A four-year-old boy had a miracle escape after he fell 80ft from a hotel balcony – and escaped with minor injuries after bouncing off a palm tree. Rescuers found Joey Williams alive after he skimmed off the branches of a cluster of palm trees and landed in a soil border next to the hotel’s swimming pool.

The lucky toddler also managed to miss two metal pipes jutting up on either side of the spot where he hit the ground. Less than four hours after his death-defying fall from the 17th floor of an apartment block in Miami, Florida, he was sitting up in bed eating French fries and drinking a milk shake.

A precautionary neck brace and a bandage on his right hand were all he had to show for his incredible ordeal. Lt. Ignatius Carroll, a spokesman for Miami Fire Rescue, said he was astonished the boy had survived the fall.

‘It’s amazing that he’s alive,’ he said. ‘He looked to be in pretty good shape. We thought he might have internal injuries. But he’s fine.’ Joey was with his parents and grandparents at the Doubletree hotel in Miami when the incident occurred on Saturday.

His grandfather Jerry Unawich said the youngster had been playing with a balloon when it drifted out on to the balcony. He had chased after it and managed to climb over a guardrail as he tried to grab it. He fell from the 17th floor of the building to the 10th – where there is a pool area for local residents.

Mr Unawich added: ‘There are no broken bones and doctors told us everything is fine. ‘No bleeding internally. We were truly blessed that God was there with him.’

Sumber Berita: Dailymail.co.uk

Afrika Selatan merupakan sebuah negara yang amat miskin. Lihat sahaja penduduk Afrika Selatan ini. Keadaannya sangat daif. Tetapi dalam keadaan rakyat Afrika Selatan yang susah dan miskin ini, mereka dapat jua melahirkan pemain-pemain bola sepak yang hebat. Terdapat juga pemain bola sepak Afrika Selatan yang bermain untuk kelab-kelab bola sepak terkenal di Eropah. Berbanding dengan rakyat Malaysia yang hidup mewah dan jarang sekali ditimpa kesusahan, keadaan di Afrika Selatan ini boleh la digambarkan bagaikan bumi dan langit. Pemain-pemain bola sepak kita juga dimanjakan dengan wang ringgit. Maka bagaimana mahu berjaya? Jadi, fikir-fikirkan lah. Salah siap bola sepak negara Malaysia tidak pergi ke mana-mana? Salah siapa?

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Pictures of the weapons found on the Mavi Marmara ship where today, when IDF soldiers attempted to board the ship and redirect it to the Ashdod Port, the activists on board lynched the soldiers in a planned attack. They used knives, metal rods, firebombs and other weapons to attack the soldiers. The violence resulted in the deaths of nine activists and seven IDF soldiers were wounded in the process. All casualties were evacuated from the ship and taken to hospitals in Israel.

Sumber Gambar: IDF

At least 115 people have died after a tropical storm battered Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, officials in those countries reported. Guatemala was hit hardest, with at least 92 deaths, 54 people missing and 59 injured, emergency officials said. Nearly 112,000 people have been evacuated and more than 29,000 are living in temporary shelters, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said in an address to the nation late Sunday.

The devastation has been widespread throughout Guatemala with mudslides destroying homes and buildings and burying some victims. At least nine rivers have dramatically higher levels and 13 bridges have collapsed, the nation’s emergency services said. In the northern part of Guatemala City, the downpour created a giant sinkhole that swallowed up a space larger than the area of a street intersection. Residents told CNN that a three-story building and a house fell into the hole.

A local newspaper reported that a private security guard was killed when the sinkhole opened up, but authorities had not confirmed the fatality. Residents said that a poor sewage drainage system underground was to blame for the sinkhole. A similar hole opened up nearby last year, they said. Classes have been canceled this week throughout the nation.

In Honduras, where 14 people have died, President Porfirio Lobo declared a state of emergency Sunday. Nearly 3,500 people have been evacuated from their homes and nearly 3,300 are living in shelters, the Honduran emergency agency said Monday. More than 140 homes have been destroyed and another 700 have been damaged, the Permanent Commission for Emergencies reported.

The situation in El Salvador, where nine people died, was improving Monday, officials said. The rain stopped Sunday afternoon and river levels were beginning to diminish, officials said. Classes nationwide remained canceled, however, until further notice. More rain was possibly forecast for Monday, though, and Salvadoran officials said they were closely monitoring the situation.

Agatha was demoted from a tropical storm to a tropical depression Saturday night and lost its status as a depression Sunday evening. It was the first named storm for the Pacific hurricane season. The Atlantic hurricane season starts Tuesday.

Sumber Berita: CNN

Early reports are that a 7.2-7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at a depth of 61.4 km (38.2 miles) at 05:59:43 UTC (1pm local time).

