UOP Tracks Down Students Studying Abroad In Japan
First thing Friday morning, UOP administrators started tracking down students studying in Japan, and so far, the school is still searching for two students.
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First thing Friday morning, UOP administrators started tracking down students studying in Japan, and so far, the school is still searching for two students.
Officials say an elite Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue team has been activated and could be in Japan by Sunday.
Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in four California counties struck by tsunami waves generated by the massive earthquake that hit Japan.
A tsunami swept at least five people watching the waves out to sea Friday and ripped docks out of harbors in California, spreading the destruction of a devastating Japanese earthquake to the shores of the United States.
In the wake of the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan Friday afternoon, the Oakland A's announced today that the team will help raise funds to aid victims of the disaster.
Tsunami waves swamped Hawaii beaches and brushed the U.S. western coast Friday but didn't immediately cause major damage after devastating Japan and sparking evacuations throughout the Pacific.
Some California surfers rode high water from a tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake, while other beaches were closed.
A few coastal school districts south of San Francisco cancelled classes and officials closed beaches and near-shore highways after a tsunami warning was issued following a strong offshore earthquake near Japan.
Japanese television has shown major tsunami damage in northern Japan on Friday, following a magnitude-7.9 earthquake.
