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Work began Saturday to tear down a former town hall building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, where dozens of people died after it was hit by a tsunami in 2011, despite calls by some local residents to preserve it as a memorial. The demolition of the ...
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 ...
Major tsunami struck China's southern coast in 1076 causing "drastic cultural decline," Chinese researchers say in a study with implications for a densely populated region that now boasts multiple coastal nuclear power plants. There is a growing body of scientific evidence suggesting that an earthquake ...
Indonesia's latest deadly tsunami raises global questions over disaster preparedness
As Indonesia reels from the carnage of yet another natural disaster, authorities around the globe are working on how they can prepare for the kind of freak tsunami that battered coasts west of Jakarta last month. The Dec. 22 tsunami killed around 440 people along ...
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 ...
Indonesia hikes danger level for volcano that spawned killer tsunami
Indonesia on Thursday raised the danger alert level for a volcano that sparked a killer tsunami last weekend, after previously warning that fresh activity at the crater threatened to trigger another deadly wave. Authorities also widened a no-go zone around Anak Krakatau to 5 kilometers ...
Indonesia rescuers scramble amid rain and ash to reach isolated tsunami-hit areas
Indonesian search and rescue teams Wednesday plucked stranded residents from remote islands and pushed into isolated communities desperate for aid in the aftermath of a volcano-triggered tsunami that killed over 400. But torrential rains hampered the effort and heaped more misery on the region, as ...
Indonesia says avoid coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami
Indonesian authorities asked people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed more than 420 people last weekend in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami. The big waves that followed the eruption of Anak ...
Death toll tops 370 in Indonesian tsunami disaster as search for at least 128 missing continues
Body bags were laid out along the shattered coastline as Indonesian authorities stepped up efforts to collect the dead and save the injured Monday in the aftermath of tsunami apparently triggered by a volcanic eruption. The death toll climbed to 373 and was certain ...
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 ...
Indonesia's angry, deadly 90-year-old 'Child of Krakatoa' rumbles on
The volcano that triggered deadly tsunami in Indonesia late Saturday emerged from the sea around the legendary Krakatoa 90 years ago and has been on a high-level eruption watch-list for the past decade. Anak Krakatoa (the "Child of Krakatoa") has been particularly active since June, ...
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 ...