It struck 140 miles south of Banda Aceh on Indonesia’s Sumatra island Sunday, prompting the issuance of a tsunami warning. The epicenter of the quake is just north of the spot where a 7.8 hit on April 6th of this year as well as the 9.2 magnitude earthquake in 2004 whose tsunami killed over 200,000 people.

“A destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist based on historical earthquake and tsunami data,” the USGS said.

“However there is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a hundred kilometers from the earthquake epicenter.”

Sumber: mediacaffeine dot com

Sumber Gambar: Akademi Fantasia Travel

JAKARTA: Gempa bumi berukuran 6.3 skala Richter menggegar Bengkulu, Pulau Sumatera pada jam 11.30 malam tadi, namun ia tidak mendatangkan ancaman Tsunami. Setakat ini, belum ada laporan kemalangan jiwa dan kerosakan harta benda. Petugas Badan Pengurusan Bencana Kebangsaan di Bengkulu, sudah menjalankan pemeriksaan di kawasan terbabit sejak malam tadi. Kesemua 60 pelajar Malaysia di Padang, yang terletak di utara Bengkulu dilaporkan selamat, malah ada antara mereka yang tidak menyedari kejadian tersebut kerana kebanyakan sedang nyenyak tidur ketika itu.

Pengarah Jabatan Penuntut Malaysia (MSD) di Indonesia, Datuk Paduka Dr Junaidy Abu Bakar, berkata beliau sudah menghubungi pemimpin pelajar di Padang dan sedang memantau keadaan di sana terutama bagi menghadapi kemungkinan berlaku gempa susulan.

“Mereka sudah diingatkan supaya mengikut SOP kecemasan sekiranya berlaku bencana gempa bumi susulan. Komunikasi antara pelajar sangat baik dan mereka saling berhubung antara satu sama lain. Pihak MSD Indonesia dan Kedutaaan Besar Malaysia di Jakarta sentiasa memantau keadaan pelajar-pelajar dan bantuan segera akan diberikan sekiranya pelajar memerlukannya,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini, hari ini.

Menurut Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika Indonesia, lokasi gempa berlaku di 143 kilometer (km) Barat Daya Lais, Bengkulu, 151 km Barat Daya Bengkulu, 153 km Barat Daya Padang Betuah, Bengkulu, 157 km Tenggara Pagai Selatan Mentawai, Sumatera Barat dan 685 km Barat Laut Jakarta.

Gempa dengan kedalaman 10 km dari permukaan laut itu berlaku kira-kira 5 minit.

Sumber: Berita Harian Online

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Sumber: Akademi Fantasia Travel

Most of us get ours first teeth few months after we are born but this little girl from Vuglovac in Croatia was born with a giant tooth. Ema Eronic, a little baby from Vuglovac near Ivanac in Croatia has became a true medical wonder after doctors found that she was born with already grown tooth. The doctor who performed an operation of tooth removal shortly after baby’s birth said that this was the first such case in his 20-years long career.

He claims he newer saw something similar although this phenomenon is well known to him. The tooth was removed because it was potentially dangerous for baby’s health. Doctors decided to remove it because tooth was pretty unstable and could easily slip into baby’s throat which eventually could have fatal consequences. Ema’s mother is happy the tooth is removed and at the same time she says she is a little bit excited because her daughter became pretty famous in local media.

Sumber: Zuzutop

Lightning streaks across the sky as lava flows from a volcano in Eyjafjallajokul April 17, 2010.

Lightning streaks across the sky as lava flows from the volcano.

The spectacular display was captured by volcano photographer Marco Fulle.

Lightning and motion-blurred ash appear in this 15-second exposure.

The massive eruption began almost a month ago.

Lightning, smoke and lava above Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokul volcano on April 17, 2010.

Lava and lightning light the crater of Eyjafjallajokul volcano on April 17, 2010.

The ash plume is lit from within by multiple flashes of lightning in this 168 second exposure.

Scentists have warned the eruptions could continue for some time.

Lightning flashes and glowing lava illuminate parts of Eyjafjallajokull’s massive ash plume in this 30-second exposure.

Images sources: AF Travel

(Reuters) – A major earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck off the coast of Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of a tsunami or casualties. A Reuters photographer on Simeulue island, south of Aceh, said there was panic and electricity was cut off after the quake. Metro TV reported that people rushed to higher ground in some areas.

The quake was centered 204 km (127 miles) west-northwest of the coastal town of Sibolga and was at a depth of 46 km (28.6 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It had initially reported the quake’s magnitude at 7.6. The Reuters witness said there were at least three aftershocks.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami. However, it added: “There is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts” no more than 100 km (62 miles) from the epicenter of the quake. In December 2004, a magnitude 9.15 quake off the coast of Sumatra’s Aceh province triggered an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed about 226,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries.

Sumber: Reuters

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