The city's seashore is often remembered as beautiful thanks to the 12-km-long Marina, which got a face-lift after the 2004 tsunami.

But sea erosion has been reducing North Chennai's coastal strip to tiny strips, writes G Pattabi Raman in his photo essay

Kakinada, April 18: The destruction of hundreds of acres of mangroves in East Godavari and Yanam (an Union territory of Puducherry) districts is worrying environmentalists and nature lovers.

Sources say that industrialists and people with the help of political leaders are engaging in destroying the-se trees for preparation of illicitly-distilled (ID) liquor and for other reasons too.

Earthquake Toll Tops 300, Tsunami Does Little Harm

Sao Paulo: A day after an 8.8-magnitude temblor struck central Chile, the picture in the interiors was that of absolute catastrophe, even as coastal areas from Australia to the Russian far east and Hawaii heaved a sigh of relief as the feared tsunami waves triggered by the quake did little damage anywhere, except in Japan.

Hundreds of thousands of people flee shorelines
Marooned:Houses are flooded by seawater in a section of Kesennuma, northern Japan, on Sunday.

TOKYO: The tsunami from Chile's devastating earthquake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.

ERIC TALMADGE

The tsunami from quake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expectedwaves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert.

Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.

The set-up is straight out of a sci-fi movie. But its applications are for real disasters. Taking a cue from the tsunami that hit the Indian shores on December 26, 2004, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) virtually mapped Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu to study levels of inundation in the area for future use in case of natural disasters.

December 26, 2004. The day began with the sun gleaming in through her window while she was busy with her daily chores. By the time the sun went down, Nirmala Martin