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A player draws a card while playing a disaster preparedness board game in Manila. Photo: AFP
The Philippines

‘Master of Disaster’: Can a board game help Philippines face next catastrophe?

From typhoons to earthquakes, ‘Master of Disaster’ turns a roll of the dice into a life-saving lesson for the world’s most vulnerable.

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Hong Kong society

650 Hongkongers on Taiwan group tours confirmed safe after ‘terrifying’ quake

Japan

‘Built on tofu’: safety fears as Japan prepares to restart nuclear plant

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Japan

Japan clears way for Tepco to restart world’s largest nuclear plant

Tepco, operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, has been allowed to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 15 years after the disaster.

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Tepco’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant stands along the seaside in Niigata prefecture. Photo: Reuters
Japan

Japan tremors raise fears of overdue megaquake killing 199,000

Authorities are urging residents to review evacuation plans as simulations suggest a ‘maximum-class’ winter night quake could trap thousands.

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Japan

‘Didn’t know where to go’: tourists struggle in Japan quake evacuation

Foreign visitors were left scrambling for multilingual information after Monday’s magnitude 7.5 earthquake.

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Japan

Japan lifts tsunami warning after magnitude 6.7 earthquake

The weather office said waves of up to 20cm were recorded on the main northern island of Hokkaido and in the Aomori region.

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Collapsed bookshelves at a high school library in Hachinohe City in Aomori prefecture on Tuesday following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake off northern Japan. Photo: JIJI Press/AFP
Japan

Japan issues megaquake advisory after magnitude 7.5 tremor

The advisory urges preparedness for a possible large quake and tsunami, recalling the 2011 disaster that destroyed Fukushima’s nuclear plant.

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Indonesia

Is Indonesian disaster response failing Sumatra’s flood victims?

Prabowo’s government is ‘busy bragging about its quick reaction’ while deaths mount and people suffer from lack of aid, critics say.

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Japan

Video | Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes Japan

Some 2,700 homes in northeastern Japan were without power, with reports of fires after the ground shook violently for more than 30 seconds.

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Japan

Video | At least 30 injured after magnitude 7.5 quake in Japan

Authorities issued tsunami warnings following the powerful earthquake in northeastern Japan’s Aomori prefecture.

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Japan

30 injured after massive quake in Japan, warning of more stronger tremors

Officials removed all tsunami warnings following the powerful earthquake in northeastern Japan’s Aomori prefecture.

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Bangladesh

2 children among dead as Bangladesh rattled by magnitude 5.7 earthquake

‘Buildings were shaking like trees,’ a witness said of the strong tremors, which were felt in neighbouring India.

Afghanistan

International condolences pour in after deadly Afghanistan earthquake

A powerful 6.3 earthquake hit northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 20 and injuring hundreds.

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People stand on the debris of damaged buildings, in the aftermath of an earthquake in Samangan province, Afghanistan on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Afghanistan

Powerful earthquake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured

Tremor near Mazar-e Sharif comes just weeks after a devastating earthquake killed hundreds in the country’s east.

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A man being carried out of a vehicle following the earthquake. Photo: Afghan Red Crescent via Reuters
The Philippines

Is the ‘Big One’ coming? Earthquake mania grips Philippines as fears mount

Public ‘mass hysteria’ undermines long-term disaster readiness and shows a pressing need for better science communication, analysts say.

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Viral stories

Remains of girl, 6, lost in 2011 Japan quake found 100km from home; mum grateful

Jaw bone and teeth of little girl who was separated from her grandmother in devastating tremor found by construction worker.

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Japan

Nuclear ‘bribery’ backlash in Japan over restart plan for world’s largest plant

Critics call Tepco’s US$654 million offer to residents living near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant a cynical attempt to buy public consent.

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A Japaneseanti-nuclear protester shouts slogans at a rally against restarting nuclear reactors in 2012. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong society

UN accreditation ‘will give Hong Kong’s rescue team greater global role’

Outgoing deputy fire chief spent career battling city’s blazes, commanding rescue operations and managing ambulance services during Covid.

The Philippines

‘It really hurts’: quake-hit locals in southern Philippines pick up the pieces

Experts have assured Filipinos that the recent series of earthquakes across the country was not connected to ‘The Big One’ scenario.

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The Philippines

Survivors of Philippine twin quakes despair: ‘nowhere to sleep, nothing to eat’

Some slept in tents, under tarps and hammocks, inside vehicles and on mats as over 800 aftershocks struck overnight after Friday’s tremors.

Men look for items in a collapsed house in Manay on Saturday. Photo: AFP
The Philippines

Second powerful earthquake strikes Philippines after first one kills 7

Authorities fear the second earthquake could further weaken or collapse structures already undermined by the first one.

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Police stand next to the rubble of a collapsed wall in the Philippines after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake. Photo: AFP
The Philippines

Did the Philippines hit ‘snooze button’ again over latest natural disasters?

The damage from a deadly earthquake and two typhoons recently has led analysts to compare it with the flood-control scandal.

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The Philippines

Video | Dozens killed in Philippine quake

Damage ‘could be worse than we think’, warns Cebu governor as rescue efforts continue in a province still reeling from a recent storm.

Indonesia

Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 6, with dozens still missing

Five survivors were successfully rescued after a tunnel was dug at the base of the building to their location.

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Rescuers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
The Philippines

At least 69 dead as powerful 6.9-magnitude quake hits Philippines

The damage ‘could be worse than we think’, Cebu governor warns as rescue continues in a province still reeling from Friday’s storm.

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A centuries-old church is damaged in an earthquake in Cebu in the Philippines on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
Accidents and disasters in China

At least 11 injured as 5.6 magnitude quake hits China’s Gansu province

Rescue teams say 17 houses collapsed and close to 4,000 were damaged, with no fatalities reported.

Japan

Japan revises Nankai Trough megaquake risk to 60-90% in next 30 years

The revision reflects a new calculation method and does not mean that the risk of an earthquake has increased, authorities say.

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