About 3,000 people in a city of southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu were forced to evacuate their homes again on Thursday due to threats of landslide and flood caused by heavy rain. According to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, the residents in Aso City where landslides hit houses last week were ordered to evacuate their houses on Thursday morning as heavy rain continued to fall on the area covered with volcanic ash soil which is very fragile. In Aso City and its surrounding region of Kumamoto Prefecture, at least 23 people were found dead and two went missing after landslides hit houses last week in more than 60 places. Heavy rain caused by Tropical Storm Khanun poured in several areas of northern Kyushu which saw hourly rainfall between 40 and 50 mm in the morning hours. The Japan Meteorological agency warned as the tropical storm moves north, heavy rainfall may trigger further floods and landslides in Kyushu till Friday
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Anti-Nuclear Energy Protesters at Tokyo park
Posted: July 16, 2012 in Japan, NewsTags: 2012, ALERT, Anti-Nuclear Energy Protesters at Tokyo park, Anti-Nuclear Energy Protesters at Tokyo park july 16 2012, Anti-Nuclear Energy Protesters Tokyo park, Anti-Nuclear Protesters at Tokyo park, Health, Japan, News, Nuclear Power Plant, Threat, WARNINGS, world
Anti-nuclear energy protesters march on a street in Tokyo Monday, July 16, 2012. Tens of thousands of people gathered at a Tokyo park, demanding “Sayonara,” or goodbye, to nuclear power as Japan prepares to restart yet another reactor, and expressed outrage over a report that blamed culture on the Fukushima disaster. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Flash Flood in Japan
Posted: July 14, 2012 in ALERT, Flooding, Japan, NewsTags: ALERT, Flash Flood in Japan, Flood in Japan, Flooding, Floods, Health, Japan, Nature, News, Threat, WARNINGS, