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Japan earthquake and tsunami: interactive video timeline map
14 November 2011
See the areas affected by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan. Use the slider to change the date and time of events, navigate the map and click on the icons to watch the video.
Japan disaster: Kesennuma hit by quake, tsunami and fire
14 March 2011
Boats litter the road after slamming into Kesennuma, one of the worst-hit places in Japan's quake disaster. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the desolation left there by the tsunami.
Japan: second explosion rocks Fukushima nuclear plant
14 March 2011
Another explosion hits Fukushima nuclear plant, damaged in Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Many are frightened - but this is not another Chernobyl, as Science Correspondent Tom Clarke explains.
After the tsunami - what next for Japan?
13 March 2011
As rescue workers search the debris for survivors after Japan's devastating tsunami, Ed Fraser looks back at the lessons learned from the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004.
Amazing Japan tsunami video shows child rescue
17 March 2011
Eyewitness footage of the tsunami striking Northern Japan and the subsequent scramble to rescue men, women and children from the flooded streets.
Japan tsunami video: panic as people flee for their lives
13 April 2011
New footage has emerged of Japanese residents trying desperately to outrun the incoming tsunami, as huge torrents of water crash through a coastal town carrying houses and people in its wake.
A shift in public attitudes to nuclear power?
17 March 2011
What impact will Japan's nuclear disaster have on future power station plans? Environmental psychologist Professor Nick Pidgeon, reports on how disasters like these alter our perception of risk.
Minamisanriku: Japan's tsunami-hit ground zero
14 March 2011
Alex Thomson reports from the devastated port Minamisanriku. He says in 30 years as a war correspondent - covering over 20 wars and several major earthquakes - he's never seen anything on this scale.
Japan tsunami scare after offshore earthquake
07 December 2012
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of north-eastern Japan shakes buildings as far away as Tokyo but early fears of a tsunami and devastation on the scale of the March 2011 disaster have receded.
Major earthquake hits Mexico
20 March 2012
A major earthquake has struck Mexico, but there has been no major damage reported.
