Japan - Strong typhoon is approaching

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Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda inspects
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Typhoon damage to Wakayama's farms, fisheries reaches 2 bil. yen

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A powerful typhoon which recently ravaged western Japan has caused some 2 billion yen worth of damage to the local farming, forestry and fishery industries in Wakayama Prefecture, a local tally showed Saturday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/10/20110910p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Nachikatsuura town

cross a Nachi river in a heavy machine.....with dogs

hydroelectric plant
Totsukawa village, Nara pref

 

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Shingu city lifted the evacuation order and the evacuation counsel at PM 19:00 on 11 Sep
(21442 people of 10789 households, from 2 Sep)

62 dead and 44 missing
via jiji com

Nachikatsuura town

Shingu city, Wakayama pref

Tenkawa village, Nara pref

 

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Pump trucks sent to Osaka region to prevent breaching of mud dams

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The government sent seven pump trucks to Osaka Prefecture to reduce the threat of further flooding in mountainous areas, where landslides caused by Typhoon Talas have created mud dams in danger of collapsing......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/12/20110912p2g00m0dm013000c.html

63 dead and 39 missing
via yomiuri online

Kiho town, Mie pref

landslide dam

Tenkawa village, Nara pref

 

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Officials study storm damage at Kumano Shrine

Japanese government officials have examined damage caused by a tropical storm to a Shinto shrine in central Japan earlier this month......

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 19:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_34.html
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Yomiuri online

Typhoon No. 12 heavy rains damage World Heritage Site

WAKAYAMA--The Cultural Affairs Agency has decided to conduct a full-scale investigation into the damage caused by Typhoon No. 12 to a UNESCO World Heritage Site that spreads across Wakayama, Nara and Mie prefectures......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110913005268.htm
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Mainichi jp(KYodo, AP)

Communities in Nara flooded during typhoon furious at dam operator

Communities in Nara Prefecture that were flooded during Typhoon No. 12 are calling the inundations a "man-made disaster" after revelations that a dam operator failed to lower dam reservoir levels ahead of the massive storm -- a standard anti-flooding procedure.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/14/20110914p2a00m0na011000c.html
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Jiji press

World Heritage "Kumano Kodo" Heavily Damaged by Typhoon

Wakayama, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--Days after a large typhoon lashed western Japan earlier this month, it gradually came to light that the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, a UNESCO World Heritage, including the "Kumano Kodo" ancient roads, were heavily damaged by intense rainfalls and mudslides.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011091400374
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Sankei news

landslide dam

drainage pump car

 

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Wakayama storm survivors get aid via ropeway

Residents in a town in mid-western Japan who were left stranded after a recent tropical storm, have finally begun receiving supplies by way of a makeshift ropeway.....

Thursday, September 15, 2011 01:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_01.html

Tanabe city
the narrow road caused a traffic jam

UNESCO' World Heritage
Kumano Nachi Taisha

Nachikatsuura town

 

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related info

07:15 JST 16 Sep 2011 34.1N 135.6E 70 km M4.3 Nara-ken
*disaster area by talas







jma http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/5/20110916071816491-160715.html

 

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More rain means added risk from dammed-up rivers

The mayor of Totsukawa Village in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, has asked residents living in the lower reaches of a dammed-up river not return to their homes, as more downpours are forecast on Friday.......

Friday, September 16, 2011 04:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_02.html

Tropical storm Roke approaching Okinawa

Officials are warning that heavy rain from a tropical storm approaching southern Japan could trigger more damage to areas battered by another storm earlier this month......

Friday, September 16, 2011 11:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_21.html

Officials monitor dammed-up rivers

Officials in western Japan are stepping up their monitoring of rivers that were dammed up by recent record rainfalls.....

Friday, September 16, 2011 12:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_23.html

Tropical storm Roke bearing down on west Japan

Heavy rain has already reached parts of Shikoku as the west of Japan braces for a tropical storm approaching from the south. The storm could trigger more damage to areas already battered by a storm that hit earlier this month.....

