NEWSWORTHY
Nine people from same Sicilian family die as storms continue to thrash Italy
Floods have killed 12 people on the southern Italian island of Sicily, nine of them from the same family, rescue services said Sunday, raising last week's toll across Italy past 30. Six Italian regions remain on high alert for storms. The bodies of nine people were ...
Hurricane Michael death toll rises to at least 17 as search goes on in Florida
The death toll from Hurricane Michael rose to 17 people across four states on Friday as rescuers, hampered by power and phone outages, used cadaver dogs, drones and heavy equipment to search devastated communities in the Florida Panhandle. Searchers found one person dead in the ...
How to sum up Japan's summer of disaster in Japanese?
The summer of 2018 was one for the books — busting meteorological records, wreaking havoc and devastating entire regions along the coast of western Japan.
Ferocious Typhoon Mangkhut knocks out power as it plows through northeast Philippines
Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines' northeastern coast early Saturday, its ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power, and plowed through the agricultural region at the start of the onslaught. The typhoon made landfall before dawn in the ...
At least five dead as Hurricane Florence makes landfall in the U.S. and drenches the Carolinas
Blowing ashore with howling 90 mph (155 kph) winds, Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people and swamped entire communities along the U.S.'s Carolina coast Friday in what could be just the opening act in a watery, two-part, slow-motion disaster. At least five people ...
Millions on U.S. East Coast prepare for potentially catastrophic Hurricane Florence
With mandatory evacuations already issued for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans are preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades. Carrying winds of up to 140 mph (220 kph) as a ...
Disaster prevention draws more public attention in annual policy survey
More people believe the government should give higher priority to disaster prevention, an annual Cabinet Office survey shows. According to the survey, 28.3 percent of the respondents think disaster prevention should be prioritized, up 2.4 points from the previous year. That is the highest ratio for ...
Powerful typhoon set to batter western Japan later this week as another storm skirts Kyushu
Warnings of heavy rain, strong winds and high waves as Typhoon Cimaron is expected to travel northward over the Shikoku and Chugoku regions as the weekend approaches.
Mobile bookstore donates used books to those affected by west Japan rain disasters
A mobile bookstore, dubbed the "Book Bus" and operated by Value Books, spent three days from Tuesday visiting areas of western Japan that were ravaged by torrential rains last month, and provided free books to those affected by the rain disasters who are now ...
Cabinet taps ¥105 billion in reserves to help rain-ravaged areas in west Japan
The first tranche of state support will be used to fix river facilities and help damaged households and businesses clean up and get back on their feet.
Slope failures from rain disaster top 7,000 in southern Hiroshima, including mountain tops: survey
The rain disaster in western Japan has caused slopes to fail at over 7,000 locations in southern Hiroshima Prefecture, a Hiroshima University survey found. The failures, which include landslides and flows of both mud and rock debris, occurred widely across the region, including areas where ...
Kumamoto, remembering quake aid, returns favor by helping flood areas
Kumamoto Prefectural Government officials are supporting disaster relief activities in downpour-hit western prefectures to return the favor they received following powerful earthquakes in 2016. Kumamoto Prefecture and nine local governments have sent more than 160 personnel to help out in Hiroshima Prefecture and elsewhere, capitalizing ...
