Natural disasters
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Japan issues megaquake advisory in north after magnitude 7.5 earthquake
Officials said probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake was only about 1% but they have urged people to be…
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Japan tells residents to evacuate as powerful earthquake strikes north-east
90,000 people advised to take shelter after 7.5-magnitude quake, with 20 injuries reported A powerful 7.5-magn…
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Woman in 90s pulled alive from rubble five days after Japan earthquake
Boy, five, among 126 people dead, after boiling water spilled on him during Monday’s 7.6 magnitude quakeA woma…
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Japan earthquake: footage shows residents escaping Wajima landslide – video
Footage from 1 January shows Wajima residents running from a landslide after a deadly earthquake struck the Ja…
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Japan’s deadly earthquakes spark fires and destroy buildings – in pictures
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida says the country is facing a ‘battle against time’ to find people affect…
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Japan vending machines to automatically offer free food if earthquake hits
Machines in coastal city of Ako, are located in an area that experts say is vulnerable to a future powerful ea…
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From the archive: The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami – podcast
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introdu…
- Japan, Environment, Coastlines, Indian Ocean tsunami 2004, Europe, Africa, Egypt, Unesco, Tsunamis, World news, Asia Pacific, France, Spain, Middle East and North Africa, Natural disasters, Turkey
Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul prepare for Mediterranean tsunami
Risk of significant tsunami within next 30 years is nearly 100%, Unesco says, as it urges coastal cities to be…
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Flood alerts issued as more torrential rain forecast to hit China
At least 15 people were killed last week and new low pressure system across region will bring more disruptionR…