malaka attracted many people like a magnet.t first, the siamese and chinese were drawn here, who quickly realized how profitable trade was with arab merchants who flooded the city and turned it into a prosperous sultanate, then it was the turn of the europeans, starting from the 16th century, a small point on the map of southeast asia becomes the scene of fierce battles with this city. all the portuguese , the dutch, and the british wanted to possess, and this promised huge benefits; no one wanted to give in, and the hammer passed from hand to hand more than once. the portuguese arrived here before others. their first attempt failed miserably. a small detachment was defeated, and two dozen sailors sold into slavery. the portuguese flag was raised over malacca for 2 years. later in in august 1511, the capture of the city was commanded by the great albuquerque himself, admiral afonsude albuquerque, one of the founders of the portuguese colonial empire and a number of fortified settlements on the coast of the indian ocean, which c

i'm frank malaka. good evening, everyone. i'm alex savage. millions are without power.hts have been canceled. loading, many leaving from here in the bay area. and pile ups on highways and freeways. in many parts of the country is this massive storm makes its way east and we do have live team coverage for you tonight. meteorologists mark tamayo will show us the massive reach of this storm, but we want to begin now with ktvu elissa harrington, who was at sfo tonight, where some travelers are not getting where they need to go anytime soon. alyssa. that's right. you know, we have beautiful weather here today. but that's not the case in other parts of the country, and that's impacting a lot of flights here at sfo. i want to show you the board really quick, which has been all over the place and let's just check out seattle, for example. you can see that three out of four flights were canceled. i got a chance to speak with some people who were waiting around in the lobby. certainly a waiting game for a lot of people. one woman is trying to get to portland's to see family. she