Mar 15 Watch New Fire at Damanged Japanese Nuclear Plant Escalates Radiation Concerns An explosion rocked another reactor at a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant as authorities stepped up efforts to protect people living nearby from radiation exposure. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on Japan's scramble to prevent the a nuclear… Continue watching
Mar 15 Japan’s Reshaped Coastline as Seen From Space By Larisa Epatko View NASA's satellite imagery of Japan's northeastern coast before and after the March 11 tsunami. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch Boiling Water Reactors 101: Science, Health Concerns of Japan’s Nuclear Plants Japan Strains to Thwart Nuclear Meltdown at Three Reactors… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch Japan, International Community Race to Aid Earthquake, Tsunami Victims Relief Workers Struggle to Reach Victims in Japan… Continue watching
Mar 14 Explore Tsunami’s Aftermath in Japan By Travis Daub Google Earth has published updated satellite images that show earthquake and tsunami damage in Japan. Explore these images and view related video and photos. Several of these images require the Google Earth plugin for your Web… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami Survivors Begin Digging Out as Death Toll Climbs The death toll climbed to 1,900 after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled northeastern Japan, but some officials estimated the toll would exceed 10,000. James Mates, Alex Thomson and Angus Walker of Independent Television News report from Japan on the… Continue watching
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 13 Watch Newly released video of the Tsunami and the search for survivors in Japan Video from Iwate prefecture shows the wave rolling over a seawall, inundating a large city. In another video report, three elderly people are rescued from a car 20 hours after the disaster. Continue watching