According to scientists from the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Goa, India, Dholavira, the second-largest Harappan settlement known in India offers evidence people deliberately built extremely thick protective walls to protect themselves from tsunami. The presence of extremely thick protective walls thus implies that the Dholavirans were probably aware of the magnitude of destruction caused by tsunami waves and severe storms, says the report. Before 2011, people in Taro assumed their walls would withstand just about everything. Jörn Lauterjung: This tsunami was triggered by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake around 250 miles (400 kilometers) from Tokyo, off the coastal city of Sendai.. Associated Press. When the 2004 tsunami hit, the Maldives islands were submerged for several minutes. Today, the government’s solution to a future tsunami is to build an even bigger and longer seawall to protect Japan’s coastal communities. The old seawalls which had been built along the coastline to protect villages and infrastructure offered little protection. The town adopted sea walls as early as 1934, after being engulfed by huge tsunamis in 1896 and 1933. Before 2011, people in Taro assumed their walls would withstand just about everything. The town adopted sea walls as early as 1934, after being engulfed by huge tsunamis in 1896 and 1933. This picture taken by a Miyako City … By Elaine Kurtenbach The Associated Press. However, a tsunami (pronounced soo-NAH-mee), a series of undulations in a body of water that is often caused by an earthquake, has the power to wash away entire villages.While no building is tsunami-proof, some buildings can be designed to resist forceful waves. Before 2011, people in Taro assumed their walls would withstand just about everything. That wall protected the city from the worst effects of the devastating 2004 tsunami… Posted March 22, 2015 6:41 pm. A seawall was built around the capital, Male, after flooding in the 1980s. Japan to build massive sea wall to combat tsunami threat. Those waters retreated, but rising sea levels from global … “Taro had built a perfect town to prevent disaster,” 63-year-old local tour guide Kumiko Motoda told AFP. 'Taro had built a perfect town to prevent disaster,' 63-year-old local tour guide Kumiko Motoda told AFP. How did this massive wave develop. March 5, 2015: A woman walks near sea walls being built in Rikuzentakata, Iwate … The tsunami that struck Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on December 26, 2004, washed a 2,600-ton ship about five miles (eight kilometers) inland into the city. The site consists of a castle, a middle town and a lower town confined within massive walls, “making it a unique fortified settlement”. The town of Taro in Japan had a breakwater that could withstand almost everything the sea could offer, but the 2011 tsunami still caused complete destruction. “Taro had built a perfect town to prevent disaster,” 63-year-old local tour guide Kumiko Motoda told AFP. It wasn’t the earthquake but the following tsunami that caused most devastation in Japan. Japan to build huge, costly sea wall to fend off tsunamis. Up to 14 metres high and 400 kilometres long, the new seawall is dividing Architects and engineers can design buildings that will stand tall during even the most violent earthquakes. The town adopted sea walls as early as 1934, after being engulfed by huge tsunamis in 1896 and 1933. The 2011 tsunami left a legacy cast on concrete along much of Japan’s northeast coast AFP / Charlie TRIBALLEAU Ten years after the deadly waves unleashed by one of …