natural disaster

Japan has the most sophisticated earthquake detection network in the world — a system of 4,235 seismometers can detect the very first waves from a quake, before estimating its focus, magnitude and seismic intensity. Phone alerts are then sent out, giving people precious seconds to prepare...

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Hurricane Irene battered the North Carolina coast with wind and rain Saturday, wreaking havoc as it began a potentially catastrophic run up the U.S. East Coast. More than 2 million people were told to flee and the New York City transit system was shutting down for the first time because of a...

JOPLIN, Mo. – Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this Missouri town off the map and slammed straight into its hospital. It was the nation's...

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Link Removed due to 404 Error ONAGAWA, Japan – As a massive tsunami ravaged this Japanese fishing town, hundreds of residents fled for the safest place they knew: the local nuclear power plant. Nearly three weeks later, 240 remain, watching TV or playing ball games with their children next...

TOKYO (Reuters) – It seemed too good to be true. A young man pulled alive from the rubble on Saturday eight days after Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Hours after the man made international headlines on Saturday, a glimmer of hope in Japan's worst tragedy since World War Two...

Amid the devastation in tsunami-hit Japan, video footage has emerged capturing the forlorn sight of a spaniel attempting to draw rescuers' attention to its injured canine companion in the country's Ibaraki Prefecture. Canine blog Life With Dogs uploaded the footage to YouTube after...

Last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has actually moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet's axis. The quake caused a rift 15 miles below the sea floor that stretched 186 miles long and 93 miles wide, according to the AP. The areas closest to the...