Tag: Tsunami

The people of Japan fell silent in prayer on Sunday, six months after an earthquake and tsunami left 20,000 dead or missing and sparked...

Black-clad mourners fell silent in a devastated Japanese coastal town Sunday, six months after an earthquake and tsunami left 20,000 dead or missing and...

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook Alaska's Aleutian Islands late Thursday, triggering a tsunami warning that sent people heading for high ground before the...

An emotional Lady Gaga pledged Thursday to use her star power to "remind the world that Japan is safe" following the March 11 earthquake,...

Another severe earthquake hits Japan's eastern coastal areas, a foreign news agency has reported. As per details, the 6.7 quake rattled Japan while soon...

Lady Gaga, dressed in green from head to toe, flew into Tokyo Tuesday for a charity music event for the victims of the March...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, government seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and...

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Sindh has recommended that Badin be included among the districts of the province that are vulnerable to a...

TOKYO - A powerful 6.6-magnitude aftershock hit northeastern Japan on Monday, triggering a brief tsunami alert and forcing the evacuation of workers battling to avert a crisis at a stricken nuclear plant.
The tremor hit exactly one month after a 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan and knocked out cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, triggering the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
"The company ordered workers to withdraw and stay in a

KESENNUMA, Japan, April 11, 2011 (AFP) - Japan fell silent at 2:46 pm Monday as people across the country remembered the thousands killed by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11 and the monster tsunami it created.
In the devastated city of Kesennuma, soldiers digging through rubble to search for some of the 15,000 people still listed as missing stopped to pay their respects.
An officer ordered his men to down tools and remove their helmets, gloves and masks to mark the

ISHINOMAKI - Prime Minister Naoto Kan promised Sunday he would "never abandon" survivors of Japan's tsunami as he tried to focus attention on the future, despite a high-stakes battle at a nuclear plant. Kan, on only his second trip to the disaster zone in the month since the March 11 tragedy, said the government would "work as fast as possible" to house 150,000 people living in emergency shelters since the disaster struck.
Speaking to survivors in Ishinomaki city, a major fishing

KARACHI - A tsunami in the Arabian Sea can cause widespread destruction in Pakistan and in order to prevent the loss of property and around 400,000 human lives a buffer zone along the coast is needed, said International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Director Aban Marker Kabraji on Tuesday.
"The one-mile buffer zone along the coastal belt especially in major cities like Karachi should be without human settlements or infrastructure, as the first victims of

LAHORE - Gilbert Gottfried is known, and often respected, for being the guy who will go dark when no one else will. At the Roast of Hugh Heffner, which was three weeks after 9/11, Gottfried famously joked about the terrorist attack, which drew boos from the audience. But instead of backing down, Gottfried launched into a telling of the legendary Aristocrats joke and won the audience back. Did he walk away a hero? Yes. Did people still feel like jokes about a recent tragedy were

RIKUZENTAKATA - Life is brutally hard for survivors of last week's earthquake and tsunami, as is the business of death. Rescue missions have ended in the small coastal town of Rikuzentakata where nearly 1,800 people are missing, many undoubtedly buried under the rubble of cars, houses, boats and factories which lie strewn around in one giant heap. From Saturday, workers are focusing on clearing that heap. The bodies that have been found so far have been laid out in schools and halls

LAHORE - Punjab University Society of International Law (PUSIL) met under the chairmanship of Justice (r) Ali Nawaz Chowhan on Friday. PUSIL members expressed grief over the recent loss of life and property in Japan due to an earthquake and tsunami and offered their services for the Japanese victims. Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran and Principal Samee Uzair Khan endorsed the society's resolution and expressed sympathy for the people of Japan. PhD cases reviewed: A meeting

KARACHI - The destruction caused by the tsunami in Japan's northern coastal regions conveys a clear message to the relevant authorities in Pakistan that have failed to ensure the protection of mangroves forests along the 1050-km coastline country - considered a natural shield against disasters.
A statement issued by Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Saturday stated that serious efforts for the conservation of mangroves are needed from the government, which should learn a lesson

WELLINGTON - A tsunami triggered by the powerful earthquake in Japan ploughed across the South Pacific on Saturday, sending people fleeing to higher ground but causing only minor damage and no loss of life. Dozens of low-lying island nations were placed on high alert after a monster 10-metre tsunami smashed into Japan following devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake centred near the northeastern city of Sendai.
In the Marquesas islands sirens blared, warning residents to flee to