Mar 12th, 2010 · Back in 2007, Hollywood was suffering from serious battle fatigue. But a new surge of war movies has come out — Green Zone takes on the search for WMDs; The Hurt Locker follows a bomb squad; and The Pacific is a 10-hour HBO World War II epic. These aren't battle-strategy flicks — they explore the brutality of war on an individual scale.
Mar 11th, 2010 · After producing Band of Brothers in 2001, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg return to World War II with The Pacific, a 10-part historical miniseries beginning Sunday night on HBO. TV Critic David Bianculli reviews the series, which examines the Pacific theater of operations.
Mar 7th, 2010 · Chile's earthquake devastated many small villages along the country's Pacific coast. They suffered from both the quake and the tsunami that followed. In one area, residents are now living in the forest above their deserted village.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Authorities say most of the nearly 800 people who died were in communities along a 435-mile stretch of Chile's Pacific coast that was swamped by giant waves following last week's 8.8 magnitude earthquake.
Feb 28th, 2010 · The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has lifted its alert throughout the Pacific. The alert was issued to 53 countries, after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday morning. Host Liane Hansen updates the latest on the aftermath of the Chilean earthquake and tsunami.
Feb 28th, 2010 · The earthquake in Chile on Saturday not only brought down buildings and killed hundreds of people — it also created a tsunami. The tsunami set off alarms around the Pacific basin. Eventually, the waves turned out to be pretty small, at least beyond Chile. Scientists explain why it wasn't as severe as it might have been.
Feb 27th, 2010 · President Barack Obama warned people in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the West Coast to heed the instructions of local authorities about evacuations and other measures in advance of a tsunami moving across the Pacific Ocean. Obama also said the U.S. "will be there" if Chile asks for aid after a powerful earthquake — which spawned the powerful waves.
Feb 27th, 2010 · The massive earthquake in Chile this morning set off a massive wave of tsunami warnings across the Pacific, including Hawaii. Host Scott Simon speaks with Brian Shiro of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center about evacuation plans for Hawaii and his projections about potential tsunamis.