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Japan's nuclear watchdog approves extension for tsunami-hit plant to operate beyond 40-year cap
A 5.4-meter tsunami triggered by the March 11, 2011 quake left the plant without external power and incapacitated one of three emergency generators, although it managed to cool its reactor.
Mayor of tsunami-hit city stresses resilience and inclusivity at U.N.
The mayor of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the 2011 tsunami disaster, stressed Monday how resilience and inclusivity are necessary for rebuilding the city as he spoke at the United Nations to mark World Tsunami Awareness Day. "The inclusive and accessible society to ...
Tepco offers English-language virtual tour of crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has launched an English-language online virtual tour of the interior of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant, allowing website visitors to check the progress of decommissioning work following the 2011 meltdowns — one of the world's worst ...
Tsunami are a clear and ever-present danger
Complacency is the greatest threat in the face of a natural hazard that knows no time or season.
Indonesia's quake and tsunami hit city of Palu faces health crisis a month after disaster
Indonesia's quake- and tsunami-battered city of Palu is facing a public health crisis as torrential rains threaten to spread malaria and dengue fever to the devastated region a month after the disaster, aid agencies have warned. On Sept. 28, a magnitude 7.5 quake and a ...
Miyagi Prefecture processed fish cake factory building that withstood 2011 tsunami to be torn down
A processed fish cake factory in Miyagi Prefecture that survived the massive tsunami disaster in 2011 will likely be dismantled next month following discussions on whether the building should be preserved as a reminder of the catastrophe, local officials said. The removal of the two-story ...
Indonesian authorities on Thursday used helicopters to drop disinfectant on parts of the earthquake-and-tsunami-ravaged city of Palu, where thousands of decomposing bodies are still buried beneath once-thriving neighborhoods. The magnitude 7.5 quake and a subsequent tsunami razed swathes of the city on Sulawesi island on ...
Sakae Muto said re-examining an estimate on tsunami risk was appropriate, citing what he says was the low credibility of the data used for the projection.
Students hoping to see friends as they return to school in quake-hit Indonesian city
Children in the Indonesian city of Palu began returning to school on Monday to tidy up their classrooms and hopefully see their friends 10 days after a major earthquake and tsunami struck. The 7.5 magnitude quake on Sept. 28 brought down many buildings in the ...
Indonesian quake-tsunami death toll tops 1,500; searchers make last-ditch efforts in Palu
More than a thousand people could still be missing after Indonesia's devastating quake-tsunami, officials said Friday, drastically upping the total number of people unaccounted for a week after the disaster. Palu city on Sulawesi island has been left in ruins after it was hit by ...
Foreign aid picks up for desperate Indonesian quake survivors
International efforts to help survivors of Indonesia's devastating earthquake and tsunami gathered pace Thursday as concern grew for hundreds of thousands with little food and water, six days after disaster struck. Desperate residents on the west coast of Sulawesi island were scavenging for food in ...
Indonesia's disaster agency spokesman is fighting a daily battle to update the world 24/7 on the latest developments from the nation's deadly quake and tsunami, despite his own impending date with death from terminal cancer. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, known affectionately as Pak Topo (Mr. Topo), ...
