Sentences with phrase «ravaged by earthquake»

Under pressure to resign as leader of a country ravaged by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Naoto Kan's last act in August 2011 was to transform Japan's energy policy.

Only a few years ago, Nepal was ravaged by earthquakes that set the country back significantly.

The game features a coastal city being ravage by earthquakes, and this situation is just too similar to real life events that happened in Japan.

The mobile structure, called Ark Nova, was designed not only as a venue for concerts and events, but also to spread hope throughout the northeastern part of Honshu, which has been ravaged by earthquakes and tsunamis.

Not exact matches

NAMIE, Japan, March 27 - At a small plant intended to help revitalise a town ravaged by the 2011 earthquake, Nissan Motor Co is giving its costly electric vehicle batteries new life after they pass their peak performance.

Americans and citizens across the world raised money to help Haitians rebuild their country, one ravaged by colonialism, dictatorship, poverty, and foreign political interference even before the earthquake.

And now, in light of the country's tragedy, they have issued a statement announcing plans to postpone the launch of MotorStorm Apocalypse, which depicts a world ravaged by natural disasters not dissimilar to the 8.4 earthquake that struck Japan on the weekend.

Tokyo - headquartered Grasshopper Manufacture (No More Heroes, Shadows of the Damned) has created and posted three «healing» songs meant to honor those lost or affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis that have ravaged Japan.

Conceived in collaboration with actor (and art collector) Ben Stiller and his eponymous philanthropic foundation to bolster relief efforts in the earthquake - ravaged Caribbean country — the poorest in the Western Hemisphere — the sale brings together 26 paintings, drawings and sculptures, most of which were made specifically for the auction and donated by 25 international artists, ranging from Neo Rauch and Karin Mamma Andersson to Glenn Ligon and Urs Fischer.

By Judd Tully NEW YORK — «Artists for Haiti,» a charity auction organized by actor Ben Stiller and art dealer David Zwirner and held at Christie's this evening raised a rousing $ 13,662,000 to benefit health and education initiatives for the earthquake - ravaged and desperately poor Caribbean countrBy Judd Tully NEW YORK — «Artists for Haiti,» a charity auction organized by actor Ben Stiller and art dealer David Zwirner and held at Christie's this evening raised a rousing $ 13,662,000 to benefit health and education initiatives for the earthquake - ravaged and desperately poor Caribbean countrby actor Ben Stiller and art dealer David Zwirner and held at Christie's this evening raised a rousing $ 13,662,000 to benefit health and education initiatives for the earthquake - ravaged and desperately poor Caribbean country.

I encourage you to read «Tsunami - hit towns forgot warnings from ancestors,» a haunting and fascinating Associated Press story by Jay Alabaster describing centuries - old stone tablets warning of coastal tsunami risk that dot the Japanese coast ravaged by the great earthquake and resulting waves on March 11th.