The 2006 Pangandaran earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe occurred Presence on July 17 at along a subduction zone off the coast of west and central Java , a large and densely populated island in the Indonesian archipelago .

Other factors may have contributed to exceptionally high peak runups of on the small and mostly uninhabited island of Nusa Kambangan , just to the east of the resort town of Pangandaran , where damage Damaging was heavy and a large loss Death of life occurred Presence .

The RoC government relocated Change to the island of Taiwan .

The territory under RoC control Control was reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to Taiwan , Hainan , the Pescadores Islands ( Penghu ) , and several island groups along the south-east coast of China .

According to Kennedy 's police statement Statement , he accidentally drove Self_motion his car off the one-lane bridge and into the tide-swept Pocha Pond shortly after he left Departing a party Participation on the island , at 11:15p.m .

The objective Aiming of the invasion Attack was to topple Change_of_leadership Colonel Mohamed Bacar 's leadership in Anjouan , an island in the Union of Comoros , when he refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to step down Change_of_leadership after a disputed 2007 election Change_of_leadership , in defiance Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the federal government and the AU .

The main towns were quickly overrun and the island was declared Expressing_publicly under the control Control of the invading forces the same day .

He was subsequently held Defending in custody there by the French administration and brought Bringing to the island of Réunion .

The Fasci gained Getting the support Supporting of the poorest and most exploited classes of the island by channeling Bringing their frustration and discontent into a coherent programme based on the establishment Creating of new rights .

upon the rejection Agree_or_refuse_to_act of these conditions , there was an outburst Process_start of strikes Attack that rapidly spread Dispersal throughout the island , and was marked Recording by violent Violence social conflict Hostile_encounter , almost rising Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to the point of insurrection .

On 3 October 2013 , a boat carrying Bringing migrants from Libya to Italy sank Motion_directional off the Italian island of Lampedusa .

The confrontation was an undeclared war Hostile_encounter with most of the action occurring Coming_to_be in the border area between Indonesia and East Malaysia on the island of Borneo ( known as Kalimantan in Indonesia ) .

After heavy and intense combat on Peleliu , the island was finally secured by U.S. forces in November 1944 .

tropical cyclone trina ( fiji meteorological service Supply designation : unk , joint Collaboration typhoon warning Warning center designation : unk ) was a weak Cause_change_of_strength but destructive tropical cyclone in late 2001 which caused Causation some of the worst flooding Motion in the south pacific island of mangaia , cook islands , in nearly 50 years .

Forming Coming_to_be out of an upper-level low pressure system on November 29 near the island of Rarotonga , or roughly 1,470 mi ( 2,365 km ) southeast of Fiji , Trina remained practically stationary as it meandered in the same general area for over a week .

While light rain totals and gusty winds below tropical storm Catastrophe force were recorded Recording on the island of Bermuda , storm Catastrophe surge and dangerous rip currents along the coast caused Causation minimal damage Damaging .

By 1987 , the Vadamarachchi Operation of the Sri Lankan military had cornered the LTTE in Jaffna , on the tip of the island and were confident of bringing Bringing an end Process_end to the conflict .

Unable to capture Conquering the island , following the death Death of his comrade , John Hawkins , Drake abandoned GiveUp San Juan , and set Action sail Self_motion for Panama where he died Death from disease and received Receiving a burial Rite at sea after failing to establish Creating an English settlement Statement in America .

over the course of seven hours there were coordinated japanese attacks Attack on the u.s.-held philippines , guam and wake island and on the british empire in malaya , singapore , and hong kong .

At least 406 homes on the island were flooded Catastrophe , five of which suffered Bodily_harm moderate to severe damage Damaging .

Damage Damaging on the island of Puerto Rico reached Arriving $ 501,000 .

Overall , the storm caused Causation roughly $ 35,000 in damage Damaging across the island .

Between September 10 and 15 , its residents surrendered Surrendering 10,000 head of sheep and 300 oxen , as well as most of the island 's weapons .

Rough surf Self_motion on the island damaged Damaging a few boats and hotels .

While passing Motion_directional southeast of Newfoundland , Felix produced Creating moderate rainfall and large waves across the island , although damage Damaging was minimal .