Friday, September 16, 2011 19:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_37.html

Tropical storm Roke bearing down on west Japan

Tropical storm Roke is bringing torrential rain on the Pacific side of western and central Japan. It could trigger more damage to areas already battered by a storm that hit earlier this month......

Friday, September 16, 2011 22:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_45.html

Roke


jma http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/1115.html

landslide dams

 

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Tropical storm Roke bringing heavy rain to Japan

Tropical storm Roke is bringing torrential rain to the Pacific side of western and central Japan. The storm could trigger more damage to areas already battered by rains earlier this month.......

Saturday, September 17, 2011 07:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_08.html

Tropical storm Roke bringing rain to Japan

Tropical storm Roke continues to bring rain to the Pacific side of western and central Japan......

Saturday, September 17, 2011 14:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_15.html

Storm Roke blocked by high-pressure systems

Tropical storm Roke, currently located off Okinawa Prefecture, is moving slowly at 10 kilometer per hour.....

Saturday, September 17, 2011 22:38 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_24.html
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Yomiuri online

Rain could burst dams in Nara, Wakayama prefs

With heavy rain predicted from Friday evening near landslide dams in Nara and Wakayama prefectures, the land ministry was calling for some residents to evacuate due to the possibility of further serious landslides and floods in their areas.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110916005458.htm
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Asahi com

landslide dam
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Mainichi JP(Kyodo, AP)

Typhoon Roke may cause more downpours, landslides in Kii Peninsula

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A powerful typhoon threatens to produce torrential rain and landslides in the Kii peninsula, western Japan, over a 48-hour period from noon Friday, causing further havoc in area where dozens of people died when Typhoon Talas pounded the region earlier this months, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/17/20110917p2g00m0dm006000c.html
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Totsukawa village, Nara pref

Kazeya dam

 

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Typhoon brings western Japan rain, raises flood, landslide fears

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The national weather agency warned Sunday of heavy rainfall in wide areas across the Japanese archipelago through Monday amid growing concerns about further landslides and flash flooding in the Kii Peninsula, western Japan, that were flooded by earlier torrential rains....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/18/20110918p2g00m0dm027000c.html

Lake created by typhoon in Tochigi lures tourists

NIKKO, Tochigi -- A lake created by heavy rainfall from Typhoon No. 12 has grabbed the attention of visitors here.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/18/20110918p2a00m0na002000c.html
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Sankei news

a lake created by heavy rainfall from Typhoon No. 12
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landslide dam

Kazeya dam

　from wiki

SDF searching in Kazeya dam, Totsukawa village, Nara pref

 

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MILT guessed that landslide dams burst soon by the heavy rain
*Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport http://www.kkr.mlit.go.jp/en/index.html

landslide dams & river live cams
*Heavy Links

Akatani, Oto village, Gojo city
http://www.yodogawa.kkr.mlit.go.jp/live/live/miru/Live10.asx
Nagatono, Totsukawa village
http://www.yodogawa.kkr.mlit.go.jp/live/live/miru/Live3.asx
Kurihira, Totsukawa village
http://www.yodogawa.kkr.mlit.go.jp/live/live/miru/Live4.asx
Kitamata, Nosegawa village
http://www.camera.biwakokasen.go.jp/cam01
Iya, Tanabe city
http://www.yodogawa.kkr.mlit.go.jp/live/live/miru/Live9.asx

Severe tropical storm lingering near Okinawa

Severe tropical storm Roke is still lingering over waters west of Okinawa........

