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‘Life is a miracle,’ but learning from disasters isn’t: Lessons from Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...
The Diplomat

How LGBT+ Communities Overcame Japan’s 2011 Triple Disaster

On March 11, 2011, a powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a deadly tsunami that struck Japan’s northeastern region of Tohoku. The tsunami killed nearly 19,000 people and smashed into the ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

U.N. says 2011 disasters were costliest ever

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The economic cost of disasters in 2011 was the highest in history — with a pricetag of at least $380 billion, mainly due to earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, a U.N. envoy ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

New Year’s Day quake in Japan revives the trauma of 2011 triple disasters

SUZU, JapanSUZU, Japan — The powerful earthquake that shattered the peace of New Year’s Day in central Japan did not spur massive tsunamis like those that scoured the Pacific coast in 2011, killing ...
Phys.org

'Life is a miracle,' but learning from disasters isn't: Lessons from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...