More than a week after the deadly tsunami struck coastal Japan, some video images are still so striking they're worth sharing. This one shows an aerial view of a gigantic whirlpool formed by the killer wave. Nature is powerful.
More than a week after the deadly tsunami struck coastal Japan, some video images are still so striking they're worth sharing. This one shows an aerial view of a gigantic whirlpool formed by the killer wave. Nature is powerful.


Up-close footage from the natural disaster that's rocking the world.

Susan Casey explains the mysterious and terrifying phenomenon of rogue waves that roam the ocean 60 feet high or taller.

Japanese TV captured the massive tsunami striking Sendai city.

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Japan's engineers deserve a big pat on the back.

Proposed budget cuts would shrink funds for tsunami warning systems, like the one that alerted Hawaiians ten minutes after the Japanese quake.

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Once the tsunami warnings sounded, Robert Bailey knew he only had eight minutes to save his student's lives.

Watch a captivating projection of how the tsunami would travel across the Pacific.

The massive 9.0 earthquake created a bunch of debris and the ensuing wave washed a lot of it out to sea. Here's how it is expected to travel.
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