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Typhoons thrash the Philippines every year, causing flash flooding and mudslides that often kill hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian nation. More are vulnerable to earthquakes. Many blame the death and destruction on the wrath of nature. But University of Michgian professor Gavin Shatkin has a different view.
Parts shortages from three months of catastrophic flooding in Thailand have forced Honda to cut U.S. and Canadian factory production by 50 percent for the second time this year, the automaker said Monday.
Turkish Counsel for Michigan says once the area is assessed for damage, they will know what help needs to get sent to the country.
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The phone in the WWJ Newsroom was ringing off the hook with calls from people across Metro Detroit felt the quake, just before 2 p.m..
Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint say their networks were congested as the quake sent people scrambling for the phones.
Chrysler is moving up its normal summer shutdowns at three factories from the usual July closings because of parts shortages from Japan.
Toyota's quarterly profits were cut 75 percent due to recent tsunami and earthquake.
WWJ AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert reports that Ford is suspending work at plants in Taiwan, China and South Africa due to parts issues.
Providing routine care for people with a host of issues from chronic diabetes to imminent childbirth proved more challenging after the disaster in Japan.
Ford expects its operations will be affected beginning the last week of April and into May.
Toyota is warning its dealers that they could face shortages of new products this summer.
Ford is idling a plant in Belgium because of the parts shortage caused by the earthquake in Japan.
Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it is considering moving some engine production from Japan to the U.S. because of earthquake damage to a Japanese plant.
Southeast Michigan Disaster Relief Spokeswoman Allison Koenigbauer says their focus right now is on helping the elderly and getting fuel supplies to people in need.
A General Motors spokesman says the move will help the automaker preserve cash as it deals with the financial implications from shortages of parts made in Japan
A local Japanese school is asking Metro Detroiters to help the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
University of Michigan experts will conduct a panel discussion on Friday that focuses on the efforts to extinguish fires at a burning nuclear power plant in Japan.
General Motors will halt production at its pickup truck plant in Shreveport, Louisiana next week because of a shortage of parts from Japan.
Over 100 Ford employees in Japan are not being called back home from the earthquake and tsunami ridden country.
While exposed spent fuel rods at the failing nuclear reactors in Japan pose new threats, the worst-case scenario would still be unlikely to expose the public to catastrophic amounts of radiation, says a University of Michigan nuclear engineering professor who is an expert on this particular kind of reactor.
Officials at DTE Energy are working to assure the public that Fermi Two is safe while concerns about nuclear power plants rise amid the crisis in Japan.
To help unite families and friends in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Comcast has announced it is providing free calls to Japan for its Digital Voice and Business Class Voice customers.