Monday, September 19, 2011 08:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_08.html
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Asahi com

SDF searching at Nachikatsuura town
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Warning of heavy rain across Japan as typhoon moves near Okinawa

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The national weather agency warned Sunday of heavy rainfall in a wide area encompassing southern to northeastern Japan due to a typhoon, amid growing concern about further landslides and flash flooding in the Kii Peninsula in western Japan......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/19/20110919p2g00m0dm003000c.html
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Sankei news

clothes of grandson
his grandson still missing at Totsukawa village

Shingu city
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Udono port
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Kiho town, Mie pref
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landslide dams & river live cams
*Heavy Links

Akatani, Oto village, Gojo city
http://www.yodogawa.kkr.mlit.go.jp/live/live/miru/Live10.asx
Nagatono, Totsukawa village
http://www.yodogawa.kkr.mlit.go.jp/live/live/miru/Live3.asx
Kurihira, Totsukawa village
http://www.yodogawa.kkr.mlit.go.jp/live/live/miru/Live4.asx
Kitamata, Nosegawa village
http://www.camera.biwakokasen.go.jp/cam01
Iya, Tanabe city
http://www.yodogawa.kkr.mlit.go.jp/live/live/miru/Live9.asx

Iya, Tanabe city AM 08:52

Tropical storm Roke churns north

Severe tropical storm Roke is churning northward over Japan, bringing high winds and heavy rain. It is blowing through the Amami islands in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima........

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 07:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_23.html

Landslide lake threatens residents in west Japan

Japan's land ministry says a lake created by a landslide that blocked a river is probably overflowing in the western city of Tanabe as a result of recent record rainfalls. It is calling on residents downstream to stay on the alert....

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_18.html

Typhoon Roke approaches Japan

Typhoon Roke is heading towards Japan's main island of Honshu. The typhoon is already bringing heavy rain to wide areas of central and western Japan......

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_20.html

Nagoya advises 470,000 residents to evacuate

Nagoya City in central Japan has advised about 470,000 residents in over 200,000 households to evacuate as the water levels of nearby rivers continue to rise.......

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 14:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_27.html

Nearly 1.3 million advised to evacuate

Evacuation advisories and orders have been issued for nearly 1.3 million people in central and western Japan due to dangers of flooding caused by a typhoon......

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 17:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_34.html

Typhoon Roke bringing heavy rain to Japan

Japan's Meteorological Agency warns that heavy rain brought by an approaching typhoon may trigger landslides and floods in western and central Japan......

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 18:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_40.html

Typhoon Roke bringing heavy rain to Japan

Japan's Meteorological Agency warns that heavy rain brought by an approaching "very strong" typhoon may trigger landslides and floods in western and central Japan.....

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 21:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_h40.html
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Mainichi jp(kyodo, AP)

2 missing, over 1 mil. told to evacuate as typhoon nears Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A boy and an elderly man went missing and transportation networks were affected as heavy rains fell across a wide area of central and western Japan on Tuesday, ahead of strong typhoon that threatens to cause continued havoc, according to authorities......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/20/20110920p2g00m0dm001000c.html

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Jiji press

Typhoon-Tied Losses Reach 53.4 B. Yen in Japan Primary Industry

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--A powerful typhoon that hit western Japan earlier this month has caused a combined loss of 53.4 billion yen in the country's agricultural, forestry and fisheries industries, the government said Tuesday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011092000458

Moriyama ward, Nagoya city

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Sankei news

Moriyama ward, Nagoya city

a monkey got separated from mother by typhoon?
Tanabe city, Wakayama pref

MILT keeps a close watch
**Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

landslide dam

 

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1 million urged to evacuate as typhoon nears Japan

Published: Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:00 AM

By The Associated Press The Associated Press


Public broadcaster NHK said about 1.3 million people have been ordered or advised to leave their homes, including 80,000 people in Nagoya.

Heavy rains as the storm approached caused floods and road damage in dozens of locations in Nagoya and several other cities, the Aichi prefectural (state) government said.
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The Meteorological Agency said the typhoon was located off the southern coast of Japan's southwestern main island of Shikoku on Tuesday night with winds of 89 miles (144 kilometers) per hour. It could reach the Tokyo area by Wednesday afternoon, the agency said.

Full text:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/1_million_urged_to_evacuate_as.html

 

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Typhoon Roke brings downpours

A very strong typhoon is approaching western Japan, bringing downpours and increasing the risk of mudslides and river flooding.......

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 02:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_04.html

Typhoon kills 3, with 2 missing

Typhoon Roke has brought heavy rain to western and central Japan, killing 3 people and leaving 2 others missing.......

