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Careful Search for Mementos Slows Japan Rebuilding
By not in system - AOL NewsKESENNUMA, Japan -- Sakuji Funayama watched intently as a giant steel claw tore chunks off the remains of his two-story home, ripped open like a dollhouse by last month's tsunami and washed up onto a pile of debris. Suddenly, he spied something, waved his arms and pointed. The claw froze and a half dozen construction workers scrambled into the wreckage, emerging a few minutes later with a battered backpack that belonged to Funayama's son, who moved away years ago. He set it off to the side. The race to clear the destruction from Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami so rebuilding can begin ...
Hopes Fade for 21 Buried in Philippine Landslide
By not in system - AOL NewsMANILA, Philippines -- Filipino rescuers who dug by hand to save people buried by a landslide were losing hope of finding 21 still missing in the disaster that killed at least three people in a remote gold mining village, officials said Saturday. One miner pulled from the mountain of mud and rocks said he's survived three landslides in and around the mines, including one that killed his brother, but he can't afford to quit his job despite the dangers. The shanties and tents where miners and some of their families slept were buried under about 100 feet (30 meters) of mud, soil, rocks and ...
Japan Declares No-Go Zone Around Nuclear Plant
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO -- Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometer) area evacuated around its tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the order would take effect at midnight and was meant to prevent unrestricted entry into the mostly deserted area, which was ordered evacuated after last month's tsunami and earthquake wrecked the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant's power and cooling systems. Under Japan's Disaster Countermeasures Basic Law, people who enter the zone would be subject to fines of up ...
Giving by Americans for Japanese Disaster Tops $246 Million
By not in system - AOL NewsOne month after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, donors in the United States have contributed nearly a quarter of a billion dollars, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. A tally of dozens of nonprofits by the philanthropic journal shows Americans have contributed more than $246.9 million to relief and recovery efforts. The American Red Cross continues to account for roughly 69 percent of the total raised. Despite these impressive-sounding totals, fundraising in the wake of the twin Japanese disasters lags behind funds raised after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane ...
Debris, Challenges Pile Up in Japan 1 Month Later
By not in system - AOL NewsNATORI, Japan -- A month after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, the challenges seem as daunting as ever: Thousands are missing and feared dead, tens of thousands have fled their homes, a leaking nuclear plant remains crippled and powerful aftershocks keep coming. Vast tracts of the northeast are demolition sites: The stuff of entire cities is sorted into piles taller than three-story buildings around which dump trucks and earth-movers crawl. Ankle-deep water stagnates in streets, and massive fishing boats lie perched atop pancaked houses and cars. The occasional telephone poll or bulldozer is ...
Japan Disaster Sparks Social Media Innovation
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO -- As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster -- earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis -- the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering. Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster became clear, the online world began asking, "How can we help?" And for that, social media offered the ideal platform for good ideas to spread quickly, supplementing efforts launched by giants like Google and Facebook. James White/Edward Harrison, AP A British teacher living in Japan is leading a volunteer team of bloggers, writers and ...
US Authorizes American Evacuations Out of Japan
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The United States has authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, taking a tougher stand on the deepening nuclear crisis and warning U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to any part of the country as unpredictable weather and wind conditions risked spreading radioactive contamination. President Barack Obama placed a telephone call to Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday to discuss Japan's efforts to recover from last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami, and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Dai-chi plant. Obama promised Kan that the U.S. would ...
Survivors of 2004 Tsunami Shaken by Japan Disaster
By not in system - AOL NewsBANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Tears streamed down Maisara Mucharam's face as she watched aerial shots of the tsunami pummeling Japan's coast and remembered the day, six years ago, when her youngest daughter was ripped out of her arms by the heavy salty sea. Survivors of the 2004 tsunami that started off in Indonesia sat glued to their TV sets, stroking each other's hands, as images of last Friday's disaster in northern Japan flashed repeatedly across the screen. Heri Juanda, AP A couple view the sunset on top of an escape tower built to provide protection for residents in case of ...
Tsunami in Japan: What Are the 5 Worst Tsunamis of All Time?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsWhile the total devastation remains untold, the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast coast of Japan today will surely be recorded among the world's most destructive natural disasters ever. Images and video of the wreckage across the region are already circulating through the Web as the unknown death toll continues to climb. Tsunami Relief: Network for Good For some initial context, here is the Surge Desk list of history's most devastating tsunamis. 1. 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of Indonesia, ...
Train Crash in Germany Kills 10, Injures 23
By not in system - AOL NewsBERLIN -- A head-on collision between a cargo and a passenger train killed 10 people and injured 23 others in eastern Germany, police said Sunday. Authorities believe the death toll could rise in one of the country's worst train accidents. The trains crashed in heavy fog late Saturday on a single-line track near the village of Hordorf, close to Saxony-Anhalt's state capital Magdeburg. It's about 125 miles southwest of Berlin, Germany's capital. "The crash was so strong that the passenger train was catapulted off the tracks onto a nearby field," Armin Friedrich, the police officer in charge ...
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