TagsTagsThis qualifies as real bad news from Japan, where the severity rating of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant has been raised to the highest level: Japan nuclear crisis on same level as Chernobyl.
There's no good news from Japan tonight: Japan Faces Potential Nuclear Disaster as Radiation Levels Rise. TOKYO — Japan faced the likelihood of a catastrophic nuclear accident Tuesday morning, as an explosion at the most crippled of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station damaged its crucial steel ...
Another horrifying amateur video from Japan shows the giant waves striking the Japanese coastal town of Noda. At least 500 people died here. Video
Boing Boing has a great informative post if you need a refresher course in how nuclear power plants work: Nuclear energy 101: Inside the 'black box' of power plants.
Japan, Tsunami, disaster, Nuclear Power, Meltdown, Nuclear Power
According to experts, Japan's nuclear nightmare may just be beginning. WASHINGTON — As the scale of Japan’s nuclear crisis begins to come to light, experts in Japan and the United States say the country is now facing a cascade of accumulating problems that suggest that radioactive releases of steam from ...
Here's some new footage from BBC News, showing the first moments of the massive tsunami disaster. Video
The New York Times reports on the spreading nuclear crisis in Japan, where a state of emergency has now been declared at a fourth reactor. The government confirmed that radiation had escaped from the worst-hit plant, and local officials said that 22 people outside the plant showed signs of radiation ...
Uh oh. [5:48 p.m. ET, 7:48 a.m. Tokyo] A meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactors, an official with Japan's nuclear and industrial safety agency told CNN Sunday. A meltdown is a catastrophic failure of the reactor core, with a potential for widespread radiation release. ...
The good news is that a major meltdown has apparently been averted at the Fukushima power plant in northern Japan, after the reactor was flooded with seawater. Also good news: the explosion that was seen yesterday was not inside the reactor itself. TOKYO — Japanese officials took the extraordinary step ...
The NOAA Center for Tsunami Research in Seattle posted this computer model of the 2011 Honshu tsunami, as it propagated across the Pacific Ocean.
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Click to enlarge The tsunami from Japan's enormous earthquake struck the west coast of the United States this morning, damaging boats and killing at least one man who was swept out to sea when he tried to photograph the incoming wave. There is great concern about the nuclear power plants damaged in ...
Here's some absolutely horrific video of the tsunami that followed today's 8.9 earthquake in northern Japan, sweeping away everything in its path. Video Please note that just last month, as part of their attack on scientific organizations that study global warming, House Republicans voted to gut funding for the Pacific Tsunami Center. ...
The enormous Chilean earthquake last month not only shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the length of a day, it actually moved the city of Concepción 10 feet to the west. Studying precise GPS images of the area struck by the quake, a team led by earth scientist Mike Bevis ...
Earthquake, Chile, disaster, Tsunami, Science, Plate Tectonics
The Chilean 8.8 monster quake was so powerful it actually shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the length of a day. The devastating earthquake in Chile that killed almost 700 people probably also shifted the Earth’s axis, say NASA scientists, permanently making days shorter by 1.26 microseconds. But since a ...
Earthquake, Chile, disaster, Tsunami, Science, Plate Tectonics
More than a million and a half people are displaced in Chile after yesterday’s 8.8 earthquake, and at least 300 people have been reported killed — a terrible number, yet surprisingly low for such an enormous event. With a quake this size, the danger isn’t over; more than 90 aftershocks ...
Earthquake, Chile, disaster, Tsunami, Science, Plate Tectonics
The tsunami is expected to begin hitting the islands of Hawaii in the next 20 minutes or so; this is a live stream of the local CBS channel. (Changed from KHON because it's better quality...) [Video removed...] (Note: sometimes Ustream videos cause problems with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. You may have better ...
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Here's an embedded Twitter feed for '#hitsunami', for the latest news on the tsunami waves expected to hit Hawaii in about two hours... [Twitter feed moved to newer thread...]
A gigantic earthquake struck Chile this morning — magnitude 8.8. Tsunami waves are expected to reach Hawaii in about three hours… TALCA, Chile — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by ...
Scary video from a surveillance camera at the FBI’s office in Pago Pago, American Samoa, showing the tsunami rushing into the parking lot. [Video]
A huge earthquake has taken place near the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific, and Hawaii is under a tsunami alert: Magnitude 7.9 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION.
There’s been a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Andaman Islands: 10-degree Map Centered at 15°N,95°E. (Hat tip: Rednek.) UPDATE at 8/10/09 1:39:48 pm: About 12 minutes later, there was an apparently unrelated magnitude 6.4 quake in Japan: Magnitude 6.4 - NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. View Larger Map
A tsunami warning has been issued for the South Pacific near Tonga, after a mammoth 7.9 earthquake was recorded today. Here’s some Reuters footage of an undersea volcano that’s been erupting in the area of the earthquake: [Video]
An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 has struck near the South Pacific island of Tonga: Tsunami Warning Issued for New Zealand.