Tsunamis deadly waves that have the power to destroy entire cities in a matter of moments. There was little Public Awareness about them until december 26th 2004. That was the day a gigantic tsunami in the indian ocean killed more than 230000 people images illustrating the pools of this natural phenomenon shocked the world. 7 years later in 2011 a Nuclear Power plant in fukushima japan exploded after being engulfed by an earthquake generated tsunami. Since these tragedies scientists rushed to the scene redoubling efforts to determine what causes these killer waves. Because that knowledge can save lives its clear that tsunamis can strike any region of the planet urbanize ation has made coastal communities even more vulnerable. Can Tsunami Research protects them. On friday september 28th 2018 an earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated an area of the bay of palu on the indonesian island of slow way sea. Within minutes 4000 people. Lost their lives 79000. 00 had to be evacuated how coul
Tolan people demonstrate for a 7th straight day against and near total ban on abortion we take a look at the widening protest movement for womens rights there. Im nickel for lishka to have you with us germany closes down at least partially german chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a limited National Lockdown for most of november the goal is to stop an out of control rise in corona virus infections which have hit a new one day record of more than 16000 bars gyms and theaters will shut next monday while schools and shops will stay open. The deserted streets of the spring are about to become all too familiar again in germany for 4 weeks from november 2nd the entire country will be under a partial lockdown faced with another record high of daily coronavirus cases on wednesday chancellor Angela Merkel in the country 16 state premiers quickly found consensus theres a. Lot of it today is a difficult day for policymakers i have to emphasise that because i know how much were asking of peopl
A surge in corona virus cases. One of cinemas all time greats is gone james bond star sean connery has died at the age of 90 he shot to stardom in the very 1st bond film at dr no in 1962 and went on to dominate the Silver Screen for 4 decades the veteran scot one of many awards throughout his long career including an oscar and 3 golden globes. This is g. W. News from berlin and follow us on twitter and instagram at state of the unions or visit our website dot com. This week on world stories. The u. S. Wants a reformed police force Mikhail Gorbachevs life is a play. But 1st we start in azerbaijan the car cation country is at war with its neighbor armenia more and more civilians are being killed in the process the warring parties blame each other for this. If you go far as a live shows as well he used to live until very recently. To see a rocket take his house in early october he says. So. Articles quite off base sure that. His home for 35 years burned down to the walls. In their work or
Investigation continues at the Tsunami Monitoring Center in the indonesian capital jakarta. This control tower monitors seismic activity across indonesia including the bay of power loom. Seismologists here can detect any undersea earthquake in real time advanced algorithms allow them to simulate the formation of a tsunami and warn coastal communities before the 1st wave hits since its introduction in 2008 the system has issued 22 alerts saving countless lives. Why then did palu fail to receive a warning on september 28th 2018. Qian poor innocent he was the seismologist on g t that night i guess that. The earthquake in palo registered a magnitude of 7 for 2 minutes then just afterward the magnitude rose to 7. 7. I instantly ran to the top table where we simulate tsunamis yet the media modeling tsunami the center in jakarta registered an earthquake 80 kilometers north of palm bay early in the evening. And the epicenter is here. And heres palo. According to the simulation the tsunami risk
of msnbc, a tsunami warning in japan after earthquakes erupted off the west coast. the 7.6 quake causing mass blackouts and crippling communications. first responders are racing against the clock to locate the injured. plus, the israel-hamas war expected to go on for many more months as the first major drawdown of troops since the war began. what the next phase of the war will look like. former president trump s legal battles in the new year, what his appeal could look like after he was removed from colorado and maine, and the the latest on the slew of high stakes trials set to begin this year. happy new year to you. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m frances rivera reporting from new york city. we start with breaking news out of western japan where a powerful earthquake hit overnight disrupting kplun communications. as tsunami warnings rang up and down japan s western coast. now, japanese officials are warning the aftershocks could continue for up to a week. we want to brin