Oct 02 Watch 7:15 News Wrap: Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs; flooding drenches southwest U.S. In our news wrap Tuesday, the confirmed death toll in the Indonesian tsunami topped 1,200, with survivors becoming increasingly desperate. Also, remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa drenched the southwestern United States as the storm moved north from Mexico. In Phoenix,… Continue watching
Sep 30 Over 800 dead in Indonesia quake and tsunami; toll may rise By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press Rescuers struggled Sunday to reach victims in several large coastal towns in Indonesia that were hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading
Sep 29 Over 380 killed in devastating Indonesia tsunami, quake By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press An earthquake-spawned tsunami swept away buildings and killed at least several hundred people on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Continue reading
Sep 28 Families missing after tsunami sweeps away homes on Indonesian island By Stephen Wright, Ali Kotarumalos, Associated Press Indonesian TV showed a smartphone video of a powerful wave hitting Palu, with people screaming and running in fear. The water smashed into buildings and a large mosque that collapsed under the force. Continue reading
Sep 08 Southern Mexico shaken by deadly 8.1 earthquake, its strongest in a century By Nsikan Akpan The earthquake also sparked a series of relatively small tsunamis that hit the Chiapas coastline. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch An exclusive look at the world’s largest-ever nuclear cleanup By PBS News Hour Five years ago, an epic tsunami off the coast of Japan triggered a triple-reactor nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Ever since then, 7,000 workers have been laboring round-the-clock on a massive, and unprecedented, cleanup effort. Science… Continue watching
Sep 16 Magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes Chile; tsunami alerts issued across Pacific By News Desk A powerful magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck central Chile, just north of the capital city of Santiago, Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings for the entire country. Continue reading
Sep 05 Japan allows residents to return to town near Fukushima By Carey Reed Residents returned to a town near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Saturday, as Japanese government officials celebrated a lift on a four-and-a-half-year evacuation order, deeming the area safe after radiation levels had fallen. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch Devastating 2004 tsunami cleared the way for better infrastructure in Indonesia By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 06 Miles O’Brien returns to the site of Japan’s nuclear disaster three years later By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake shook Japan, triggering a catastrophic tsunami and nuclear disaster. Since then, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien has provided some of the most in-depth reporting on the subject to-date. He has traveled… Continue reading