Indonesian Volcano Lost Two-Thirds of Its Height
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2018 06 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2018 07 Quake triggers small world Indonesian volcano lost tsunami in Philippines Manila, Philippines erately strong” shaking but the authorities in the affected are- 6.9-magnitude earthquake as said they had no immediate A struck off the Philippine reports of damage or casualties two-thirds of its height island of Mindanao yester- from the quake. Russia, Turkey agree day triggering a brief tsunami The Philippines and Indo- warning. nesia lie on the so-called Ring to coordinate on Syria Anak Krakatoa which The quake struck southeast of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean re- • of Davao City at a depth of gion where many earthquakes Egypt strikes back used to stand 338 metres 59 kilometres (35 miles), the and volcanic eruptions occur. (1,109 feet) high was US Geological Survey said, a now just 110 metres tall. week after a volcano-triggered Kills 40 ‘terrorists’ in crackdown after Giza attack tsunami killed more than 400 Four dead as AFP | Pandeglang, Indonesia people in neighbouring Indo- storm sweeps nesia. The Pacific Tsunami Warn- through central he Indonesian volcano ing Center warned “hazardous Philippines which caused a tsuna- tsunami waves from this earth- Tmi that killed more than quake are possible” along the Manila, Philippines 400 people last week lost more coasts of Indonesia and the than two-thirds of its height Philippines. our people were killed following the eruption which However, waves were fore- Fin landslides and thou- triggered the killer waves. cast to be less than 30 cm (12 sands of others evacuated A section of Anak Krakatoa’s inches) above tide level, it from their homes after a A Russian soldier passes out food aid to Syrian civilians as they cross from crater collapsed after an erup- said, while Philippine moni- storm swept through the rebel-held areas in Idlib province into regime-held territories tion and slid into the ocean, gen- tors warned that “minor sea central Philippine islands erating the tsunami last Satur- level disturbances” were to be yesterday, officials said. day night. expected. Three members of a fami- Moscow, Russia help refugees to return home. A visual analysis by the In- The Philippine govern - ly were buried in a landslide “We will continue active donesian volcanology agency ment’s seismology institute in Legazpi City southeast ussia and Turkey yester- work (and) coordination with found the volcano has lost more initially advised people to “stay of Manila while a woman Rday agreed to coordinate our Russian colleagues and than two-thirds of its height, an away from the beach and not was crushed by another ground operations in Syria colleagues from Iran to speed official said Saturday. to go to the coast fronting the landslide in Bulan town as after last week’s shock an - up the arrival of a political set- Anak Krakatoa which used Philippine Sea,” for about two heavy rains brought by the nouncement of a US military tlement in the Syrian Repub- to stand 338 metres (1,109 feet) hours after the quake. storm loosened the earth, withdrawal, Moscow’s top dip- lic,” he said in remarks trans- high was now just 110 metres This aerial picture shows the Anak (Child) Krakatoa volcano erupting in the Sunda Straits off the coast of southern But it later cancelled the the government’s office of lomat said. lated into Russian. tall. Sumatra and the western tip of Java. tsunami advisory, saying that civil defence said. “Of course we paid special Besides Lavrov and Cavu- The agency estimated the vol- wave heights had returned to Almost 12,000 people attention to new circumstanc- soglu, Russian and Turkish de- cano lost between 150 and 180 peak from the observatory post, volcanic island had collapsed people. normal. were also evacuated from es which appeared in connec- fence ministers Sergei Shoigu million cubic metres of material now you can’t,” Wawan Irawan, into the water. The crater’s status has been Although people rushed out their homes in the Bicol re- tion with the announced US and Hulusi Akar also attended A tourist bus which was attacked being towed away from the scene, in Giza province south of the Egyptian capital Cairo as massive amounts of rock and a senior official at the agency, The volcano, whose name raised to high alert, the sec - of buildings during the quake, gion after the low pressure military pullout,” Russian For- the talks. ash have been slowly sliding said. means Child of Krakatoa, was ond-highest warning on Indo- the civil defence office said it area, locally named “Us- eign Minister Sergei Lavrov President Donald Trump into the sea following a series Before and after satellite a new island that emerged nesia four-point