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 05:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_06.html

Typhoon Roke kills 4 in Japan

A very strong typhoon is approaching central Japan, bringing torrential downpours and increasing the risk of mudslides and river flooding. The typhoon has so far left 4 people dead and 2 others missing.......

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_13.html

Typhoon makes landfall in central Japan

Typhoon Roke has made landfall on the Pacific coast of central Japan........

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 15:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_23.html

Fukushima nuclear plant on typhoon alert

Workers struggling to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control are stepping up precautions in advance of the approaching typhoon......

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 15:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_25.html
related link
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=422485#post422485

Typhoon Roke makes landfall in central Japan

Typhoon Roke is moving northeast after making landfall on the Pacific coast of central Japan. The Meteorological Agency is calling for maximum caution against possible mudslides, floods, strong winds and high waves.......

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 18:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_24.html

Fukushima nuclear plant on typhoon alert

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are stepping up precautions in advance of the approaching typhoon......

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 20:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_31.html

Shibuya ward, Tokyo

via nhk news
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Asahi com

Passengers evacuated from train after landslide covers tracks in Kobe
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Typhoon prompts Toyota, Mitsubishi Heavy to suspend plant operations

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. decided Wednesday to temporarily suspend operations at their plants in Aichi Prefecture due to a strong typhoon approaching........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/09/21/20110921p2g00m0bu064000c.html

Strong typhoon lands on Japan's main island

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A strong typhoon landed on Japan's largest island of Honshu on Wednesday and is expected to make its way across the archipelago, with the Japan Meteorological Agency calling for "the greatest possible vigilance."......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/21/20110921p2g00m0dm029000c.html

Strong typhoon feared to land on Japan's main island

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A strong typhoon is forecast to land and make its way across Japan's largest island of Honshu on Wednesday, with the Japan Meteorological Agency calling for "the greatest possible vigilance."......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/21/20110921p2g00m0dm049000c.html

Passengers evacuated from train after landslide covers tracks in Kobe

KOBE -- Passengers on Kobe Electric Railway's Ao Line were evacuated from the train and had to walk to the nearest station after a landslide covered the tracks on the morning of Sept. 21, suspending the line's operations.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/21/20110921p2a00m0na004000c.html

Police officer leaps into typhoon-swollen river to save woman from surging waters

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo -- A woman swept along a river here swollen by heavy rains from Typhoon No. 15 is alive and well thanks to the efforts of a hard-swimming police officer......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/21/20110921p2a00m0na005000c.html

Japan braces for landfall of massive Typhoon No. 15

As Typhoon No. 15 drives up the eastern side of Japan toward the Kanto region without any sign of weakening, residents in its path are experiencing their own storms of anxiety.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/21/20110921p2a00m0na015000c.html

Gov't warns of partial collapse of landslide dams in Nara, Wakayama prefectures

The government is calling for the Nara and Wakayama prefectural governments and local bodies to take precautions following signs that two landslide dams in the prefectures created by Typhoon No. 12 may have partially collapsed.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/21/20110921p2a00m0na019000c.html

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Jiji press

Typhoon Halts 11 Toyota Plants

Nagoya, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. <7203> will suspend a Wednesday evening shift at 11 of its 12 plants in Aichi Prefecture to prepare for a powerful typhoon approaching the central Japan region, the company said........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011092100437

Typhoon Death Toll Rises to Four in Japan

Tokyo, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--Typhoon No. 15, named Roke, has left four people dead and two missing in Japan, prefectural police and other sources said Wednesday. ....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011092100453

Powerful Typhoon Reaches Eastern Japan

Tokyo, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--A powerful typhoon reached eastern Japan on Wednesday evening, disrupting traffic services across wide areas including the Tokyo metropolitan region......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011092100909

(Update) Typhoon Sweeps across Japan Main Land

Tokyo, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--A powerful typhoon swept across Japan's main island to travel off the coast of the Tohoku northeastern region Wednesday night, disrupting traffic services across wide areas including the Tokyo metropolitan region......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011092200016
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JMA

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Sankei news

landslide dam at Tanabe city, Wakayama pref
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Shibuya ward, Tokyo

bus stop
in front of JR Shibuya Station

Toyokowa city and Kasugai city, Aichi pref

Moriyama ward, Nagoya city

 

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Typhoon Roke moves off northern Japan

Typhoon Roke has passed over to the sea off northern Japan after making landfall on the Pacific coast in the central part of the country........

