N'ọnwa Mach n'afọ 2011, e bipụtara otu isiokwu pụrụ iche n'Ụlọ Nche nke kwuru banyere ala ọma jijiji ahụ mere n'afọ 2011 nke dị 9.0 n'ihe ọ̀tụ̀tụ̀ Richter
na Japan na ihe ndị ọzọ mere na Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant na Ann Curry na-akọ akụkọ site na Japan. Akụkọ ga-amalite n'elekere asaa nke ụtụtụ ụbọchị iri na otu nke ọnwa Maachị, ebe elekere abụọ mbụ nke ihe omume ga-akọwa maka ala ọma jijiji na mmiri na-enwu ọkụ. Onye na-ahụ maka ihu igwe na KNTV bụ Jeff Ranieri kọrọ banyere mmetụta nke tsunami na West Coast site na San Francisco, na Vieira, Roker na Curry emelitere ndị na-ekiri site na "Taa" site na ụlọ ọrụ Midtown Manhattan. E wepụtara oge elekere ọzọ maka West Coast malite n'elekere asaa nke ụtụtụ PDT.