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Disasters - SERIES 101 {21 articles}

Japan recognizes first Fukushima cleanup-related death

9/7/2018, 8:37:52 PM
The Japanese government has recognized the first death associated with cleanup work at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the tsunami disaster in March 2011, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. ✔ The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare recognized his cancer and death as related to his work at the plant ✔ A committee of experts determined his accumulated radiation level exceeded government standards ✔ CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki, Jessica Campisi and Saeed Ahmed contributed to this report


Osaka to provide multilingual disaster information for foreigners

9/7/2018, 9:40:18 PM
Osaka Gov Ichiro Matsui said Friday he wants to start providing useful information for foreign visitors in the event of a disaster. The plan to develop a multilingual email system was announced after many foreigners faced difficulties when a powerful typhoon this week closed Kansai International Airport and disrupted a… ✔ The plan to develop a multilingual email system was announced after many foreigners faced difficulties when a powerful typhoon this week closed Kansai International Airport and disrupted a large number of traffic networks ✔ During the meeting, the local government decided to present a draft ordinance to the upcoming assembly session to increase the tax revenue ✔ The prefectural government is seeking to lower the taxable level to 7,000 yen or more


Taking a break

9/7/2018, 10:07:08 PM
Police members rest during a break in search operations at the site of a landslide after an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, on Friday. ✔ Police members rest during a break in search operations at the site of a landslide after an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, on Friday


Storm Florence could batter UK with 65mph gales if path steers away from US

9/7/2018, 9:36:34 PM
Met Office forecasters say Britain is braced for 'gales and heavy rain' as the course of Storm Florence may alter ✔ Latest model runs show a variety of downstream effects for western Europe ✔ Our glorious summer will soon be a distant memory (Image: Dinendra Haria/WENN) Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online Mum of decapitated baby speaks out Moment kidnapped schoolgirl returns home Man terrifies Ryanair passengers Boris Johnson and wife to divorce Daytime temperatures are likely to be close to or slightly above average overall, however the lengthening nights may lead to some low overnight temperatures, with an accompanying risk of patchy fog, and with frosts, particularly in the north ✔ This month, regardless, is expected to be the wettest September on record ✔ This weekend is believed to be a washout, with thunderstorms to batter coastal areas in particular


Updated forecast: Heavy storms are likely this evening, flood warning inside the Beltway

9/7/2018, 9:54:18 PM
It turns much cooler this weekend, with highs in the 70s - but showers are likely at times. ✔ Listen to the latest forecast: Get our daily forecasts on your Amazon Alexa device ✔ (Joseph Gruber via Flickr ) See Camden Walker’s forecast through the weekend ✔ And if you haven’t already, join us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram ✔ Want our 5 a.m. forecast delivered to your email in-box


Power returning to Hokkaido, but quake exposes flaws of grid

9/7/2018, 10:06:54 PM
After an earthquake knocked out power to 5.3 million people this week, Hokkaido Electric restored service to most of them by the end of Friday, but experts say the island-wide outage highlights fundamental flaws in Japan's power grid. The blackout that hit Hokkaido after early Thursday's quake was the nation's… ✔ It may take a week to restore power fully to Hokkaido ✔ Those transmission lines currently can supply only about 600 megawatts of power ✔ It is difficult to answer this question because the 2011 quake and yesterday's quake are different situations, he said


Lisa Elizabeth Corona, Louisiana woman, pleads guilty to stealing more than $30K in FEMA funds

9/7/2018, 9:58:07 PM
A Louisiana woman pleaded guilty Friday to stealing more than $30,000 in disaster relief funds, the Department of Justice announced. ✔ A Louisiana woman pleaded guilty Friday to stealing more than $30,000 in disaster relief funds, the Department of Justice announced ✔ This conviction should send a strong message to would- be fraudsters who target victims of natural disasters and federal funding that they too will become targets


Here are 13 of the week’s best photos

9/7/2018, 8:07:16 PM
Traditional festival of the Cascamorras in Spain, fire destroys the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Cavanaugh, landslide in Japan and more images from around the world.


Japan's official quake toll reaches 18 as rescuers dig through landslides

9/7/2018, 10:28:35 PM
An earthquake that rocked Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido left at least 18 people confirmed or presumed dead as rescuers searched for landslides Friday. ✔ The death toll from an earthquake that rocked Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido rose to 18 on Friday, and in one small town two dozen people remained unaccounted for after an entire mountainside collapsed on their homes ✔ Most residents sought meals, water and shelter at the local social services office


15th century figures of Virgin Mary and baby Jesus get shocking makeover

9/7/2018, 10:02:39 PM
THE Virgin Mary and baby Jesus were given a shocking makeover after “an absolute disaster” of a renovation project. The figures, which date back to the 15th century, were given to the church parish… ✔ AFP OR LICENSORS 4 The church parishioner who did the renovation is believed to have used 'house or furniture paint' to do the job AFP OR LICENSORS 4 Experts are not sure if the figures can be salvaged Ms Menéndez defended her work and insisted villagers were happy with it


Gov't budget requests for FY2019 swell to record high

9/7/2018, 9:59:55 PM
Budget requests by central government ministries and agencies for fiscal 2019 total a record-high 102.77 trillion yen ($928.5 billion), the Finance Ministry said Friday. The previous record was 102.41 trillion yen initially requested for fiscal 2016, and the new figure sets the stage for the initial general account budget to… ✔ Abe has promised a stimulus package to offset the negative impact of a planned increase in the nationwide consumption tax in October 2019, making it unlikely that Japan will shed its status as having the worst fiscal health among advanced economies anytime soon


Grenfell Tower fraudster who claimed £86,000 while posing as survivor is jailed

9/7/2018, 10:29:25 PM
Yonatan Eyob, 26, was also found with cocaine in the Hilton hotel room he was allocated as a 'bereaved survivor' ✔ But Abulaziz and Faouzia El-Wahabi and their three children Yasin, Mehdi and Nurhuda all died in that flat in June last year, and a court heard Eyob took advantage of this ✔ The sister of Mr El-Wahabi, Hanan Wahabi, said his actions had polluted her memories of her brother ✔ Eyob has two previous convictions one for robbery and one from 2014 for possession with intent to supply cannabis


Analysis | So, what happened in the Delaware Democratic primary?

