Tsunami

‘Catastrophe’: Peru oil spill clean-up to take weeks
Government says Repsol spilled about 6,000 barrels of oil into the ocean last week near its La Pampilla refinery.
Published On 22 Jan 2022
World rushes aid to tsunami-hit Tonga amid water, food shortage
UN says some 60,000 people affected by damage to crops, livestock, fisheries due to ashfall and saltwater intrusion.
Published On 21 Jan 2022
Scientists warn Tonga eruption may damage environment for years
Satellite images suggest the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai could cause long-lasting environmental damage.
Published On 18 Jan 2022
Tonga’s volcano eruption and tsunami explained in maps and charts
There are some 1,350 potentially active volcanoes around the world, many located around the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’.
Published On 17 Jan 2022

The eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai triggered tsunami waves in Tonga and other places around the world.

New Zealand leader says volcanic eruption damaged Tonga’s capital, but there are no reports of deaths as of yet.

The warnings, issued for he US states of Alaska and Hawaii, the US Pacific territory of Guam, were later cancelled.

Government pledges to make water safe before release, but plan draws swift condemnation from China, South Korea.

Japan observes a minute of silence to commemorate the lives lost in the triple disaster of March 11, 2011.

It’s 10 years since a 4-storey high tsunami crashed into Japan’s northeastern coast. Steve Chao reported from the area.

Ten years after Japan’s deadly earthquake and tsunami, we take a look at how the disaster unfolded.

Tens of thousands were evacuated after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Many still worry about radiation.

The woman’s skeletal remains were found on a beach in northeastern Japan, which was devastated by the giant wave.

More than 60,000 people reported feeling the earthquake with 282 people describing the shaking as ‘severe’.

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