were trying to assess damage, injuries and deaths but had no immediate details. Police said at least one person was killed in a house collapse in Ibaraki prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo. A large fire erupted at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo and was burning out of control. Public broadcaster NHK showed footage of a large ship being swept away by the tsunami and ramming directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture. Similar destruction was seen in dozens of communities along the coast. In various locations along the coast, footage showed massive damage from the tsunami, with cars, boats and even buildings being carried along by waters. The quake struck at 2:46 p.m. and was followed by five powerful aftershocks within about an hour, the strongest measuring 7.1. The U.S. Geological Survey upgraded the strength of the first quake to a magnitude 8.9, while Japan's meteorological agency measured it at 8.4. The meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for the entire Pacific coast of Japan. NHK was warning those near the coast to get to safer ground. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. A tsunami watch has been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.S. state of Hawaii. The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), about 80 miles (125 kilometers) off the eastern coast, the agency said. The area is 240 miles (380 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo. In downtown Tokyo, large buildings shook violently and workers poured into the street for safety. TV footage showed a large building on fire and bellowing smoke in the Odaiba district of Tokyo. In central Tokyo, trains were stopped and passengers walked along the tracks to platforms. NHK said more than 4 million buildings without power in Tokyo and its suburbs. The ceiling in Kudan Kaikan, a large hall in Tokyo, collapsed, injuring an unknown number of people, NHK said. Osamu Akiya, 46, was working in Tokyo at his office in a trading company when the quake hit. It sent bookshelves and computers crashing to the floor, and cracks appeared in the walls. "I've been through many earthquakes, but I've never felt anything like this," he said. "I don't know if we'll be able to get home tonight." Footage on NHK from their Sendai office showed employees stumbling around and books and papers crashing from desks. It also showed a glass shelter at a bus stop in Tokyo completely smashed by the quake and a weeping woman nearby being comforted by another woman. Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday. Thirty minutes after the quake, tall buildings were still swaying in Tokyo and mobile phone networks were not working. Japan's Coast Guard has set up a task force and officials are standing by for emergency contingencies, Coast Guard official Yosuke Oi said. "I'm afraid we'll soon find out about damages, since the quake was so strong," he said. The tsunami roared over embankments in Sendai city, washing cars, houses and farm equipment inland before reversing directions and carrying them out to sea. Flames shot from some of the houses, probably because of burst gas pipes. In Tokyo, hundreds of people were evacuated from Shinjuku station, the world's busiest, to a nearby park. Trains were halted. Tokyo's main airport was closed. A large section of the ceiling at the 1-year-old airport at Ibaraki, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, fell to the floor with a powerful crash. TV announcers urged viewers near the shore to move to strong concrete buildings and stay above the third floor . Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said they were still assessing damage but had not confirmed any deaths. One person was injured at a baseball stadium in Sendai, but his condition was not immediately known. Dozens of fires were reported in northern prefectures of Fukushima, Sendai, Iwate and Ibaraki. Houses collapsing and landslides were also reported in Miyagi. /Associated Press  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Video) Prihatin Sungguh Najib & Rosmah, Jumpa Saiful Sebab Di Liwat Anwar..Ha..Ha..Ha.. Posted: 10 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PST  Timbalan Penguasa Jude Pereira berkata beliau merakamkan kenyataan daripada Rosmah tetapi tidak mengambil keterangan daripada Najib. Keterangan Jude memperakui pembabitan langsung Rosmah dan Najib dalam tuduhan fitnah liwat yang di kenakan terhadap Anwar yang selama ini menegaskan wujud agenda politik untuk sekali lagi mensabitkan beliau atas tuduhan liwat, menggunakan bukti reka cipta, sebagaimana yang berlaku pada tahun 1998. "Saya ada ambil kenyataan daripada Rosmah pada 17 Julai 2008," kata beliau di hadapan Hakim Datuk Zabidin Mohd Diah. Hadirin yang berada di dalam mahkamah terkejut dengan maklumat tersebut. Peguam Karpal Singh kemudiannya mengarahkan Jude untuk mengesahkan kenyataan beliau."Ada" kata Jude. Sebelum itu, Jude mengakui tidak ada cubaan merekodkan kenyataan Anwar susulan laporan polis Saiful sehingga Ketua Pembangkang ditangkap pada 16 Julai 2008. Jude juga mengakui Anwar diberikan notis untuk memberi keterangan tetapi waran tangkap dikeluarkan terhadap Mantan Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu walaupun beliau ketika itu dalam perjalanan ke Balai Polis untuk memberi keterangan. "Seksyen 112 adalah untuk merekodkan kenyataan, bukan untuk menangkap Anwar. Jadi kenapa Anwar ditangkap?", tanya Karpal. Jude berkata beliau memohon waran itu atas pertimbangannya sendiri tetapi tidak pula menjelaskan asas-asas tindakannya itu. Pengawai kanan polis itu terus menimbulkan kecurigaan apabila memeberitahu mahkamah beliau tidak pernah mengarahkan mana-mana petugas lokap D9 IPKKL supaya tidak menyentuh barang-barang di dalam lokap. Sebelum ini, petugas-petugas lokap yang dipanggil ke mahkamah sebagai saksi mengesahkan Jude sememangnya mengeluarkan arahan sedemikian. Kredibiliti Jude terus tercemar apabila Karpal mengeluarkan laporan rasmi Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia yang membuat perakuan bahawa pegawai polis itu memberi keterangan palsu berhubung siasatan badan berkenaan ke atas penahanan lima peguam tanpa waran tahun lalu./Tvs News  |
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