Japan earthquakes - from Sichuan in 2008 to the Tohoku quake and tsunami in 2011 - a history of disaster
9/7/2018, 2:33:07 PMTHE people of Japan are no strangers to natural disasters, with hundreds and thousands of having been killed by quakes and tsunamis over the past century. From the notorious Tohoku earthquake which… ✔ The impact of the tremor ruptured the Nankai fault, the only earthquake known to have done so ✔ It was felt all the way from Northern Honshu to Kyushu in the extreme south ✔ More than 36,000 homes were destroyed in southern Honshu alone, and the resulting tsunami wiped out another 2,100 properties
Earthquake Blackout Points to Japan’s Fragility
9/7/2018, 2:46:35 PMThe effects of the Hokkaido quake and a typhoon that hit Osaka have rippled across the world’s third-largest economy. ✔ People gathered to charge their mobile phones Thursday during the blackout in Hokkaido ✔ The Kansai airport reopened one of its two terminals on Friday, but a spokeswoman said it would likely take several more days for the other terminal to reopen ✔ Opponents say the inability to predict where a strong earthquake may strike and what it might doillustrated in the Hokkaido quakemake nuclear-power plants too risky
Where is Hokkaido and how many people were killed in the Japan earthquake?
9/7/2018, 1:02:30 PMAT least 18 people have been killed after an earthquake triggered devastating mudslides in northern Japan. More than five million residents were left without electricity following the powerful earl… ✔ Its epicentre was close to the town of Tomakomai, an hour's drive south of the regional capital Sapporo where roads buckled and cars were buried by mudslides ✔ Japan's football friendly against Chile at the Sapporo Dome, scheduled for Friday, was cancelled
California wildfire devastates 34 square miles of land
9/7/2018, 3:56:16 PMThe Delta Fire in northern California near the Oregon border has burned more than 34 square miles of timber and brush and prompted evacuation orders for scattered homes and buildings in three counties in and around the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. ✔ The main West Coast highway between Mexico and Canada was a ghost road Friday morning along a 45-mile northern stretch that remained closed since the fire two days earlier swept down and turned hills on either side into walls of flame ✔ A decision was expected Friday on whether to reopen the highway but first authorities had to check the safety of the pavement and cut down burned trees next to the road - some of them 70 feet tall - that might be in danger of falling down
California wildfire spreads overnight with flames shooting 300 feet high as evacuations continue
9/7/2018, 2:57:58 PMThe wildfires prompt calls for people to leave their homes in counties across the region
Japan earthquake death toll rises to 16 as fears grow for dozens missing
9/7/2018, 2:57:59 PMBullet train services to resume later today, just one day after Hokkaido island was hit by a massive 6.7-magnitude quake
After hottest summer on record the weekend will bring more 75F heat
9/7/2018, 12:29:42 PMMuch of the UK is expected to avoid the rain and enjoy pleasant temperatures this weekend with up to 72F (22C) by Sunday, although there will be showers in central areas tomorrow. ✔ This year has brought Britain's joint hottest summer on record, and there's no sign of the warmth ending just yet ✔ Bookmakers Ladbrokes are now odds-on for any part of the UK to see temperatures of 77F (25C) next week, with the price falling to 1/3 today from 9/4 yesterday
‘When the humidity rises, your skin burns’: Gas leak causes evacuations in Crimea as Russia and Ukraine trade blame
9/7/2018, 12:30:17 PMRussia has evacuated 4,000 children from the areas, as it stands accused of covering up a chemical disaster. ✔ A boy wears a protective mask inside a bus during an evacuation of school-aged children due to concerns over air pollution buildup, after the local titanium dioxide manufacturer Crimean Titan reportedly released toxic byproducts, in the town of Armyansk, Crimea Sept ✔ They blame Ukraine for the water shortage after it stopped its water supplies to Crimea following the 2014 annexation by Russia
Florence is predicted to restrengthen and is a hurricane threat to the East Coast
9/7/2018, 3:41:35 PMOdds have increased that it will have direct effects on the East Coast starting between Wednesday and Friday next week. ✔ (StormVistaWxModels.com) Assuming the storm does come ashore, it is still too soon to know exactly where ✔ A pool of anomalously warm water over the western Atlantic will provide ample fuel for another round of intensification ✔ If these disturbance become tropical storms, they will be named Helene and Isaac
BBC Weather forecast: 'UNCERTAINTY TIMES THREE' as weather systems wreak havoc with UK
