After the devastating 2011 tsunami, Japan took an extraordinary step to protect its people by constructing a massive 400-kilometer concrete wall along its northeastern coastline. Known as the ...

But the wall was just over 30 feet high and the tsunami wave was 50 feet. In the end, the wall took a hit as hard as the town -- Bob says it fared no better than a child's sandcastle on the beach.

EPRI: Power loss at Fukushima plant linked to flooding, height of tsunami wall. April 10, 2012. ... incident timelines, plant design features, and regulatory and design code requirements.

Constructing a house to withstand a tsunami turns out to be an exercise in constructive judo. Rather than building massive walls around the house, the house is designed to guide water around and ...

The tsunami traveled 112 miles before overcoming Fukushima Dai-ichi's seawall. It knocked out power, causing meltdowns, explosions and the radioactivity releases.

The tiny fishing village of Mone in Miyagi lost 42 of its 55 houses in the 2011 tsunami, but instead of building a wall, it decided to move. "The only way to protect our lives when a tsunami comes ...

Design For Tsunami Memorial Sought. September 21, 2005 / 1:20 PM EDT / CBS/AP Thailand on Wednesday announced an international competition to design a memorial to victims of last year's tsunami, ...

A 2008 test showed that a 52-foot-high tsunami could strike the Fukushima nuclear plant, ... Tsunami Wall Could Have Avoided Disaster But Boss Scrapped the Plan, Employee Testifies.

In the rubble of Japan's northeast coast, one small village stands as tall as ever after the tsunami. No homes were swept away. In fact, they barely got wet.