9/7/2018, 10:22:12 PM
Why did a left-wing insurgency fail in the First State? ✔ Harris's campaign, which did not attract the same kind of money as this year's successful insurgent efforts, might have boosted some Democrats downballot ✔ Coons (D-Del.) -- 17 years younger than Carper, and a rising centrist leader in the party -- that they had a left flank to worry about ✔ If we can get the word out on these future candidates, they have a good shot


Drink-driver loses 'dream job' after crashing into parked car on night out

9/7/2018, 8:46:36 PM
Megan Fairfield, from Lancashire, ploughed her red Audi into the car when she was more than twice the legal drink driving limit ✔ A drink driver who crashed into a parked car after a boozy night out has lost her dream job ✔ The defendant, from Helmshore, near Blackburn, Lancs., provided a breathalyser reading of 78mg in 100ml of breath ✔ She was asked by a few friends to go on an impromptu farewell


Brexit news: 'WAKE UP!' Tory peer rubbishes second referendum calls saying 'NOT A CHANCE'

9/7/2018, 9:34:12 PM
A TORY peer has rubbished calls for a so-called ‘people’s vote’ and claimed such calls have acted as a distraction from ongoing Brexit negotiations. Tory peer Lord Pickles has urged second referendum campaigners to “wake up”. ✔ There isn’t a chance of getting that through the Commons ✔ There isn’t a majority, and there isn’t the time to get a referendum bill ✔ According to the new poll, just 41 percent of respondents would still back Leave ✔ Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has also said that a deal is within our sights


Confident and content, Paul McCartney rejuvenates sound

9/7/2018, 9:30:09 PM
As perhaps the biggest living legend of rock, Paul McCartney would raise few eyebrows if he stayed in a comfort zone of rehashing Beatles tunes to adoring nostalgists. Instead, the 76-year-old has recorded one of his most ambitious albums in years, "Egypt Station," displaying not only a predictable confidence in… ✔ As if inspired by the genre, Fuh You features some of the album's most banal lyricism -- Want a love that's so proud and real / You make me want to go out and steal ✔ Back in Brazil, one of the catchiest tracks on the album, pays subtle tribute to the South American musical powerhouse with its syncopated rhythm section but is marked more by a funky organ and a whirling clarinet solo ✔ But he explains: I'm not quitting while people are crying for more


Opinion | The Trump effect is debasing the presidency

9/7/2018, 9:28:38 PM
Trump’s racial bullying aimed at marginalizing brown and black people seems to be just fine with some Americans. ✔ King September 7 at 5:14 PM Want an example of the Trump effect ✔ More people ought to be speaking out against his divisiveness ✔ Instead, Trump’s slurs aimed at marginalizing brown and black people seem to be just fine with some Americans ✔ Eugene Robinson: This vile, unadulterated racism


Boris Johnson to step up Tory leadership bid despite being linked to THREE women

9/7/2018, 8:57:51 PM
The ex-Foreign Secretary is braced for further revelations about his private life with three women linked to him by Westminster insiders ✔ They added: After 25 years of marriage, we decided it was in our best interests to separate ✔ But the former Mayor of London shamelessly continues to harbour leadership ambitions ✔ The PM has a really difficult job to get the best possible deal for this country out of the EU negotiations ✔ I’m frankly fed up with talking about Boris Johnson


Russia, Turkey, Iran fail to agree on ceasefire for Syria's Idlib

9/7/2018, 9:59:59 PM
The presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia on Friday failed to agree on a ceasefire that would forestall a Syrian government offensive in rebel-held Idlib province which the United Nations fears could cause a humanitarian catastrophe involving tens of thousands of civilians. Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Iran's… ✔ The presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia on Friday failed to agree on a ceasefire that would forestall a Syrian government offensive in rebel-held Idlib province which the United Nations fears could cause a humanitarian catastrophe involving tens of thousands of civilians ✔ But there were were other armed opposition groups who could join any ceasefire agreement, they said


Wife announces divorce amid claims Boris Johnson caught cheating

9/7/2018, 9:22:50 PM
Boris Johnson was cheating on his wife at the height of the Chequers crisis, it was claimed. The 54-year-old is said to have been juggling Brexit with secret trysts with a blonde Tory party aide. ✔ Bumbling Bojo, the unlikely ladies’ man: Ex mistress Petronella Wyatt reveals how the MP once grumbled it was 'unreasonable that men should be confined to one woman' Famously dishevelled and with a bumbling persona, Boris Johnson might not seem like the archetypal ladies’ man


'You have good moments, you have bad moments': Sir Tim Rice on his regrets

9/7/2018, 8:48:27 PM
Don't cry for him! The author and lyricist gets candid about the game of life and cricket. ✔ Entertainment 'You have good moments, you have bad moments': Sir Tim Rice on his regrets By Ginny Dougary7 September 2018 11:45pm Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size How apt that the train from London on the way to visit Sir Tim Rice is a throng of women in floral frocks and men in suits and boaters, dresscode for one of the highlights of the English season, the Henley Regatta ✔ Which was unusual because most songs one writes aren't very good ✔ How about the stand-out song, Don't Cry for Me Argentina ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


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