Powerful quake paralyses Hokkaido in latest disaster to hit Japan
9/6/2018, 9:37:58 AMA powerful earthquake paralyzed Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, killing at least seven people, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents. ✔ It was the first time since the utility was established in 1951 that had happened ✔ Without electricity, there’s nothing I can do except to write prescriptions, a doctor in Abira, the town next to Atsuma, told NHK ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Earthquake Hits Japan’s Northern Island
9/6/2018, 8:48:23 AMThe magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near the town of Chitose on the island of Hokkaido, at around 3.08 a.m. local time Thursday morning, triggering a landslide and closing an airport.
Two dead as 6.7 quake rocks Japan triggering landslides that crushed homes
9/6/2018, 9:17:08 AMTWO people have been killed after a powerful earthquake rocked Japan triggering landslides that crushed homes and knocking out power. The magnitude 6.7 quake struck the island of Hokkaido and force… ✔ Getty - Contributor 9 Houses are buried by multiple landslides after a powerful earthquake at Yoshino district Getty - Contributor 9 The magnitude 6.7 strong earthquake caused landslides and three million households in Hokkaido suffered a blackout Reuters 9 Rescue workers search for survivors from a house damaged by a landslide caused by an earthquake in Atsuma town Getty - Contributor 9 Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that two people had been confirmed dead AP:Associated Press 9 Several people were reported missing in the nearby town of Atsuma, where a massive landslide engulfed homes The epicenter was east of the city of Tomakomai but the shaking buckled roads and damaged homes in Hokkaido's prefectural capital of Sapporo, with a population of 1.9 million
Japan Earthquake death toll: How many dead in 6.7-magnitude earthquake in Hokkaido?
9/6/2018, 8:05:14 AMA POWERFUL earthquake struck the Japanese island of Hokkaido yesterday just days after the country was left devastated by Typhoon Jebi. How many have died in the earthquake in Hokkaido? ✔ The electricity company also conducted an emergency shutdown of all its fossil fuel-fired power plants following the quake, including the Tomari nuclear plant ✔ I put the light on but it went out shortly afterward ✔ The typhoon caused at least 10 deaths and about 300 were injured ✔ So far in 2018 Japan has been hit by historic flooding, a deadly heatwave and seven major storms
Japan earthquake: MILLIONS in Hokkaido without power - including NUCLEAR PLANT
9/6/2018, 10:10:45 AMTHE powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck in Japan knocked out electricity to all the 5.3million residents of Hokkaido, sparking chaos on the island and power outage at its nuclear plant. ✔ The latest natural disaster hitting Japan during one of the country’s most difficult summers killed at least four people, with more than 30 still missing ✔ A doctor in Abira, the town next to Atsuma said: Without electricity, there's nothing I can do except to write prescriptions
Big quake hits northern Japan, leaving 9 dead, 30 missing
9/6/2018, 11:36:08 AMSAPPORO, Japan (AP) — A powerful earthquake Thursday on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of dirt, roc ✔ SAPPORO, Japan (AP) A powerful earthquake Thursday on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of dirt, rocks and timber, prompting frantic efforts to unearth any survivors ✔ Several people were reported missing in the nearby the town, where a massive landslide engulfed homes in an avalanche of soil, rocks and timber
UK weather: Huge storm to batter UK with thunder, torrential rain and tornadoes for DAYS
9/6/2018, 11:26:56 AMMAJOR thunderstorms, torrential rain and tornadoes are forecast to pound the UK in the coming days before warmer weather bounces back. ✔ It is looking cloudy and showery during the early part of next week although it is likely to turn more settled from around mid-week ✔ Ladbrokes spokesman Alex Apati said: Things are only going to get hotter over the next few days and the odds suggest we could even see highs of 25C
Powerful Japan Quake Triggers Landslides, Shuts Down Hokkaido Airport
9/6/2018, 9:39:08 AMRescue workers clawed through mud, trees and debris looking for survivors from a major earthquake in rural northern Japan that killed at least seven people, including some in a village buried by landslides. ✔ Local authorities in Hokkaido said more than 100 people were injured ✔ The U.S. Geological Survey said the latest quake had a magnitude of 6.6, while under Japan’s system for measuring the intensity of vibration from earthquakes, it registered the maximum reading of 7 at a location near the epicenter
Japan earthquake: Aerial pictures show devastating landslides in Hokkaido
9/6/2018, 11:44:36 AMHOKKAIDO has been hit by a powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake. Aerial pictures show massive landslides caused by the quake in Japan. ✔ According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake measured 6.7 on the Richter scale and follows a summer of floods and typhoons ✔ Mud and trees engulfed residential areas at the foot of the hills ✔ Emergency workers are on the scene working to free those who are trapped
