Natural disasters had hit the Sumatera Island, Indochina and South Pacific Ocean after 11 days we celebrated Hari Raya. While we were enjoying ourselves with open houses, we were updated with the latest misery, earthquake has hit Padang, Indonesia at a 7.6 magnitude and the tremors were shared by Malaysia as well. Buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Putrajaya, Johor , Penang and Kelantan were shaking and some expressed that it was worst than the 2004 incidents. They felt dizzy and observed things floating. Thousands of people had fled the buildings.
Kuala Lumpur Fire Department Operations deputy director, admitted that the Kuala Lumpur Hos[ital workers quarters and Pantai Dalam flats suffered slight damages due to the tremor. But the buildings were classified still safe to be occupied.
Another powerful earthquake at a 8.0 magnitude followed by giant tsunami measured at 3 to 7.5m had devastated the Samoa island.
Typhoon Ketsana blew away whole village in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines. It was also reported that the strong southwesterly winds traveling between 50 to 60 kph whipped up high waves at several coastal areas of Penang. The strongest waves as high as 4.5 m at times had been spotted at the Esplanade. A meteorological department spokesman said the phenomena was a result of Typhoon Ketsana.
Recently, natural disasters have become a common phenomena worldwide. To me, it is a wake up call...from the Almighty...so now the ball is on us. Hopefully, we will always physically, mentally and spiritually alert should anything happen to us. Amin.
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