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The Day the Wave Came

The Day the Wave Came

on 2013/01/03 in Documentaries, Environment

The magnitude and destruction of a Tsunami is hard to comprehend. This minute-by-minute account reveals the human face of the 2004 tragedy. A torrent of water sweeps through a street, destroying everything in its path. In the background, women are screaming. “I remember yelling ‘we’re all going to die, we’re all going to die’”, recalls [...]

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How the 2011 Japan tsunami happened

How the 2011 Japan tsunami happened

on 2012/08/08 in Documentaries, Environment

  On March 11th, Japan suffered a 9.0 earthquake, followed by a massive tsunami. Just weeks later, NOVA has produced a 47 minute documentary that does an impressive job of explaining the science behind these twin geologic catastrophes. The program follows Roger Bilham, a seismologist at the University of Colorado, who arrived in Japan two days after the quake. And [...]

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