Many in Japan expect the official death toll to exceed 10 000 after thousands of bodies were found on the coast of the Miyagi Prefecture. Chilean officials say the incident is a catastrophe of immense proportions. 21 years after her son's death, ... Tsunami hits Hawaii, but does little damage. This is the worst storm hit in Japanese history. The official death toll was 19,113, and injures were 18,625.

The heaviest damage occurred at Saga, Omura, Yanagawa, and Fukuoka. A total of 3,890 people were killed in Ishinomaki and its suburbs, the greatest death toll of any city affected by the tsunami (“The Japan Tohoku…”, 2011). The death toll in the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday has risen to 214. Notes: The list does not include several volcanic eruptions with uncertain death tolls resulting from collateral effects (crop failures, etc. Some 1.5 million homes have been damaged by the powerful earthquake that struck central Chile, Housing Minister Patricia Poblete said on Saturday. In Hawaii, officials are warning residents about the possibility of a tsunami. For the first time in 16 years, ... Chile Earthquake: Death Toll Soars From 8.8-Magnitude Quake Due to the city’s size and low terrain, a large portion of the population was exposed to the tsunami – approximately 112,000 people lived in the inundation zone (“The Japan Tohoku…”, 2011). ), though these may have numbered in the millions; see List of volcanic eruptions by death toll. Japanese tsunami debris STILL washing up in Hawaii TWO YEARS after disaster as dead fish and birds are found with stomachs full of plastic. Ten deadliest natural disasters excluding epidemics and famines. 15,897: Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: Earthquake and Tsunami: 11 Mar 2011: 72 km east of …

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By Louise Boyle. Daily Mail The official death toll was 573 people, all of which were premature deaths from evacuation and displacement of populations in the Analysis by Markandya & Wilkinson (2007) predates the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, and therefore does not include this accident in its estimates This video captures a first-hand perspective of the tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.