Working to Save Lives When a Tsunami Strikes

November 5 is United Nations Tsunami Awareness Day. Tsunami is a Japanese word for a long, destructive ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake. The goal of the observance is to learn from disasters of the past and to prepare for the future. Two t

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'The Impossible' Revisits Devastating 2004 Tsunami Juan Antonio Bayona's cinematic rendition of the gargantuan wave crushing everything in its path is neither entertaining nor escapist. It's a reminder of that horrific moment in 2004, the day after C

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS – The Year in Science 2004: Tsunami / SARS / Bird Flu / H.I.V. and AIDS / The Little People of Flores / D... By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 (MUSIC) VOIC

Tsunami Warnings Issued in Pacific From Japan to Peru

Widespread tsunami warnings were issued Friday, after an earthquake off the coast of Japan unleashed waves that posed threats throughout the Pacific.? One tsunami researcher said that while the tsunami warning system worked well, it remains difficult

IN THE NEWS - Six Months After the Tsunami: A Progress Repor

IN THE NEWS - Six Months After the Tsunami: A Progress Report By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, June 25, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Sunday will be six months si

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 27 August 2007 This poster displays the winning design of tsunami museum by architect Ridwan Kamil in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 21 Aug 2007 Indonesia has picked an architect to design a museum in Aceh province in memory of the c

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Australia has introduced a tsunami warning system, which experts hope will become an integral link in a network stretching across the Indian and Pacific oceans. The Australian Tsunami Warning Center will help provide a regional monitoring system for

VOA标准英语2012--Karaoke and Counseling: Japan’s Tsunami Survivors Try to Rebuild

Karaoke and Counseling: Japans Tsunami Survivors Try to Rebuild Karaoke is helping to heal the wounds of last years tsunami. Traditional folk songs are favorite among the residents of Ofunatos temporary housing, like Kazue Hashiguchi. She says it is

VOA双语新闻 Powell Surveys Tsunami Devastation

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VOA双语新闻 One Month After Tsunami

Almost one month after a deadly tsunami struck the shores of a dozen Indian Ocean countries, estimates of the dead and injured are running as high as 290,000. The biggest relief operation ever mounted continues to feed and shelter the survivors, and

IN THE NEWS - Aid for Tsunami Victims

IN THE NEWS - Aid for Tsunami Victims By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, January 08, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. AP Photo Kofi Annan says helping survivors of the

HEALTH REPORT - Update on Tsunami Survivors: Mental Health a

HEALTH REPORT - Update on Tsunami Survivors: Mental Health a Big Concern By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Many health

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It is one year since that terrible earthquake and tsunami hit the North East coast of Japan, killing 19,000 people. Today people in Japan remembered this in silence at 2.46pm. New Zealanders also remembered this day. In Auckland the Japanese consul h

Tsunami Waves Reach US West Coast

VOA News March 11, 2011 - The first tsunami(海啸) waves have reached the U.S. West Coast after sweeping past the country's Pacific island state of Hawaii. There have been no immediate reports of casualties in the U.S. Waves of a meter or more hit t

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After Wednesdays terrible tsunami which killed at least 150 people in Samoa, help is needed. The country needs helicopters to find bodies in the sea and needs people to identify those bodies. Help is needed to care for the injured. The survivors need

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Feature: Indonesian hospital struggles to cope with bodies of tsunami victims

An article in the Xinjiang Daily newspaper says authorities in Xinjiang reacted rapidly in response to the terrorist attack in Urumqi South railway station on Wednesday. Passengers walk outside the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi, capital of n

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By Mike O'Sullivan American Samoa 05 October 2009 The death toll has reached 176 people, following last week's tsunami in the Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. Cleanup and recovery efforts are under way and survivors are taking tim

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Todd: Hello, can you introduce yourself please? Tarta: Yes. My name is Tarta, I am from Thailand. I live in the southern part, in the east coast. Todd: So Tarta, you were in Thailand when you had the tsunami? Tarta: Yes, I was right back from my Laos