Powerful quake hits Japanese island | Pictures | Reuters
9/6/2018, 11:44:11 AMPeople look at an area damaged by an earthquake in Sapporo. A powerful earthquake paralyzes Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residen ✔ People look at an area damaged by an earthquake in Sapporo ✔ Kyodo/via REUTERS Close 10 / 20 A member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) searches for survivors from a house damaged by a landslide caused by an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido
Rescuers rush to north Japan amid damage after quake kills 7
9/6/2018, 8:24:12 AMRescuers were rushing to unearth survivors and restore power Thursday after a powerful earthquake jolted Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, buckling roads, knocking homes off their foundations and causing entire hillsides to collapse. ✔ The quake came on the heels of a typhoon that lifted heavy trucks off their wheels and triggered heavy flooding in western Japan, leaving the main airport near Osaka and Kobe closed after a tanker rammed a bridge connecting the facility to the mainland
Japanese Earthquake Triggers Deadly Landslides, Knocks Out Power To Millions
9/6/2018, 10:34:28 AMThe quake was the latest in a string of natural disasters to batter Japan after typhoons, flooding and a record-breaking heat wave within the past two mo... ✔ Before we knew it our house was bent and we couldn’t open the door ✔ The island, a tourist destination about the size of Austria known for its mountains, lakes and seafood, lost its power when Hokkaido Electric Power Co shut down of all its fossil fuel-fired power plants after the quake as a precaution ✔ It was the first time since the utility was established in 1951 that had happened ✔ Abe and rival Shigeru Ishiba both canceled campaign media appearances slated for Friday
Court accepts statement in TEPCO trial to show negligence
9/6/2018, 10:12:47 AMThe Tokyo District Court on Sept. 5 accepted the written statement of a former Tokyo Electric Power ✔ Yamashita was originally scheduled to provide sworn testimony ✔ Instead, Presiding Judge Kenichi Nagabuchi accepted Yamashita’s statement, saying, (Yamashita) is not in a condition able to testify at the court ✔ (TEPCO’s) extraordinariness that it did nothing because it couldn’t take measures was clearly exposed
Japan earthquake latest: Hokkaido hit by landslides - is it safe to travel?
9/6/2018, 8:19:38 AMHOKKAIDO has been rocked by a major earthquake, shredding the city of Sapporo and triggering deadly landslides in the surrounding landscape. Is it safe to travel yet, and are airports closed? ✔ The added fatigue from the tremors mean both local and international travel to and from Hokkaido and parts of Honshu is not possible at this time ✔ Hokkaido’s main airport is shut to the public until the island is able to recover from the earthquake ✔ For emergency consular assistance, call (81) 3-5211-1100
Japan nuclear plant's power restored after quake triggers Hokkaido...
9/6/2018, 9:20:21 AMPower was restored to a nuclear energy plant in Hokkaido, northern Japan on Thursday after a strong earthquake left it relying on emergency generators for 10 nervous hours, but it may be a week before lights are back on all over the major island. ✔ COAL SHUTDOWN By early afternoon, Hokkaido Electric had restarted one 125 megawatt coal-fired unit at its Sunagawa station ✔ Its Tomato-Atsuma coal station, which normally supplies about half the island’s electricity, remained shut after sustaining damage in the quake ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Explosive wildfire shuts Calif. freeway, burns rigs "to a crisp"
9/6/2018, 9:54:55 AMDelta Fire burning near site of recent nearby blaze that devoured neighborhoods and killed 8 ✔ -- An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people ✔ At first, it was just a beautiful sunny day and then the next moment, around the next bend, it's like, 'What is going on here?' It was surreal
Japan’s deadly summer: Floods, typhoons, earthquakes, heat
9/6/2018, 8:36:48 AMFloods, typhoons, earthquakes and a record-shattering heat wave. The summer of 2018 has been an unus ✔ Weeks later, more than 1,500 people are still living in shelters ✔ The bridge connecting the offshore airport to the mainland was severely damaged when the storm drove a tanker ship sideways into it ✔ As of late afternoon, seven people had been confirmed dead, with the search continuing for the missing
Japan earthquake: WATCH aerial video of devastating aftermath of deadly quake in Hokkaido
9/6/2018, 8:48:36 AMAERIAL footage of the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, shows dozens of houses swallowed by landslides as emergency services work to rescue people trapped underneath. ✔ Japan earthquake: Dozens of people missing after landslides caused by quake hit houses in Hokkaido (Image: RT) The electric supply was stopped to Tomari nuclear plant Yoshihide Suga The tremors have measured from magnitude 4.3 to 5.4 near the epicentre of Thursday morning’s major quake
Landslides triggered by Japan quake
