Tag - storms

 
 

STORMS

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2018
U.K. charity says 10 worst climate-linked disasters this year caused an estimated $85 billion in damage
From floods to extreme heat, 10 of the worst climate-linked disasters in 2018 caused at least $84.8 billion worth of damage, a study released by the charity Christian Aid said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 25, 2018
Typhoon Yutu leaves Northern Marianas without power or water
Rescue teams and heavy equipment were mobilized across the Northern Mariana Islands on Thursday after a typhoon hit U.S. Western Pacific territories overnight, causing blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 13, 2018
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.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2018
Hurricane Michael, fiercest in 80 years, pounds Florida with 250-kph winds
Hurricane Michael, the third-most-powerful ever to strike the U.S. mainland, battered Florida's Gulf coast with roof-shredding winds, raging surf and torrential rains before it was downgraded to a tropical storm as it headed through Georgia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2018
Scientists blame warm water in the Gulf of Mexico for spawning Hurricane Michael's intensity
When Hurricane Michael barreled into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with 155-mph (249-kph) sustained winds, it defied forecasts made just two days beforehand, its wind speeds doubling since Monday and coming in just short of the highest category of intensity.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 3, 2018
Japan's diverse bunch of disaster volunteers are primed for a warming world
In these polarized times, crises bring together people from a range of backgrounds to spread the word about perils linked to climate change.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2018
Snarled traffic and snapped trees: Typhoon Trami in pictures
Two people were killed and more than 160 were injured by powerful Typhoon Trami that battered Japan over the weekend, as the storm's aftermath brought travel chaos to morning commuters in the capital.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 24, 2018
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.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 20, 2018
Florence portends more massive, slow-moving hurricanes in age of global warming: scientists
Global warming has increased the likelihood of more massive, sluggish storms like Florence, capable of dropping record amounts of rain and causing the type of catastrophic flooding that crippled North and South Carolina this week, experts said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2018
Supertyphoon brewing in Pacific forecast to hit Taiwan and Philippines before bearing down on Hong Kong
A supertyphoon is intensifying in the Pacific and is forecast to barrel through the Philippines and Taiwan this week before heading to Hong Kong and south China.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 25, 2018
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.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 16, 2018
An Antipodean friendship fortified in Japanese floodwaters the color of 'Australian beer'
After his own rescue, one Kiwi resident of flooded Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, returned to the rising waters to look for his Aussie friend's stranded family.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 23, 2018
Let's discuss the flooding disaster in western Japan
Thousands of people are still staying at shelters, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, after special storm warnings were issued in eight prefectures in western and southwestern Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2018
Japan's mayors to set up contact list to improve communication during large-scale disasters
As western Japan recovers from the deadly rains earlier this month, the Japan Association of City Mayors plans to compile a contact list so members can communicate directly in the event of major disasters.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2018
West Japan rains to be designated 'extremely severe disaster' to increase state aid subsidies
The government plans to designate the torrential rain that wreaked havoc in western Japan as a disaster of extreme severity so that subsidies for reconstruction projects can be increased.

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