Tsunamis can cause immense physical damage to ports, but the economic cost does not stop there. The resultant disruptions of shipping lanes result in billions of dollars in losses every day, as was ...

Ceremonies and memorials marked the 14th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, but the disaster has still not ...

A small Japanese fishing community devastated by the great east japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 managed to recover from the disaster through cooperative community activity despite the propensity ...

This video breaks down the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The earthquake shut down the reactors, but the tsunami flooded the backup generators and batteries, ...

No tsunami warning was ‌issued after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck the ⁠east coast of Japan's northeastern Tohoku region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on ‌Thursday. The epicentre of ...

Port disruptions are costly—very costly. While the 2011 Tohoku tsunami caused about $12 billion in damages to port facilities and vessels, the ensuing port disruptions resulted in a loss in seaborne ...

(a) The global port network of liner services. Ports estimated to be damaged under (b) present sea levels (n = 11) and (c) SSP5 - 8.5 (Low confidence) sea level rise scenario by 2100 (n = 15). Red ...