Thursday, September 22, 2011 09:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_11.html

Typhoon isolates 472 people in disaster-hit Tohoku

In Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, people living in temporary housing were isolated overnight on Wednesday due to flooding caused by a powerful typhoon.......

Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_15.html

Typhoon Roke moving off northern Japan

Typhoon Roke is moving to the northeast off northern Japan, after making landfall on the Pacific coast in the central part of the country.......

Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_19.html

Typhoon Roke spares Fukushima plant

Typhoon Roke has inflicted no major damage to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

Thursday, September 22, 2011 14:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_20.html
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Yomiuri online

Heavy rains slam Japan / Commuters stranded as landslides, flooding create chaos

Heavy rains caused by Typhoon No. 15, which directly hit the Japanese archipelago, wreaked havoc in a wide range of areas on Wednesday, including the Kinki and Tokai regions as well as parts of eastern Japan........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110921005666.htm
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Asahi com

landslide dam at Gojo city, Nara pref
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Powerful typhoon headed toward Japan disaster zone

A powerful typhoon was bearing down on Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast Sept. 21, approaching a nuclear power plant crippled in that disaster and prompting calls for the evacuation of more than a million people........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109210389.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Death toll from strong typhoon reaches 11

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The death toll from a strong typhoon that struck Japan reached 11 Thursday, with five people remaining unaccounted for, a Kyodo News tally showed......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/22/20110922p2g00m0dm031000c.html

Quake day memories relived as typhoon strands thousands in Tokyo

A powerful typhoon revived bitter memories of the March 11 earthquake disaster as it pounded Tokyo with strong winds and heavy rain on Sept. 21, suspending nearly all train operations in the city and stranding tens of thousands of commuters........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/22/20110922p2a00m0na011000c.html

Typhoon hits quake-ravaged regions, floods temporary housing community

SUKAGAWA, Fukushima -- Powerful Typhoon No. 15 has caused major floods in temporary housing units here, bringing disaster once more to this city still suffering from the effects of the March 11 earthquake and ensuing nuclear disaster.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/22/20110922p2a00m0na017000c.html

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Sankei news

Typhoon Death Toll Rises to 10 in Japan

Tokyo, Sept. 22 (Jiji Press)--The death toll from a strong typhoon that crossed eastern Japan Wednesday rose to 10 as of Thursday morning, with five others missing......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011092200509

Polluted Water Levels at Fukushima N-Plant Increase

Tokyo, Sept. 22 (Jiji Press)--Radioactive water that accumulates at various facilities at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has increased due to heavy rain caused by a typhoon, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011092200586
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Tepco

turbine building unit 6
rainwater leaked into the basement

9/21
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/110922_1.jpg from tepco
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Sankei news

2 cargo ships sailing under the flag of Panama run aground
ship "beagleSeven" at Kawasaki ward, Kawasaki city

Koriyama city, Fukushima pref

 

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Typhoon Roke leaves 12 dead, 4 missing

Typhoon Roke has left 12 people dead, 4 missing, and 367 injured across Japan. It was downgraded to a low pressure system east of Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Thursday afternoon.......

Friday, September 23, 2011 05:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_02.html
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Yomiuri online

Typhoon creates commuter chaos in Tokyo

Powerful Typhoon No. 15 that blew through the Kanto to Tohoku regions Wednesday paralyzed transportation systems in the Tokyo metropolitan area, stranding a huge number of people at train stations......