9/7/2018, 2:06:27 PMBBC WEATHER has warned Hurricane Florence and two additional weather systems could fuel some unsettled conditions in the UK over the next few days. ✔ There may be not too much though, in southern England it may not fringe at all into Northern Ireland and Scotland, leaving it mainly dry here ✔ Piers Corbyn, forecaster for WeatherAction, said: Northern Britain, Northern Ireland will start to see showery conditions set in from Thursday before Britain is hit by more widespread and intense deluges ✔ We could see local tornado activity during this period and it will feel cool in strong winds
Chef José Andrés' inspiring story of going to Puerto Rico
9/7/2018, 12:19:14 PMIn his book, Spanish chef José Andrés tells his story of helping to feed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, stepping up with hundreds of volunteers when FEMA and the Red Cross were slow to respond. ✔ With schools closed after the hurricane, feeding children became a priority ✔ (World Central Kitchen) Andrés’ extraordinary work in Puerto Rico was a very public project, but it was also part of a deeply personal journey ✔ 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles
Nintendo Switch games SHOCK: Delayed Direct throws up HUGE surprises
9/7/2018, 12:09:30 PMNINTENDO may have postponed the latest Direct conference, but the company still had multiple surprises for Switch fans. ✔ Express Online has contacted Square Enix for a Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition release date ✔ The Nintendo port contains the Vikings, Poland, Australia and Persia/Macedon scenario packs, co-op and competitive multiplayer and all the latest PC updates and improvements ✔ The free demo - which is also available on Xbox One and PS4 - lets fans try out the Block Man stage
Teen Falls 800 Feet to His Death from California Cliff While Trying to Take Selfie: Report
9/7/2018, 3:06:44 PMTomer Frankfurter was visiting Yosemite National Park from Jerusalem earlier this week when he fell more than 800 feet from a cliff ✔ and is located just below the granite dome Liberty Cap ✔ The valley had just reopened on Aug. 14 after it was closed for weeks due to a wildfire, according to the Los Angeles Times ✔ to their deaths while climbing El Capitan, a massive rock formation at Yosemite National Park ✔ She added, Even on an easy climb they were always very safe
Doppelganger robots and tiny cars: Friday's best photos
9/7/2018, 12:58:02 PMThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you photo highlights from around the world ✔ Bayingol, China Participants ride horses as they compete for a goat carcass during a Buzkashi game in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region Photograph: China Stringer Network/Reuters Hokkaido, Japan Landslides caused by an earthquake are seen in Atsuma town in northern Japan
Archeologists find one of Christianity’s most important sites & plan to open underwater museum
9/7/2018, 3:08:46 PMA chance discovery by a team of archeologists in Turkey may have revealed one of the most significant sites in the history of Christianity after years of fruitless searching. And they’re now planning an underwater museum. ✔ © Mustafa Şahin/Lake Iznik Excavation Archive Now it turns out, what they had been searching for was right in front of them the whole time ✔ He also believes it marks the spot where Saint Neophytos was martyred in 303 AD and that the church could have been built to honor him ✔ With our excavation methodology, the visitors aren’t a distraction for the work in progress, he said
Atlantis found? Google Earth reveals 'lost continent' off US coast – sparking frenzy
9/7/2018, 12:53:52 PMPYRAMIDS have been discovered deep in the Atlantic ocean – which could be part of a "lost continent", according to wild claims online. ✔ Then after angling the camera below the water, he found much more ✔ The clip appears to show several tall formations and a number of strange rocks ✔ Or maybe placed by NASA for some purpose that we do not know ✔ Yesterday, a bombshell video emerged that may prove the city was hiding in plain sight all along
The week in wildlife - in pictures
9/7/2018, 1:22:56 PMA hummingbird hawk-moth, mountain lion cub and stranded pygmy whales are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world ✔ Morgan/Getty Images A dog carries one of her pups from the flood waters in Allahabad, India Photograph: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images A four-week old barn owl chick born at Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling, Scotland Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA The elephants in Mozambique’s Gorongosa’s nationalpark were traumatised by 15 years of civil war
Analysis | The Energy 202: Kavanaugh says he sometimes sides with environmentalists. They disagree.
