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2 days ago · Üsküdar – A small passenger ferry sank due to heavy lodos weather in the Gulf of İzmit on 1 March. 272 passengers including seven crew died; 39 people survived. 272. 1994. Kenya. Likoni Ferry – On 29 April the overloaded passenger ferry Mtongwe One capsized and sank killing 272 people of the more than 300 aboard.
2 days ago · The air temperature had fallen to near freezing, and the ocean was completely calm. Colonel Archibald Gracie, one of the survivors of the disaster, later wrote that "the sea was like glass, so smooth that the stars were clearly reflected." [30] It is now known that such exceptionally calm water is a sign of nearby pack ice. [31]
2 days ago · Fukushima accident, accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (“Number One”) plant in northern Japan, the second worst nuclear accident (after the Chernobyl disaster of 1986) in the history of nuclear power generation. The site is on Japan’s Pacific coast, in northeastern Fukushima prefecture about 100 km (60 miles) south of Sendai.
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- The Fukushima accident was an accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (“Number One”) nuclear power plant in Japan. It is the second worst nuclear...
- An earthquake and tsunami led to power loss in the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Without power, the cooling systems failed in three reactors, and their...
- Immediately after the Fukushima accident in 2011, radiation levels increased in food, water, and the ocean near the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Becaus...
- Nobody died as a direct result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. However, in 2018 one worker in charge of measuring radiation at the plant died of...
Aug 14, 2024 · Tsunami, catastrophic ocean wave usually caused by a submarine earthquake, by a landslide, or by a volcanic eruption. In deep water it travels as fast as 800 km (500 miles) per hour, with enormous wavelengths of more than 500 km (310 miles) but small wave amplitudes of about 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 feet).
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Sep 4, 2024 · Disasters at Sea - Season 3 (2021) Disasters at Sea. - Season 3. 40%. 8.1 (261) 44min. Where to watch Watch for free Episodes Similar titles.
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Aug 24, 2024 · Will disasters at sea occur more often? While design improvements and safety regulations have made even the smallest boats safer, the potential dangers posed by bad weather are increasing in line ...
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4 days ago · Disaster Debris. Disasters can create large amounts of marine debris that enter the ocean, waterways, and Great Lakes all at once. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, and typhoons can create an enormous amount of damage, moving items that were originally on land into the ocean. Accidents at sea can cause vessels, shipping ...
