Tag: Tsunami
Quake, Tsunami in Japan – 1,000 washed away
TOKYO - A devastating tsunami triggered by the biggest earthquake on record in Japan killed at least 1,000 people along the northeastern coast on Friday after a wall of water swept away everything in its path.
Thousands of residents were evacuated from an area around a nuclear plant north of Tokyo after fears of a radiation leak, but officials said that problems with the reactor's cooling system were not at a critical level. Underscoring concerns about the plant, the US air force
Thousands of residents were evacuated from an area around a nuclear plant north of Tokyo after fears of a radiation leak, but officials said that problems with the reactor's cooling system were not at a critical level. Underscoring concerns about the plant, the US air force
Ships crash into cities as tsunami wreaks havoc
TOKYO - Belly-up ships, twisted cars and debris from shattered buildings on Friday crashed through the streets of Japanese port towns that were turned into black rivers by a monster tsunami. A muddy river filled with rubble - some of it on fire and belching smoke - raced across rice fields and through towns, aerial television footage showed in one of the worst-hit areas, Miyagi prefecture.
A schoolboy was swept away there by the deadly waters and there were grave fears the toll
A schoolboy was swept away there by the deadly waters and there were grave fears the toll
A calamity called tsunami
TOKYO - A once-exotic word that has now entered the everyday lexicon, a tsunami refers to a shock of water that spreads through the sea, usually after a sub-sea floor quake. A section of seabed is thrust up or driven down by violent movement of the Earth's crust. The rift displaces vast quantities of water that move as waves, able to cover enormous distances over open water, sometimes at the speed of a jet plane. An 8.9-magnitude quake off Japan's northern coast on Friday generated a
Naheed warns govt of jiyala ‘tsunami’
LAHORE - Senior Pakistan People's Party leader Naheed Khan and her husband Senator Safdar Abbasi has criticised the government for not investigating Benazir Bhutto murder case properly and said if things were not handled correctly, the 'tsunami' of jiyalas (the diehard PPP workers) would wipe everything out.
They were addressing a meeting on 'Future of Pakistani Politics' in the metropolis on Sunday. They said the government had failed to fulfil the desires of PPP workers and
They were addressing a meeting on 'Future of Pakistani Politics' in the metropolis on Sunday. They said the government had failed to fulfil the desires of PPP workers and
Indonesian tsunami kills 108, hundreds missing
JAKARTA
A tsunami that pounded remote islands in western Indonesia following an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra killed more than 100 people, officials said on Tuesday, and hundreds more were missing.
The 7.5 magnitude quake hit 78 km west of South Pagai, one of the Mentawai islands, late on Monday. Local legislator Hendri Dori Satoko told Metro TV the latest toll was 108 dead and 502 missing.
Most buildings in the coastal village of Betu Monga were destroyed, said
A tsunami that pounded remote islands in western Indonesia following an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra killed more than 100 people, officials said on Tuesday, and hundreds more were missing.
The 7.5 magnitude quake hit 78 km west of South Pagai, one of the Mentawai islands, late on Monday. Local legislator Hendri Dori Satoko told Metro TV the latest toll was 108 dead and 502 missing.
Most buildings in the coastal village of Betu Monga were destroyed, said