9/7/2018, 12:39:57 PMThe confirmation hearings drag on. ✔ I proudly support @realDonaldTrump and work every day to advance our policies for the American people ✔ https://t.co/bGfVRVoOd8 Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) September 6, 2018 The gas-powered Valley Generating Station is seen in the San Fernando Valley in Sun Valley, Calif ✔ EXTRA MILEAGE Alabama residents clean up after Tropical Storm Gordon:
US rapper Post Malone destroys $300,000 car in Hollywood crash
9/7/2018, 2:32:13 PMThe incident happened at 2:42am after the vehicle was driven by Malone's assistant... ✔ Malone and his team were traveling from Teterboro Airport, New Jersey, to London's Luton Airport ahead of live shows at Leeds and Reading Festivals - which were cancelled ✔ Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to playTap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now
Keen Spanish parishoner gives 15th century carving of Madonna and child startling makeover
9/7/2018, 1:45:04 PMThey have been likened to children’s toys or the contents of a Kinder Surprise. ✔ The parishioner responsible, named by the Asturias paper El Comercio as María Luisa Menéndez, has defended her efforts, insisting the villagers had been pleased with the results ✔ The incident, and the inadvertent boon for the town’s fortunes as thousands of tourists flocked to see the botched work, has since been made into a comic opera
BREXIT FARCE: Chequers plan gives UK no competitive advantage over EU, May’s team admits
9/7/2018, 12:22:19 PMBRITAIN’S Brexit negotiators have told their European Union counterparts Theresa May’s Chequers proposals would not give the UK a competitive trade advantage over Europe. ✔ The astonishing admission came as the UK team tried to convince Brussels the Prime Ministers much-maligned blueprint was workable despite coming under fire from all sides ✔ This is just the latest revelation that even those negotiating the Brexit deal know that a soft Brexit offers no upsides, while a hard Brexit is a pure disaster
Erdogan calls for Idlib ceasefire at Tehran summit
9/7/2018, 1:05:26 PMIn a three-way summit in Tehran with Iran and Russia, Erdogan says Turkey does not want to see a bloodbath in Idlib. ✔ The comments made by Putin and Rouhani made it very clear that they were looking forward to shape Syria's future and they can do it without the intervention of western powers, Basravi said ✔ We want to take this opportunity to remind Assad and his Russian and Iranian partners: You don't want to bet against the United States' responding again
Joan Collins, 85, steps out hand in hand with husband Percy Gibson, 53
9/7/2018, 2:37:21 PMThe Hollywood icon, 84, and her husband, 52, proved they were still going strong as they headed for a cosy dinner at Craig's, in West Hollywood, Los Angeles on Thursday. ✔ Their romance followed the television star's previously turbulent love life and marriages ✔ 'New addition!' On Tuesday, co-creator Ryan Murphy shared an on-set snap of the 'star, legend, and icon' wearing bejeweled earrings, a white wavy wig, and black attire
The Whodunnit editorial puzzling Washington
9/7/2018, 1:18:41 PMWho is the culprit who took aim at Donald Trump, in the White House, with a New York Times opinion page? ✔ (L-R) Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray The Justice Department If there's a part of the Trump administration whose senior leadership would have plenty of grounds for burning resentment toward the president, it's the Department of Justice
Turkey calls for ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib but Russia opposes
9/7/2018, 3:08:38 PMTurkey called for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib Friday, warning a government assault on the rebel-held region could end in a “bloodbath”. But Russia opposed the plan, and Iran said the Syrian regime needs to regain control over all of its territory. ✔ Erdogan called on Putin and Rouhani to agree to a ceasefire in Idlib, saying such an accord would be a victory of their summit ✔ Widely abhorred internationally for the brutal conduct of the war, Assad has largely reclaimed most of Syrian territory though much of it is ravaged
Opinion | Trump and Giuliani are talking tough about a Mueller subpoena. But they’re actually revealing weakness.
