Mar 14 Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Does it Compare to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl? By Jenny Marder Even as Japanese officials try to sort out whether jolted nuclear reactors could slip into full meltdown after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami, experts are weighing in on how events unfolding there compare to previous high-profile nuclear disasters. The… Continue reading
Mar 14 Third Blast Rocks Japan Nuclear Plant; Death Toll Rises as Bodies Wash Ashore By News Desk Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility on March 14. Photo via DigitalGlobe. 10:30 p.m. ET The nuclear crisis in Japan escalated Tuesday after an explosion at an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant damaged a reactor's containment vessel, raising the danger… Continue reading
Mar 14 Responders Rush to Aid Japan Victims, Evacuees By Talea Miller Tens of thousands of rescue workers are descending on Japan's northeast coast following the devastating earthquake and tsunami Friday that killed at least 10,000, according to a recent Associated Press estimate. More than half a million people have been evacuated… Continue reading
Mar 14 Aid for Victims of Japan's Disaster The Japan Red Cross is working around the clock to provide food, shelter and medical services to the many people injured and displaced by Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading
Mar 14 World Week Ahead: Japan's Nuclear Threat; Pressure on Libya By Larisa Epatko Japan's triple whammy -- earthquake, tsunami and a possible nuclear disaster, which Prime Minister Naoto Kan called the worst crisis since World War II -- will dominate the week. Continue reading
Mar 13 Death Toll Climbs in Japan as Nuclear Threat Grows By News Desk People evacuate by boat down a road flooded by tsunami waves in the Japanese city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, a day after a massive quake and tsunami hit the region. Photo by Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images The death… Continue reading
Mar 12 Explosion Rocks Japanese Nuclear Power Plant in Quake's Aftermath By News Desk Updated 4:15 p.m. ET | In a last-ditch effort to avert a nuclear meltdown, officials in Japan flooded a nuclear reactor with seawater on Saturday, the New York Times reported. Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said Tokyo Electric… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Obama News Conference Tackles Libya's Revolt, Budget Stalemate Obama Tackles Libya, Japan, Budget Stalemate in Press Conference… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch U.S. Pacific Rim on High Alert After Japan Quake Triggers Tsunami Along U.S. West Coast, Tsunami Warnings Heeded Amid Some Damage… Continue watching
Mar 11 View Live Aftershock Activity in Japan By Travis Daub Aftershocks continue to rock cities across Japan after an 8.9-magnitude struck off the country's east coast. To see a live view of seismic activity in the region we created a Google Earth map, overlaid with… Continue reading