Apr 18 Watch 3:30 Ecuador struggles with basic services after powerful earthquake By PBS News Hour Crews searched for survivors in the rubble of Ecuador's 7.8 earthquake around the clock, rescuing three people and pulling more bodies from the debris. Devastation from Saturday night's disaster is everywhere, and the death toll has risen to 350. John… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 9:26 How the Pacific Northwest is preparing for a catastrophic tsunami By PBS News Hour It’s when, not if, the Pacific Northwest is due for a major seismic disaster; scientists say there’s a 37 percent chance one could strike in the next 50 years. FEMA estimates such an earthquake and resulting tsunami could kill thousands… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 5:32 News Wrap: Unemployment falls to 8-year low, but job growth slows By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, while the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 4.9 percent in January -- its lowest level in eight years -- the Department of Labor said that only 151,000 new jobs were added to the economy, a… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 10:32 Spike in earthquakes rattles Oklahoma oil & gas industry By PBS News Hour Over the past six years, earthquakes in Oklahoma have skyrocketed – from less than a handful of 3.0 quakes before 2009 to well over 900 last year. The likely culprit: salty wastewater that bubbles up during oil and gas drilling. Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 6:30 States struggle with needed transportation fixes after years of cutbacks By PBS News Hour Potholes, vulnerable bridges, a lack of sidewalks -- following years of cutbacks in federal transportation funding, states are feeling the pinch. In Oregon, the NewsHour’s Cat Wise explores pressing infrastructure funding needs, like alternative forms of transportation, traffic reduction measures… Continue watching
May 12 Another powerful earthquake hits Nepal, kills dozens By News Desk A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that shook Nepal early this morning killed dozens of people, triggered landslides in the Himalayas near Mount Everest and brought down buildings already weakened by last month's devastating tremblor. Continue reading
Apr 29 Why the Nepal earthquake may have been inevitable By Nsikan Akpan On Saturday, a portion of the thrust fault underneath central Nepal ruptured, causing an earthquake that killed at least 5,200 people, injured more than 10,000 and destroyed centuries-old temples, towers and buildings. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 6:28 Oklahoma links earthquakes to oil and gas industry wastewater By PBS News Hour There has been a sharp increase in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma in recent years. Some observers have suggested the rise of oil and gas drilling is responsible. The state’s government, however, hasn’t acknowledged that link until now. Gwen… Continue watching
Dec 24 The day that changed tsunami science By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy On the day after Christmas 2004, a horrifying tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean. It claimed an estimated 230,000 lives. With no warning system in the Indian Ocean, scientists were helpless to provide an accurate warning in time. Ten years… Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch News Wrap: Wave of Islamic State attacks strike Baghdad By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, bombings and mortar fire rocked mostly Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad. At least 50 people were killed in a wave of terror attacks by Islamic State forces. Also, Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying asked demonstrators to… Continue watching