9/6/2018, 10:57:29 AMAt least eight people have been killed following the earthquake on the island of Hokkaido. ✔ Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device Deadly Japan quake triggers landslides At least eight people have been killed following an earthquake on the island of Hokkaido in Japan
Hurricane florence track: Latest spaghetti models and path projections - MAPPED
9/6/2018, 11:23:59 AMHURRICANE Florence is currently tearing through the Atlantic ocean, surging towards the island of Bermuda. The latest path projections suggest the storm will make landfall within a week. ✔ Hurricane Lane recently battered the islands of Hawaii, submerging the area in 4-feet of water and pushing with winds of more than 160mph at its maximum ✔ Florence’s main body will start to glance off the coast of Bermuda come Saturday ✔ All of these factors will determine Florence’s path, and the hurricane is almost guaranteed to hit the island with less force next week
4 dead, 33 missing after M6.7 quake hits Hokkaido, knocks out power
9/6/2018, 8:58:59 AMAt least four people were killed and 33 were missing after a powerful earthquake paralyzed Hokkaido on Thursday, but the death toll was likely to rise as rescuers searched houses buried by landslides. The quake, the latest episode in a miserable summer of natural disasters in Japan, knocked out power… ✔ It could take a week to restore power fully to all residents, Seko said ✔ A fire that broke out at a Mitsubishi Steel Mfg Co plant in the city of Muroran after the quake was extinguished with no injuries ✔ Residents were warned to take precautions for potential major aftershocks in coming days
Palestinians call on intl community to intervene as Israeli court okays Bedouin village demolition
9/6/2018, 10:40:29 AMIsrael’s top court has greenlighted the eviction of a West Bank Bedouin village despite earlier international uproar. The Palestinian authorities have slammed the move, calling on the global community to “intervene immediately.” ✔ The Palestinian authorities believe that the move is aimed at the implementation of the ‘E1 colonial project’, which was designed to create an arc of settlements around East Jerusalem effectively alienating it from the West Bank and killing any hopes for a future contiguous Palestinian State ✔ One of them is close to a landfill site belonging to the nearby town of Abu Dis, and the other lies in a desert location south-west of Jericho – which is also inappropriate for a community that has animals and needs grazing, according to the UN
Ukraine’s controversial parliament speaker to be sued after calling Hitler ‘biggest democrat’
9/6/2018, 8:32:48 AMUkraine’s parliament speaker may end up in court over a controversial remark about Adolf Hitler. An MP intends to sue him for saying the Nazi leader was “the biggest man to practice direct democracy.” ✔ Voter intimidation, fraud, and other methods were widely used to secure a landslide victory of over 88 percent ✔ Third, I believe [he] should resign after offering an apology to the people ✔ Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you
Lost city of Atlantis FOUND? Structure discovered in the Sahara MATCHES Plato's numbers
9/6/2018, 8:59:10 AMTHE lost city of Atlantis may have finally been uncovered – and it was hiding in plain sight all along. ✔ YouTube channel Bright Insight has found a location in the Sahara Desert that closely matches the details known on the story ✔ This devastating event could have been what wiped out the whole city ✔ Another added: Now you have me searching and asking questions ✔ And a third claimed: If this is true we will have to re-write the history books
Advice for Gov. Jerry Brown as he decides which bills to sign
9/6/2018, 10:10:51 AMThis is the term-limited governor’s last chance to play God with California laws. It’s a tedious task he no doubt relishes. ✔ Last year, he signed 88% of the Legislature’s offerings, no doubt occasionally cringing ✔ The program would be privately funded by a foundation ✔ Levine argued that discarded butts can ignite wildfires ✔ There must be some limit to the coercive power of government
Benettons Scrutinized After Italian Bridge Collapse
9/6/2018, 11:13:59 AMThe Benetton family was known in Italy for colorful sweaters and provocative advertisements, but that changed when a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa last month. ✔ A view of the rubble of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy ✔ For the Benettons, damaged is their reputation of being above the political fray but interested in advancing social causes ✔ Engineers say the most likely culprit for the bridge’s collapse is the deterioration of the stay cables holding up the deck
Trump's first midterm pits a booming economy against one of history's most unpopular presidents
9/6/2018, 10:10:48 AMDemocratic hopes are high along with voter intensity but Republicans believe prosperity will blunt GOP losses in a tough political environment. With at least a half dozen competitive House seats, California will be central to the midterm fight for the first time in decades. ✔ Steve Knight during a town hall meeting in Palmdale ✔ (That was the last time California, then a competitive two-party state, was caught in a midterm tide.) Tariffs, Mueller, shutting down the government on Oct. 1 ✔ A dose of discipline would be helpful in these next 60 days ✔ In the event a blue wave comes, it will, like one of Trump’s grand properties, have his name written all over it
