20 years ago. It is the 2nd of August, 1985. USA, Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Delta Air Lockheed Tristar crashed in a storm near the airport, 134 people died, 30 survived. Possible reason of the crash? Microburst.
20 years later. Air France Jet crahses at the Torronto Airport (article from CNN):
TORONTO, Canada (CNN) — An Air France [...]
Images taken from CNN.com (London Bombing Special Report). Click thumbnails for full image.
My Maths teacher Mr Lee posted this article on our class notice board a few weeks ago. Well, maybe you’ll find this post a boring one, but I do recommend you to click on the picture below and read the entire article (it’s approximately 210kb).
A recount of the heroic Danish man who saved 10 children [...]
Here are some pictures (copyrighted by CNN) about the photos of tsunami struck areas before the disaster and after the disaster.
1. THAILAND
The left image shows Khao Lak, Thailand, a popular tourist destination on the southern coast of Thailand. The right image shows the destruction caused by the tsunami.
2. SRI LANKA
The image on the left shows [...]
This post is posted in memory to…
Those souls
Who have perished,
And indebtedness to heroes
Who saved many innocent lives,
Lastly, our gratitude to the spirit of humanity
That keeps volunteerism going in disaster zones.
- Tsunami Powerpoint
If you want to know more about the tsunami you can view and download the powerpoint about the tsunami here. The powerpoint is made [...]
After spending times quoting articles from CNN.com, I think a picture worth a thousand words. So I displayed this gallery of pictrues about the disaster. Please note that pictures are copyrighted.
(1) SRI LANKA:
In Galle, Sri Lanka, soldiers have been deployed to prevent looting.
People walk through debris of their houses destroyed in tidal waves on the [...]
An Acehnese man walks through debris near the Great Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CNN) — The latest death toll from the Asian tsunami has risen dramatically to more than 61,000 after Indonesian authorities found mass destruction in the province of Aceh.
Aceh is closest to the undersea earthquake’s epicenter and the province’s capital [...]
Pictures of the aftermath:
(1) INDONESIA:
Victims and debris fill Banda Aceh street.
(2) INDIA:
Tsunami victims from Cambal Bat and Nicobar, India, are evacuated in an Indian Air Force plane Tuesday.
(3) SRI LANKA:
Villagers and Buddhist monks search for the missing south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday.
Overturned vehicles and debris are spread throughout a bus stand in Galle, Sri [...]
Relief supplies being transported to Aceh, Indonesia.
A boat and a gift shop submerged on the beach of Phi Phi Island in Thailand
Get more pictures about the disaster at the photo gallery or the post - Asia Quake Toll Tops 23,000 in my blog.
(CNN) — Two days after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean from Thailand [...]
Pictures of the aftermath:
(1) MALAYSIA:
Picture taken by Paul S. Russell, shows a tidal wave approaching the Batu Ferringhi coast at about 1.15pm.
Photo taken by a Birtish tousirt named Eric when tsunamis apporach Batu Ferringi beach, Malaysia.
DISASTER ZONE: Cars and motorcycles parked along Gurney Drive in Penang were swept by waves and strewn accross the street [...]
