Tsunami Damage News Today

There's currently a $6.5 million repair bill on the amount of damage caused by Saturday's tsunami, but that's only an estimate and the cost for repairs is expected to climb.

An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted on Saturday, triggering warnings of 1.2-metre tsunami waves and evacuation orders on the shores of Tonga as well as several South Pacific islands, where footage on social media showed waves crashing into coastal homes

Local buildings have largely retained their traditional construction methodology, rendering them particularly susceptible to earthquakes due to their “bri

The risk is real. take the next step. call today. here are some stories to watch today on abc news. president obama outlines his plans to reduce the nations debt today. he may call for eliminating those bush-era tax cuts again as well as curbing some of the costs of medicaid and medicare. the gop opposes, though, any plans to increase taxes. also international leaders address the fighting in libya today during some meetings set to take place in the mideast. some criticize the u.s. military f...

The risk is real. take the next step. call today. some stories to watch today here are some stories to watch today on abc news. president obama outlines his plans to reduce the nations debt today. he may call for eliminating those bush-era tax cuts again as well as curbing some of the costs of medicaid and medicare. the gop opposes, though, any plans to increase taxes. also international leaders address the fighting in libya today during some meetings set to take place in the mideast. some...

Japanese exporters have been hit especially hard by the earthquake and the tsunami damage. sony closed slightly lower. and the worlds biggest carmaker, toyota, lost more than 1% today. both companies have been hurt by parts supply shortages. sony says it is cutting output at five more plants at least until the end of this month. toyota says its 12 assembly plants will remain shut until at least saturday. it was once the engine of america. we bring you some startling new figures on detroits mas...

Think people frankly appreciate the frankness because in an emergency situation like this, the last thing you want is to not have credibility to not believe the statements which are being made by the authorities and i think theres a lot of people especially in tokyo, you know, when you go up to the northeast which is the tsunami affected areas, people are trying to figure out where to get food, where to get water, you know, theyre in homeless shelters, they may not be as focused on the issue but...

Efforts in that city where they had earthquake damage but even more tsunami damage. it roared through and tsunami damage in a city is just incredible, the debris field amazing. things just pancake and collapse. i actually think theres going to be quite a large death toll there because of the debris, so high, its hard to see even whats two, three, four, ten feet below as you walk on top of the debris. but the self-defense forces were out sort of prodding with sticks to see what they could see and...

Get out while they can. but everything ive seen has been very orderly, even though the lines are long and its jammed. you know, its just a matter of time. people arent panicking or pushing or shoving or shouting. it feels very orderly from what weve been seeing. >> soledad, im curious because you tend to be one of our journalists who we send into devastated areas, haiti, katrina or japan. is there any one image that will just sort of remain with you forever? >> reporter: you know, i just never g...

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