danger scale. expected no damage or after- man”, hit the eastern side Two raids in the Giza gov - lic prosecutor’s office said 11 younger brother said. said after talks with Turkish last week unexpectedly said of eruptions. images taken by Japan’s space around 1928 in the crater left by The exclusion zone has been shocks. of the country on Saturday, The suspects were ernorate killed 30 “terror - other tourists from Vietnam and “We were all very shocked… counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu he was pulling all 2,000 troops “Anak Krakatoa is now much agency showed that a two Krakatoa, whose massive 1883 extended from two to five kilo- The office said cities in the the office said. • ists”, while the remaining 10 an Egyptian bus driver were My sister and her husband in Moscow. from Syria, declaring that the shorter, usually you can see the square kilometre chunk of the eruption killed at least 36,000 metres (1.2 to three miles). south of the country felt “mod- killed in separate raids were killed in the North Si - wounded. travel quite a lot and they are “An understanding was United States had achieved its in the Giza governorate nai, the ministry said in a There was no immediate quite experienced in travelling reached of how military rep- objective as the Islamic State statement. claim of responsibility for the abroad. Their hobby is travel- resentatives of Russia and group had been “knocked” out. Roadside bomb It said authorities acted af- bombing, the first attack to tar- ling,” Vu said. Turkey will continue to co - The extremist movement, hit• a tour bus in the ter receiving information the get tourists since 2017. ordinate their steps on the also known as ISIS, has lost suspects were preparing a Saigon Tourist, the tour com- Fragile security ground under new conditions nearly all its territory, although Thai divers, Twiggy, Monty Python’s Palin on UK honours list Al-Haram district near spate of attacks against state pany that organised the trip, While tourism has picked up with a view to finally rooting thousands of its jihadists are AFP | London, United Kingdom the Giza pyramids and tourist institutions and said the Vietnamese tourists since 2011, the 8.2 million peo- out terrorist threats in Syria,” thought to remain in war-bat- The 69-year-old told Britain’s churches. were “on their way to a restau- ple who visited Egypt in 2017 Lavrov said. tered Syria. On Friday, Russia team of British divers who Press Association that the rec- AFP | Giza, Egypt “Information was received rant for dinner” when the bomb are still a far cry from the 14.7 Cavusoglu confirmed the said it would host a three-way A helped save a junior football ognition was “wonderful, but it by the national security that a exploded. million who visited in the year two countries would coordi- summit with Turkey and Iran team stranded in a flooded cave makes me giggle”.“The hardest group of terrorists were plan- Company officials were head- before the uprising. nate Syria operations, adding on the Syrian conflict early in Thailand were awarded in thing has been keeping it a se- gyptian police killed 40 ning to carry out a series of ing to Cairo on Saturday and The blast and the subsequent they also discussed plans to next year. Britain’s traditional New Year cret,” she said. alleged “terrorists” in a aggressive attacks targeting plans were made to allow some police raids come as Egypt bat- Honours alongside former su- Acclaimed director Nolan, Ecrackdown yesterday af- state institutions, particularly relatives of the victims to also tles a persistent jihadist insur- permodel Twiggy and Monty an Oscar nominee this year for ter a roadside bomb hit a tour economic ones, as well as tour- fly to Egypt. gency in the North Sinai, which Python’s Michael Palin. “Dunkirk” -- as well as in 2011 bus claiming the lives of three ism, armed forces, police and One of those heading to Cairo surged after the 2013 overthrow Boat with 311 migrants docks in The seven underwater special- for “Inception” and in 2002 for Vietnamese holidaymakers and Christian places of worship,” the was Nguyen Nguyen Vu whose by the army of Mubarak’s Isla- ists involved in the remarkable “Memento” -- gets a CBE for ser- an Egyptian guide. statement said. sister Nguyen Thuy Quynh, 56, mist successor Mohamed Mor- Spain after Christmas at sea rescue were also joined on the vices to film. The suspects were killed in Early on Friday evening, a died in the bombing, while her si. Jihadists linked to the Islamic prestigious annual achievement After graduating from low- separate raids in the Giza gov- roadside bomb hit a tour bus in husband, Le Duc Minh, was State group have claimed re - list -- announced on Friday -- by budget independent movies, he ernorate, home to Egypt’s famed the Al-Haram district near the wounded.