Japan: 500,000 flee typhoon - TEPCO forced to discharge tainted water into ocean

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/16/national/typhoon-man-yi-makes-landfall-warnings-issued-in-western-japan/#.Ujdp7n-CfMo

500,000 flee as typhoon lashes nation
Floods in Chubu, Kinki leaves at least three dead; tainted No. 1 water discharged

Kyodo, Staff report

Sep 16, 2013
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The year?s 18th typhoon shot through central and northeast Honshu on Monday, unleashing torrential rain and strong winds on much of the main island, including Fukushima Prefecture, where radioactive water was discharged to prevent the troubled complex from flooding.

According to local police tallies, Typhoon Man-yi had left at least three people dead and four missing before churning its way toward Hokkaido...