Sentences with phrase «giant tsunami waves»

It has the power to wreak havoc in the form of giant tsunami waves, and can be as peaceful as... [Read more...]

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These giant waves, caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and underwater landslides, are some of the deadliest natural disasters known; the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed over 230,000 people, a higher death toll than any fire or hurricane.

Judging from geological traces of two even older tsunami deposits, Koji Minoura, an Earth scientist at Tohoku University in Sendai, and his colleagues proposed in 2001 that giant waves visit the region about every 800 - 1,100 years (K. Minoura et al..

And although that region was one of Japan's best - prepared for tsunamis, the high sea walls along much of the coast were built to stop waves far smaller than the 13 -15-metre-tall giants that battered the coastline, causing most of the damage and triggering a nuclear crisis.

Tidal Waves Strike: An earthquake near the northern Japanese provinces of Iwate, Miagi and Aomari sent a giant tidal wave (now called a tsunami) sweeping ashore.

Pinterest animations of Hokusai's famous tsunami wave fill the screen, followed swiftly by shots of fearless surfers wiping out in the most giant of tubes.