ABOUT US Vacationers love it here! After one visit to Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands, you'll soon put our region at the top of your Repeat Destinations list. Many of those visitors come first and foremost for our gorgeous scenery. You'll find dramatic mountains, including the tallest in Pennsylvania.
Earthquake in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia. A powerful earthquake struck off Southern Sumatra in Indonesia at 10:16:09 UTC (17:16:09 local time) on September 30, 2009, destroying hundreds of buildings, killing at least 529 people and seriously injuring 400 more.
In Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, the critically endangered population of 60â80 Sumatran rhinos is threatened by the conversion of forest to cash crops on both the eastern and western sides of the islandâs central mountain range.ut today very few rhinos survive outside national parks and reserves. Two species of rhino in AsiaâJavan and Sumatranâare Critically Endangered. A subspecies of the Javan rhino was declared extinct in Vietnam in 2011.