Sentence examples for tsunamis the from inspiring English sources

Yet, despite Japan's history of tsunamis, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Japan's nuclear regulator, did not apply those standards.

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With few maternity hospitals in the areas affected by tsunamis, the need is especially acute for pregnant women, said Representative Steve Israel, Democrat of Long Island.

In addition to protecting the city against tsunamis, the breakwater was intended to create a modern international port that would accommodate container vessels and draw new companies here.

The Thera tsunamis, the team wrote, left a signature layer in the seabed of well-rounded pebbles, distinctive patterns of mollusks and characteristic inclusions in rocky fragments all oriented in the same direction.

"Sure, but only because I know that one's a land glacier – those ones don't normally calve and create tsunamis!" The crevassed wall rose high above our heads glowing pale blue.

After last year's tsunami, the group received $400,000 from donors.

After the earthquake and tsunami, the government opened the region to foreign aid groups and others.

Divide students into five groups, and have each group select a slip of paper or index card containing the year and location of a well-known tsunami (the 1960 tsunami in Chile; the 1964 tsunami in Alaska; the 1992 tsunami in Nicaragua; the 1993 tsunami in Hokkaido, Japan; the 1998 tsunami in Papa New Guinea).

Hence, after the tsunami, the port operations are interrupted.

For the Asia Tsunami, the figures exceeded $10 million.