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STORMS FLOODS

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2018
Sri Lanka's capital moves to cut worsening flood risk
When heavy rain falls in the hills and plains west of Colombo — and in the city itself at the same time — Sri Lanka's capital drowns.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2018
Warming will put millions more at flood risk in next 20 years, scientists say
Unless countries urgently boost their flood defenses, millions more people will be at risk from river flooding in the next 20 years as global warming increases the likelihood of severe rainfall, scientists said on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 29, 2017
America had a near-record 15 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2017
In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris accord and downplayed global warming as a security threat, the U.S. received a harsh reminder of the perils of the rise in the planet's temperature: a destructive rash of hurricanes, fires and floods.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 2, 2017
Search goes on for Harvey survivors as Trump requests aid
Rescuers searched painstakingly through flooded neighborhoods across southeastern Texas on Friday for people stranded by Hurricane Harvey's deluge as President Donald Trump asked Congress for $7.85 billion in federal disaster relief.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2017
Study links climate change to record U.S. road deaths
Climate change — not increased use of cell phones — might be to blame for an unusual spike in road deaths that hit the United States two years ago, said a study published on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2017
Washington may fail to heed Harvey climate warning, experts say
Unprecedented flooding unleashed by Hurricane Harvey in the United States underscores the need for even wealthy countries to boost their disaster plans to keep vulnerable people safe and help them deal with the knock-out blows that climate change could bring, experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 28, 2017
An unlikely hurricane hero takes over chaotic Texas storm shelter
When state emergency authorities pulled into the storm shelter in the small city of Rockport, Texas, on Saturday, they asked the obvious first question: Who's in charge here?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2017
Insurance group warns Texas flood damage from Harvey may match that of Hurricane Katrina in 2005
Flood damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey may equal that from 2005's Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, an insurance research group said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2017
In Kyushu floods, destruction was magnified by fast-flowing driftwood
In a series of storms wreaking havoc across a wide swath of Kyushu, an enormous number of trees and logs flowing from forests to residential areas have been blamed by authorities and experts for the large-scale devastation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2017
Rescuers race against time as flood death toll hits 18
Rescuers raced against time Saturday in Kyushu to find those who disappeared in the aftermath of days of torrential rain that triggered deadly floods and mudslides across the island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2017
Thousands take shelter as 'screaming, howling' Cyclone Debbie whips north Australia
Howling winds, heavy rain and huge seas pounded Australia's northeast Tuesday, damaging homes, wrecking jetties and cutting power to thousands of people as Tropical Cyclone Debbie tore through Queensland state's far north.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2017
Biggest storm in five years thrashes Southern California
Southern California cleaned up on Saturday after its biggest storm in years unleashed a wave of rain and snow that killed at least three people and triggered flooding, mudslides, high winds and power outages, officials said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 27, 2016
Seven missing after freak rains drench Australia's outback
Unusual torrential rain in Australia's outback turned the Uluru monolith into a series of cascading waterfalls and triggered flash floods, and seven people are missing including a Japanese tourist who was swept away in a car and an Australian family.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 23, 2016
Scientists say world could pass key temperature-rise mark in decade
The planet could pass a key target on world temperature rise in about a decade, prompting accelerating loss of glaciers, steep declines in water availability, worsening land conflicts and deepening poverty, scientists said this week.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 31, 2015
U.S. Midwest counts cost from record flooding
Swollen rivers in the U.S. Midwest and other regions brought flood warnings for over 12 million Americans on Wednesday as scores of buildings were submerged after days of intense rain in which 24 people have died.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2015
Forget 'smart' new cities; India needs old ones to be less dumb
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has grand designs to build 100 futuristic "smart" cities in India, but as this week's devastating flooding in Chennai shows, fixing today's accident-prone metropolises appears to be the more pressing task.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2015
Indian Army battles deadly flooding to rescue survivors
Floods that have killed 210 people in southern India began to recede on Thursday, giving rescue teams a chance to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by the heaviest cloudburst in the city of Chennai in over a century.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 19, 2015
Government error caused tragic Kinugawa flooding
The deadly flooding along the Kinugawa River last month shows how the government has been criminally unwise in its policies on dams and river control.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2015
Philippine storm weakens after killing at least nine
A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and floodwaters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2015
Tokyo at high risk of devastating floods, experts say
It's just a matter of time before Tokyo is struck by the same magnitude of flooding that devastated parts of the northern Kanto region this month.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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