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Tag: Geological Disasters

Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 55 With Search On for Those Still Trapped
2Jan By adminNo Comments
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Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 55 With Search On for Those Still Trapped

Updated Jan. 2, 2024 11:42 am ETThe smoking ruins of what was a popular market for tourists and a seven-story building lying on its side testified to the destruction left by a New Year’s Day earthquake in Japan that killed at least 55 people.The city of Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture on the Japan Sea coast suffered some of the worst damage from the magnitude 7.6 quake. Japan’s military was mobilized along with police and fire units to deliver relief supplies and try to rescue those buried under homes and buildings.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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All Passengers on Japan Airlines Jet Evacuated After Plane Collision
2Jan By adminNo Comments
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All Passengers on Japan Airlines Jet Evacuated After Plane Collision

Updated Jan. 2, 2024 7:04 am ETTOKYO—A Japan Coast Guard plane and a Japan Airlines passenger jet collided at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport but all 379 people on board the passenger jet were able to escape, Japan Airlines said.Five of the six people aboard the Coast Guard plane died in the crash, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. He said they were planning to deliver relief supplies to people affected by an earthquake on the Japan Sea coast on New Year’s Day.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Tsunami Warning Issued in Japan After Powerful Earthquake
1Jan By adminNo Comments
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Tsunami Warning Issued in Japan After Powerful Earthquake

TOKYO—A tsunami warning was in effect on the west coast of Japan after a powerful earthquake. Public broadcaster NHK said a tsunami slightly higher than one meter struck the Noto Peninsula on the Japan Sea coast of Japan and tsunamis of up to five meters were possible. NHK said the earthquake struck at around 4:10 p.m. Monday at the tip of the peninsula. The U.S. Geological Survey, in a preliminary estimate, said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Indonesia Volcano Eruption Kills 11 Hikers, Spews Ash Nearly 2 Miles High
4Dec By adminNo Comments
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Indonesia Volcano Eruption Kills 11 Hikers, Spews Ash Nearly 2 Miles High

Dozens of Indonesian hikers were crowded near the top of Mount Marapi late Sunday morning, snapping selfies and admiring one of the most celebrated views on Sumatra island.A few hours later the volcano erupted, spewing ash and scorching volcanic rocks that killed at least 11 of them and injured many others as they fled down its steep slopes. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Rescuers Free Workers Trapped in Mountain Tunnel in India for More Than Two Weeks
28Nov By adminNo Comments
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Rescuers Free Workers Trapped in Mountain Tunnel in India for More Than Two Weeks

Rescuers freed the 41 construction workers sealed inside a mountain tunnel in northern India by a landslide for over two weeks on Tuesday, after an arduous effort to break through a wall of about 200 feet of debris.Thousands of people, including rescue workers, family members, journalists and officials gathered at the site of the rescue in India’s mountainous Uttarakhand state to watch the final stage of the rescue. Hundreds of miles away in the villages of eastern India, where many of the men are from, and around the country, people have watched the televised blow-by-blow progress of the rescue since it began on Nov. 12.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Indian Rescuers Race to Free 40 Workers Trapped in Mountain Tunnel
17Nov By adminNo Comments
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Indian Rescuers Race to Free 40 Workers Trapped in Mountain Tunnel

NEW DELHI—High in the mountains of Uttarakhand, Indian rescuers are racing against time to free 40 construction workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel, struggling with landslides and equipment failures as the effort moves into its sixth day.The work team has been stuck since Sunday, when part of the tunnel crumbled during a landslide in the northern state, a region popular with tourists and pilgrims.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Icelandic Villagers Brace as Volcanic Eruption Looms
13Nov By adminNo Comments
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Icelandic Villagers Brace as Volcanic Eruption Looms

Updated Nov. 13, 2023 11:21 am ETResidents of an Icelandic fishing town under threat from a volcanic eruption were allowed back to their homes for five minutes to collect pets and valuables as tremors continued to rock a peninsula jutting out into the North Atlantic, reviving memories of the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano and the disruption it caused the global aviation industry.Grindavik’s 3,400 people were evacuated on Saturday after seismologists detected a 9-mile-long underground corridor of semi-molten rock moving beneath the town toward the nearby Fagradaslfjall volcano, around 30 miles southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. By midday Monday, 30,000 earthquakes had been recorded over the past three weeks and the aviation alert was raised to orange to indicate a heighten...
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China Deal Slump Sends Bankers’ Fees to Decade Low
7Nov By adminNo Comments
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China Deal Slump Sends Bankers’ Fees to Decade Low

Updated Nov. 7, 2023 12:00 am ETChina has become a losing proposition for Wall Street firms, forcing a reassessment of their investment-banking prospects in Hong Kong.American and European investment banks prospered in the Asian financial hub over the past decade by helping hundreds of Chinese companies raise money from international stock and bond sales. They also profited from advising on cross-border acquisitions and investments during China’s prepandemic economic boom. The money train made Wall Street an advocate of engagement with China, even as political tensions grew between Washington and Beijing. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Hurricane Otis Churns Into Mexico’s Acapulco as Category 5 Storm
25Oct By adminNo Comments
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Hurricane Otis Churns Into Mexico’s Acapulco as Category 5 Storm

Updated Oct. 25, 2023 6:18 am ETMEXICO CITY—Hurricane Otis made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, as authorities warned of torrential rain, landslides and flash flooding.Authorities urged people living near rivers or ravines to evacuate. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador late Tuesday said he instructed the country’s army and navy to assist state and city authorities in providing aid and shelter, clearing roads and highways and distributing food and water.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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