Tsunami

The recent eruption of the submarine volcano and the resultant shutdown of Tonga’s telecommunication, has cast light on the impact of natural disasters on the global communication systems, especially in the tiny and distant islands.

• Krutika Patil
• February 01, 2022
• IDSA Comments

After the threat level for the Fukushima plant was raised from 5 to 7, Japan’s claims about the situation getting stabilised are being received with a degree of scepticism.

• Rajaram Panda
• April 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Even as Japan has become increasingly reliant on nuclear energy, its nuclear safety record has not been very satisfactory.

• Aditi Malhotra
• March 22, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The Prefectures affected the most are Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki, which represent about 7 per cent of Japan’s economy and house steel plants, oil refineries, nuclear power plants and factories manufacturing parts for cars and electronic goods.

• Rajaram Panda
• March 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

As Japan grapples with a “nuclear emergency situation” a domestic debate has begun about whether a quake -prone country should rely on nuclear power.

• Shamshad A. Khan
• March 16, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The tsunami triggered by the quake swamped Sendai’s coast, picking up cars, ships and houses as it furiously surged three miles inland.

• Rajaram Panda
• March 16, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The tsunami tragedy that struck large parts of Southern Asia abutting the Bay of Bengal and the South Eastern Indian Ocean littoral has been a tragic start for the New Year. It is feared that the total death toll in the affected areas may well cross the 200,000 mark. In many ways this is a multi-national disaster with the affected countries including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar amongst others and stretching all the away across the ocean to the East coast of Africa.

• C Uday Bhaskar
• January 08, 2005
• IDSA Comments