Feb 13 Animated Map Plots One Year of Quakes Updated: Feb. 14| We recently stumbled on this animated map that plots 2011's biggest earthquakes.* Each circle represents an earthquake -- the bigger the circle, the greater the magnitude. The line across the circle indicates the quake's depth. Most notable… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch News Wrap: Sub-Zero Cold Wave Crosses Central, Eastern Europe In other news Tuesday, the death toll neared 60 in a sub-zero cold wave across Central and Eastern Europe as temperatures dropped to -17 degrees Fahrenheit in some places. Also, the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug called Kalydeco… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Amid Robust Recovery Efforts, Haiti Still Has Vast Needs Amid Robust Recovery Efforts, Why Haiti Continues to Stumble… Continue watching
Jan 11 Two Years Later, Haitian Amputees Still Have a Long Way to Go Fymée Diogene and Balnave Ulysee both lost legs in the 2010 earthquake. Photo by William Daniels/Handicap International. Two years ago, a devastating earthquake in Haiti killed more than 200,000 people and caused injuries that required amputations for another 4,000… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch How 2011 Became a 'Mind-Boggling' Year of Extreme Weather From snowstorms to floods and tornadoes, severe weather wreaked havoc across the United States this year, with 2011 marking far more extreme weather events than a typical year. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the science behind this year of extreme weather with… Continue watching
Dec 09 Weather's Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record An evacuation sign asks residents to leave Eagar, Ariz. as the Wallow Fire swept through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images. Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously… Continue reading
Dec 09 Weather's Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record An evacuation sign asks residents to leave Eagar, Ariz. as the Wallow Fire swept through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images. Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously… Continue reading
Dec 09 Weather's Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record By Elizabeth Shell Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously whopping year for the United States. Data released by NOAA now counts a record of 12 disasters passing the $1 billion mark in 2011 -- smashing… Continue reading
Dec 08 The Daily Frame Kosho Sudo, a Buddhist sculpture master craftsman from Kyoto, Japan, and students carve a statue of Buddha earlier this week. The Buddha is made of pine from Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch In Japan, Tsunami-Hit Town Still Abandoned, Barren The March earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan killed 2,000 people in the town of Minamisanriku, leaving it flattened and abandoned. Independent Television News' Alex Thomson reported from there soon after the disaster and returned last month. Continue watching