Venezuela exodus: Neighbours should 'share the burden'
9/6/2018, 9:02:18 AMOAS secretary general Almagro says countries should grant legal status to Venezuelan migrants. ✔ Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay announced they will allow Venezuelans to enter with expired papers following a two-day meeting in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito ✔ Peru sees Venezuelan migrant influx despite restrictions UpFront Is Maduro turning Venezuela authoritarian
Party cups as gas masks: Idlib civilians prepare for battle
9/6/2018, 9:00:26 AMHudhayfa al-Shahad strapped a colorful paper cup filled with cotton and charcoal to a child's face and tightened a plastic bag around his head: an improvised gas mask if chemicals once again fall on Syria's Idlib. ✔ [nL8N1LM66E] Damascus and its ally Russia both deny these charges and say they do not engage in chemical warfare ✔ [nL8N1VQ1TY] But Turkey has said it hopes a summit with Iranian and Russian leaders in Tehran on Friday will avert an offensive ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Prince William is hailed after DIY SOS Grenfell Tower appearance
9/6/2018, 10:19:20 AMThe Duke of Cambridge, 36, joined Nick Knowles and the team of the BBC One show as they rebuilt a Grenfell Tower boxing club that was destroyed in the deadly blaze in June last year. ✔ Pictured, the blaze in June last year Prince William got his hands dirty and picked up a roller to help paint an interior wall during his visit, pictured ✔ He chatted frankly with Knowles, left, about the devastation of the fire The royal described the Grenfell Tower blaze as one of 'the worst disasters in modern times' for the nation as he spoke to presenter Knowles, right, about the work on the boxing club 'Yeah I didn't know how to cope with it ✔ It comes complete with new equipment and shower facilities
Will California flip the House? The key races to watch
9/6/2018, 10:57:30 AMThe November midterm election is shaping up as a classic referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency, and California is one of the main battlefields as Democrats try to seize control of the House. ✔ The November midterm election is shaping up as a classic referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency, and California is one of the main battlefields as Democrats try to seize control of the House ✔ He has said he’s running to protect healthcare coverage and strengthen environmental protections
French rebel priest takes on church hierarchy over sex abuse
9/6/2018, 10:18:15 AMRev. Pierre Vignon's online petition calling on his boss to resign over alleged cover-up has garnered 100K signatures ✔ SAINT-MARTIN-EN-VERCORS, France -- When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal's handling of child sex-abuse cases, is that an act of backstabbing against the institution he serves or a brave solo effort to help save it ✔ Further evidence that Rome's mounting cover-up scandal is going global: Several weeks ago, an Australian bishop was convicted and sentenced to a year of home detention for failing to report a pedophile to police
Sweden’s Far Right Rises in a Campaign Defined by Immigration
9/6/2018, 9:39:16 AMSweden is poised to swing from a broad liberal consensus on immigration to extreme polarization over the issue as a far-right party is poised to become a leading political force in Sunday’s elections. ✔ People walked in Rosengard, a district of the Swedish city of Malmö ✔ Like Mr. Akesson, many pollsters credit the party’s rising support to growing fears about crime ✔ Christian Glasnovic, himself an immigrant, runs a Rosengard youth center ✔ We need to reconnect the state with the people, before it’s too late
How Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse by shipping 150-tonne survival bunkers and nuke shelters into New Zealand
9/6/2018, 10:23:05 AMSILICON Valley’s elite are preparing for Armageddon by buying up property in New Zealand. Seven tech billionaires have so far made apocalyptic investments in the commonwealth country in case they n… ✔ Other wealthy US entrepreneurs who have bought properties in the country include film director James Cameron and billionaire hedge fund manager Julian Robinson ✔ We have all the comforts of home, but also the comforts that you expect when you leave your home, Robert added
Hottest, deadliest, most expensive: 45 unbelievable world records of travel
9/6/2018, 10:57:19 AMHottest, deadliest, most expensive: 45 unbelievable world records of travel ✔ The latest edition of that cornerstone of pub-quiz trivia, Guinness World Records, was published today - bringing with it another dose of longest, biggest, shortest, fattest, oddest and other superlatives ✔ Which brings the palatial suite at the top of the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong into focus
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