NEWSWORTHY
Last public school in Iwate wrecked by 3/11 quake and tsunami rebuilt in Rikuzentakata
A ceremony marking the reconstruction of an elementary school — the last public school in Iwate Prefecture heavily damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to be rebuilt — was held Friday in the city of Rikuzentakata. Kesen Elementary School's new building stands on higher ...
The city of Kobe and neighboring areas on Thursday marked the 24th anniversary of the deadly Great Hanshin Earthquake, with residents and family members of the deceased remembering those that were lost and pledging to ensure that their stories and lessons learned from the ...
Quake-battered Kumamoto shaken by temblor with intensity of lower 6
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the government had established an emergency task force at the Prime Minister's Office to deal with the quake.
6.9 earthquake strikes off Philippines; no large tsunami expected
An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday and small tsunami waves were possible on parts of the coasts of the Philippines, Indonesia and Palau, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. There were no immediate reports of casualties ...
Destabilization of Anak Krakatoa raises tsunami risk for Indonesia, experts warn
Another tsunami could strike Indonesia, experts warned on Sunday, a day after more than 200 people were killed by a wave triggered by a volcanic eruption. What caused the tsunami? The tsunami "appears to have been caused by an underwater collapse" of part of the Anak ...
Tsunami triggered by underwater slope failure on Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano kills hundreds
A volcano-triggered tsunami has left at least 222 people dead and hundreds more injured after slamming without warning into beaches around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, officials said Sunday, voicing fears that the toll will rise further. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit ...
Improvement must be made not only to physical infrastructure but also to operational aspects of the anti-disaster efforts.
Government approves ¥7 trillion infrastructure plan to prepare for disasters
The government on Friday approved an emergency resilience plan worth ¥7 trillion ($62 billion) for key infrastructure after the nation was hit this summer by a series of disasters, including earthquakes, typhoons and torrential rain that caused fatal landslides and floods. Under the 160-item plan ...
A government council on anti-disaster measures proposed Tuesday that all residents of central and western coastal areas of the country should evacuate if the region is hit by a massive earthquake that is likely to occur in the next 30 years. The council called on ...
Back-to-back earthquakes shatter roads and windows in Alaska
Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday in Anchorage and the surrounding area, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami warning for islands and coastal areas south of the city. No tsunami arrived and there were ...
Government draws up disaster reduction measures after summer floods across western Japan
The government has drawn up a planned outline of disaster reduction measures in response to several large natural disasters this year, including steps to prevent airports from being inundated.
Three-legged, earthquake-sensing geologist robot to be first U.S. visitor to Mars in years
Mars is about to get its first U.S. visitor in years: a three-legged, one-armed geologist to dig deep and listen for quakes. NASA's InSight makes its grand entrance through the rose-tinted Martian skies on Monday, after a six-month, 300 million-mile (480 million-km) journey. It will ...
