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Inland storm risk rises — so will home insurance
Your insurance rates are set to skyrocket. We are about to feel the same premium pain felt on the coast, where the cost of hurricane insurance is almost making home ownership unaffordable.
It doesn't matter that Orlando hasn't been hit by a hurricane...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Disasters, Hurricane Damage, Weather, Tsunamis
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9 earthquake books revisited
Jacket CopyA list of nine books that channel both the terror and awe of witnessing an earthquake.... -
Was Japan's volcano eruption linked to its earthquake?
The Shinmoedake volcano on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, 950 miles from the epicenter of last week's magnitude 9 earthquake, spewed ash and rocks up to 2.5 miles into the air March 13. The volcano had erupted Jan. 19 and several times afterward, most...Tags: Volcanoes, Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Landforms
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Hundreds killed in tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake
TOKYO (AP) — A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control....Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Career and Workplace, Fishing, The Associated Press
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Japanese Police: 200-300 Bodies Found in North Eastern Coastal Area
TOKYO (AP) -- A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.
Hours...Tags: Entertainment, Disasters, Tsunamis, Nevada, Fishing
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Japan earthquake becomes fifth-strongest since 1900
Los Angeles TimesWhen the earth shook off the coast of Japan on Friday, the magnitude 8.9 quake became the fifth strongest since 1900. According to records kept by the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Information Center, the largest quake remains the one in Chile in...Tags: Japan, China Earthquake (2010), China, Disasters and Accidents, Los Angeles Times
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Scientists Examine Southern California's Tsunami Risk
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Although the effect of the tsunami was minuscule in California compared with Japan, the scattered damage is providing a rare opportunity to study how the waves work and to help officials better prepare for what could be a far more...Tags: Avalanches and Landslides, Elections, Disasters, Tsunamis, University of Southern California
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U.S. West Coast Under Tsunami Warning After 8.8 Quake Rocks Japan
Web ReporterTourists and residents were told to evacuate coastal areas of Hawaii early Friday after officials issued a tsunami warning for much of the Pacific Ocean following the devastating 8.9 earthquake near Japan. The Hawaii State Civil Defense ordered coastal...Tags: Disasters, Tsunamis, Weather, Disasters and Accidents, Los Angeles Times
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Japan quake causes day to get a wee bit shorter
WASHINGTON (AP) — You won't notice it, but the day just got a tiny bit shorter because of Friday's giant earthquake off the coast of Japan. NASA geophysicist Richard Gross calculated that Earth's rotation sped up by 1.6 microseconds. That's...Tags: Japan, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), NASA, Washington, DC
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7.1 Magnitude Quake Shakes Southern Chile
Associated PressA magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook southern Chile on Sunday, frightening hundreds of people who fled for higher ground fearing it could generate a tsunami like the one that ravaged the coastline last year. There were no immediate reports of deaths...Tags: Disasters, Santiago (Chile), Tsunamis, Disasters and Accidents, Hawaii
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Major 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Chile
ReutersSANTIAGO (Reuters) -- A major earthquake of 7.1 magnitude hit central Chile on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter was 43 miles northwest of Temuco at a depth of 10.5 miles, it said. "No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists...Tags: Disasters, Tsunamis, Metal and Mineral, Non Ferrous Metal, Disasters and Accidents
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Strong quake jolts southern Chile; magnitude 6.8
Associated PressA magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck central Chile Friday, centered in almost exactly the same spot where last year's magnitude-8.8 quake spawned a tsunami and devastated coastal communities. Rodrigo Ubillo, the vice interior minister, said they had no...Tags: Disasters, Tsunamis, Fishing, Disasters and Accidents, Chile
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