9/7/2018, 3:57:14 PMTrump is moving towards a showdown over a Mueller interview. But there's a reason they want to avoid one. ✔ Rudy Giuliani (Associated Press/Charles Krupa ) By Greg Sargent Opinion writer September 7 at 10:05 AM We’ve seen it again and again: President Trump or his lawyers excite his gullible supporters with fake bravado about special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation ( hoax! witch hunt! Mueller’s got nothing! ), even as the basic facts about the situation betray the fundamental weakness of their position ✔ This basic state of affairs is right out there on the public record
The Cost of American Retreat
9/7/2018, 3:01:39 PMThe world order that the U.S. built after World War II required sacrifice and commitment, but it brought unprecedented benefits. What happens if it disappears? ✔ Participants in the order, then and now, have shared the implicit understanding that however flawed the American-led liberal world order might be, the realistic alternatives would almost certainly be far worse ✔ More Saturday Essays The Impeached President August 31, 2018 The Liberty of Nations August 24, 2018 Late to the Driverless Revolution August 17, 2018 In Orban’s Hungary, a Glimpse of Europe’s Demise August 9, 2018
The world’s best surfers head inland to catch a wave
9/7/2018, 3:41:39 PMWill a massive artificial-wave pool, over 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean, help to spread or sabotage the sport of surfing? ✔ It’s pretty obvious that the era of man-made wave technology is here, he said in early August while chilling in the lounge, which features a rack of colorful boards and three of his world championship trophies ✔ Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm to a shark attack while surfing in Hawaii in 2003, prepares for her first run on Thursday
Iran, Russia, Turkey presidents meet in high-stakes summit
9/7/2018, 3:26:06 PMTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The presidents of Iran and Russia on Friday backed a military offensive to retake the last rebel-held area of Syria as Turkey's president pushed for a cease-fi ✔ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) The presidents of Iran and Russia on Friday backed a military offensive to retake the last rebel-held area of Syria as Turkey's president pushed for a cease-fire, perhaps the final chance to avoid what activists warn will be a humanitarian disaster ✔ There was no immediate reaction from fighters in Idlib
Analysis | The Daily 202: Kavanaugh won’t even go as far as Gorsuch in defending judges from Trump’s personal attacks
9/7/2018, 1:38:20 PMQuestions persist about the nominee’s independence, as hundreds of thousands of documents remain secret. ✔ Trump increased the pressure by tweeting that they must pass the [Rob] Portman-sponsored bill on shipments of illicit fentanyl through the international postal system ✔ pic.twitter.com/vGZHvCzd56 TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 6, 2018 The Post's Department of Satire repurposed a 1950's nuclear bomb instructional video to offer advice on responding to Trump's tweets:
Burning and churning: Why Suncorp shuttered its advice business
9/7/2018, 2:09:26 PMAhead of the next round of royal commission hearings, documents shed new light on a troubled advice outfit that flogged life insurance to tens of thousands of clients. ✔ Suncorp suspended one adviser from giving advice in late 2014 then a few days later allowed him to resign while under investigation, the documents show ✔ The message to the life insurance industry participants is the same for the broader insurance industry; trust is central to long-term financial health and goes hand-in-hand with ensuring strong capital and solvency ratios
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