Kita ward, Tokyo

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110922005567.htm
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Asahi com

Naka river at Mito city, Ibaraki pref
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naka_River_%28Tochigi_Ibaraki%29
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Maglev train put through its paces during typhoon test run

Even though Typhoon No. 15 was raging, Central Japan Railway Co. went ahead Sept. 21 with an experimental run of a train that uses magnetic levitation technology......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109220267.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Gov't warns ships about high waves after typhoon

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of high waves in northern Japan on Thursday and urged ships off Hokkaido to be cautious even after Typhoon Roke grazed the northernmost prefecture and weakened into a storm.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/23/20110923p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Typhoon No. 15 does severe damage to fruit farmers in disaster-stricken northeast

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- Fruit farmers in this tsunami-ravaged region are once again counting up the damage of a natural disaster after powerful Typhoon No. 15 wiped out a significant portion of the year's crop......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/23/20110923p2a00m0na011000c.html

Typhoon evacuees spent hungry night despite well-stocked shelters

NAGOYA -- Municipal officials here left residents at evacuation centers during the height of Typhoon No. 15 without any food, even though the centers had been stocked with supplies, a source close to the situation has told the Mainichi.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/23/20110923p2a00m0na013000c.html

Shonai river
Kita ward, Nagoya city
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnai_River

9/20
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Sankei news

Futtsu city, Chiba pref

 

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Typhoon revives deep anxiety / March 11 survivors on edge after narrow escapes in mudslides

KAMAISHI, Iwate--Survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami living in temporary housing in coastal areas of Iwate Prefecture were again threatened by natural calamity this week, when mudslides caused by Typhoon No. 15 nearly hit the facilities......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110923005281.htm
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Sankei news

draining
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UNESCO' World Heritage
Kumano Nachi Taisha

landslide dam

nachikatsuura town

 

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Residents unaware of danger / Man killed during typhoon in undesignated area prone to landslides

Tens of thousands of locations around the country are still waiting for official designation as areas in need of precautionary measures against landslides, and at one such location in Wakayama Prefecture, a man was killed by a landslide caused by Typhoon No. 12 early this month.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110929005991.htm

Landslide dangers left unaddressed

Prefectural surveys have found that precautionary measures need to be taken at about 295,000 locations to deal with landslides, but more than 20 percent have not yet been officially designated as needing such measures, The Yomiuri Shimbun has found......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110929004817.htm
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Yomiuri online

Residents lack hazard maps / Govts yet to deliver necessary information to landslide alert zones

The government's Board of Audit found that residents in 40 percent of landslide disaster alert zones around the country have not received hazard maps, though municipalities are legally obliged to distribute them......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111002002839.htm
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Asahi com

draining
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

70% of towns in Nara, Wakayama yet to complete mudslide hazard maps

GOJO (Kyodo) -- Nearly 70 percent of the 63 municipal governments in Nara and Wakayama prefectures, which were hit recently by massive mudslides caused by a typhoon, have yet to complete their hazard maps for such disasters, Kyodo News learned Thursday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/29/20110929p2g00m0dm003000c.html

Local gov'ts fail to designate 62,000 locations as disaster-prone

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Local governments in 19 of Japan's 47 prefectures have failed to designate some 62,000 locations throughout the country as areas prone to mudslides and landslides despite inspections finding them at risk of such disasters, government sources said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/09/30/20110930p2g00m0dm014000c.html
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Jiji press

3 Major Dept. Store Operators Log Sales Falls in Sept.

Tokyo, Oct. 3 (Jiji Press)--Three of four major Japanese department store operators posted year-on-year sales drops on a same-store basis in September, according to their data released Monday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011100300687
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Sankei news

Totsukawa village

SDF withdrew from Nachikatsuura town

9/29

 

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New 'lake' delights tourists in Nikko marshlands

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture -- Although Typhoon No. 12 left a path of devastation and flooding in its wake last month, its heavy rain did give birth to one seasonal delight here......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100222.html

 

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Boat festival crews remember typhoon victims

KIHO, Mie Prefecture -- Nine fast boats, each manned by a crew of 11 local men, rowed in line ahead of a boat carrying a sacred "mikoshi" (portable shrine) at the climax of the Mifune-Matsuri festival on Oct. 16.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110170362.html

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