Mar 27th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
When last year's earthquake and resulting tsunami rocked Japan, the destruction of property and disruption to travel plans were immediate. Minor quakes after the initial tremor did little more damage. But a Japanese squid-fishing boat has been drifting across the Pacific Ocean all year and is now closing in on British Columbia's north coast.
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Tsunami powered ghost ship closes in on Canadian shores
Mar 27th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
When last year's earthquake and resulting tsunami rocked Japan, the destruction of property and disruption to travel plans were immediate. Minor quakes after the initial tremor did little more damage. But a Japanese squid-fishing boat has been drifting across the Pacific Ocean all year and is now closing in on British Columbia's north coast.
"It's been drifting across the Pacific for a year, ...Students travel to Japan, help recovery efforts
Mar 7th, 2012 at 4:00PM: Travel to Japan was disrupted last year when a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11. The disaster brought an alarming death toll, fear of nuclear explosion and travel alerts cancelling hundreds of flights and stranding tens of thousands of travelers. But that disaster also elicited enormous response from people all over the world who pledged their help to the affected area. As ...The effect of Japan's tsunami on whaling
Apr 17th, 2011 at 4:00PM: In an ironic twist of fate, Japan's recent tsunami may have accomplished something conservationists have been fervently attempting for years: Driving a final nail into its pro-active whaling communities.
The first outsiders only recently reached the small town of Ayukawahama, which was crushed by thirty-foot waves. So was the headquarters of the biggest business in town, Ayukawa Whaling, one of ...Caribbean Tsunami test hopes to save lives
Mar 25th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
It was planned long before the earthquake-turned-tsunami event in Japan to test the readiness of 33 Caribbean countries in the region's first full-scale tsunami warning exercise. On Wednesday, March 23, a fictitious earthquake of 7.6 magnitude occurred off the coast of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Bulletins were issued by the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center for Puerto Rico and the ...Hawaii back in business, just how much uncertain
Mar 20th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
After last week's tsunami event and resulting disruptions kept tourists, hotels and a cruise ship from normal island life, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie declared all "back in business" after a tour of the Big island and Maui.
"We can come back quick," Abercrombie said during a day-long inspection of the islands adding "We're back in business. I don't want information getting out to the ...Travel disruptions from Japan earthquake and tsunami continue
Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:00AM:
After the record earthquake and devastating tsunami delivered a near knock-out punch to Japan yesterday, the damage is still being assessed. The death toll is rising, fears of a nuclear disaster worsen, travel alerts have been issued and hundreds of flights have been canceled as tens of thousands of travelers have been left stranded.
In Japan, both Narita (NRT) and Haneda airports (HND) ...Government issues travel warning, sends navy to Japan, braces west coast
Mar 11th, 2011 at 1:45PM:
In the anticipated travel alert issued after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Northern Japan today, the U.S. Department of State is urging U.S. citizens to avoid travel to Japan through the end of the month. Offering condolences for loss of life and damage caused by the event, President Obama ordered mobilization of military disaster relief sending the U.S. Navy to aid early this morning ...Tokyo flights canceled, diverted after tsunami
Mar 11th, 2011 at 8:15AM:
In the wake of a giant tsunami wave that battered the east coast of Japan, sending a 10-metre high tidal wave crashing on to coastal areas, airlines have canceled and diverted flights.
The 8.9-magnitude quake, Japan's worst and the 7th strongest ever recorded has caused massive damage to coastal areas by triggering a tsunami wave that now careens across the pacific heading for the U.S. ...Japan hit by massive earthquake- U.S. west coast prepares for tsunami wave
Mar 11th, 2011 at 4:52AM:
A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake off Japan's northeastern coast has at least 19 countries under tsunami alert. The U.S. west coast from Alaska to California is preparing for waves of three to four feet high representing a tremendous amount of energy expected by about 7:00 AM Pacific time.
Here, we see raw footage of the 32-foot tsunami wave that hit Japan's Sendai airport
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Help arrives for Indonesian tsunami victims
Oct 27th, 2010 at 1:00PM: After a 7.7-magnitude earthquake and 10-foot tsunami hit Indonesia Monday, killing at least 272 people, relief efforts have arrived to help the wounded, search for the hundreds still missing, and bury the dead. The first cargo plane loaded down with 16 tons of tents, medicine, food and clothes arrived today after weather relented long enough for search and rescue teams to arrive. Many villages ...New Zealand surfer escapes tsunami
Oct 7th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
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Surfers are constantly on the hunt for the "big one" - that epic wave they'll be able to tell their grand kids about. But for New Zealand surfer Chris Nel, that epic wave turned into a nightmare. Nel was out surfing with five friends in the Samoan Islands last week when a ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Eydhafushi, Maldives
May 8th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Late on a Sunday afternoon, hardly a day of rest in this part of the world, the small island of Eydhafushi is quiet. The men, most of who go to sea each day to fish or work at one of six nearby tourist resorts, are absent. School is out for a week's holiday so kids of various ages scamper up and down the short, dusty streets. The women of the island of 3,000 are mostly in doorways or small ...New Tsunami Early Warning System in Place
Nov 11th, 2008 at 9:30AM: Since the catastrophic tsunami of 2004, there have been calls to bolster the deficient tsunami detection system in the eastern Indian Ocean. Nations have installed buoys that can detect tsunamis and offer early warning. But Indonesia, which received the brunt of the wave, is taking it a step further. With the help of a German geo-science company, they have begun to install sensors on the sea floor ...Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Phuket, Thailand
Sep 10th, 2008 at 12:30PM: When I found out that Phuket, Thailand was the setting for the kick off episode of the new season of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel, I flashed to images of tourist filled beaches where jet skiing and para-sailing are high on the list of things to do.
Not if you're Andrew Zimmern who'll eat anything with great gusto, and who has a penchant for heading off to places not ...Two Years Post Tsunami
Dec 26th, 2006 at 11:29AM: This morning when I watched the news it was called to my attention that today marks the two-year anniversary of one the biggest natural disasters to occur in Southeast Asia. Footage of massive waves, bulldozing tiny tropical beach resorts in Thailand and water carrying the remnants of homes, vehicles, and those trying desperately to escape; glowed on my television screen. I cut the news off and ...Surf's Up in Cali!
Nov 15th, 2006 at 5:05PM: Californians, Oregonians, and Washingtonians had a brief tsunami scare this morning, if anyone was awake and noticed. Yes, the National Weather Service actually posted a tsunami advisory at 6:05 AM PST, before canceling it.
This was because of tsunami activity at multiple sites in Japan and even Shemya, Alaska. Now, granted, the wave height noticed was only 20cm (.65 ft.) above mean sea level in ...Chicago Exhibit on Tsunami
Dec 27th, 2005 at 7:40PM: Chicago's small The Notebaert
Nature Museum is running an interesting
exhibit on last year's Tsunami, with photogrphs and maps meant to convey the extent of the damage and devastation
wrought by the horrible natural disaster that left at least 216,000 people dead or missing in 12 Indian Ocean
nations.
It's not a massive exhbit, you have to salute them for the effort. it contains photos and several ...
