due to improved disaster prevention measures like building reinforcement and sea walls, according to the report. Japan is among the world’s most earthquake-prone countries. The last magnitude-9 ...

When waves come crashing over the sea wall in Chile's biggest port of San Antonio, dockers run for cover. The state-run port, which handles 1.7 million containers annually, is frequently lashed by ...

The district was engulfed by waves more than 10 meters high when the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan ... from the sea,” he said. “But all I could see that day were grotesque high walls.” ...

They are taking part in the “Sea Walls Maui – Mauka to Makai” project that runs through Saturday. The Maui News / MELISSA TANJI photos WAILUKU — Former Maui resident Alexandra Underwood ...