Scores killed in Indonesia quake-tsunami
September 29, 2018 | 09:13
Scores of people were killed when a powerful quake and tsunami struck central Indonesia, an AFP photographer at the scene said on Saturday (Sep 29), as rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region.
Japan confirms first Fukushima worker death from radiation
September 06, 2018 | 16:03
Japan has announced for the first time that a worker at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has died after being exposed to radiation, Japanese media reported.
Indonesia’s 8.7-magnitude earthquake felt in HCMC
April 12, 2012 | 08:54
Seismic activities of the recent earthquake offshore Indonesia has shaken some high-rise buildings in the southern economic hub of Vietnam.
Vietnam tests its first tsunami warning system
May 18, 2011 | 20:23
Vietnam’s first tsunami warning system was trial tested successfully on May 15 in the central city of Danang, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.
Japan reels as second blast rocks nuclear plant
March 14, 2011 | 16:54
A new explosion at a nuclear plant hit punch-drunk Japan Monday as it raced to avert a reactor meltdown after a quake-tsunami disaster that is feared to have killed more than 10,000 people.
Japan struggles to avert nuclear plant meltdown
March 14, 2011 | 12:32
Japan raced to avert a meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant Monday as the death toll from the disaster on the ravaged northeast coast was forecast to exceed 10,000.
Record quake unleashes tsunami on Japan
March 11, 2011 | 20:48
The strongest earthquake ever to hit Japan Friday unleashed a terrifying 10-metre tsunami that washed away homes and tossed ships inland, with a nuclear plant among multiple sites set ablaze.
1 2
Mobile Version