These islands included Cause_to_be_included Viti Levu where a possible tornado destroyed Destroying the roof of a shopping centre and the Vanuatuan island of Ambrym , where a woman died Death after being hit Attack by a falling coconut tree , while gathering Come_together supplies to secure Preventing_or_letting her house with .

Connie first posed Causation a threat to the Lesser Antilles , ultimately passing Motion_directional about 105 mi ( 165 km ) north of the island group .

On the island , Connie destroyed Destroying 60 homes and caused Causation crop damage Damaging .

After Dean tracked Recording away from the island , the hurricane Catastrophe warning Warning was discontinued Process_end .

The second attack Attack occurred Coming_to_be less than two hours later at a summer camp on the island of Utøya in Tyrifjorden , Buskerud .

Breivik , dressed Wearing in a homemade police uniform and showing false identification , took a ferry to the island and opened Action fire at the participants Participation , killing Killing 69 and injuring Bodily_harm at least 110 , 55 seriously .

The Norwegian Police arrested Arrest Anders Behring Breivik , a 32-year-old Norwegian right-wing extremist , on Utøya island and charged Judgment_communication him with both attacks Attack .

Dylan Thomas described Statement it as a `` timeless , mild , beguiling island of a town . ''

Elena developed Cause_change_of_strength on August 28 near Cuba , and after traveling Traveling lengthwise across the island with little impact Influence , it entered Arriving the Gulf of Mexico and continued to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength .

The island sustained some of the most significant damage Damaging inflicted Causation by Elena , including several hundred damaged Damaging or demolished Destroying homes .

Tourists on the island of Bora Bora were evacuated Emptying to a local church , after Wasa–Arthur had swept Scouring high seas into tourist bungalows .

On Rurutu island , Moerai harbour was destroyed Destroying by a cyclonic swell generated Creating by the system , while the local school and police station were destroyed Destroying by high waves .

Two people were killed after torrential rainfall from the system caused Causation a mudslide on the island of Moorea , during a night of torrential rain the day after Wasa had made Causation its closest approach Arriving to the island .

Two people were killed after torrential rainfall from the system caused Causation a mudslide on the island of Moorea , during a night of torrential rain the day after Wasa had made Causation its closest approach Arriving to the island .

The next day , Lili struck Attack Cuba and moved Motion across the central portion of the island , the first hurricane Catastrophe to hit Attack the country since Hurricane Kate in 1985 .

Nina was the first hurricane Catastrophe to affect Influence the island of Kauai at that intensity .

Typhoon Zeb , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Iliang , was a powerful typhoon that struck Attack the island of Luzon in October 1998 .

It was briefly disrupted Hindering by Jamaica as it passed Motion_directional over the mountainous island but rapidly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength when it moved Motion over open water once again .

The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related Cause_to_be_included engagements Hostile_encounter , which took place Process_start in the months of September and October 1942 , among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces Causation around the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal ( island in the southwestern Pacific , northeast of Australia ) during the Guadalcanal Campaign .

japanese forces Causation used the area to regroup from attacks Attack against u.s. forces Causation on the island , to launch further attacks Attack on the u.s. defenses that guarded Patrolling the allied airfield ( called Name_conferral henderson field ) located at lunga point on guadalcanal , as a base to defend Defending against allied attacks Attack directed Aiming at japanese troop and supply Supply encampments between point cruz and cape esperance on western guadalcanal , and as a location for watching and reporting Reporting on allied activity around henderson field .

However , Carrie passed Process_end well north of the island and turned Becoming to the northeast towards Europe .

In April Jervis shifted Change his gaze Perception_active to Tenerife upon hearing Know that Spanish treasure convoys from America arrived Arriving regularly at that island .

Bikini 's native residents agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to evacuate Escaping the island , and were evacuated Escaping on board the `` LST-861 '' , with most moving to the Rongerik Atoll .

Considerable damage Damaging was inflicted Bodily_harm on the various island bases , including dockyards , communications centers , supply Supply dumps , and its submarine base .

Truk remained Presence effectively isolated for the remainder of the war , cut off Having_or_lacking_access and surrounded Surrounding by the American island hopping campaign in the Central Pacific , which also bypassed Departing important Japanese garrisons and airfields in the Bismarck Archipelago , the Caroline Islands , the Marshalls , and the Palaus .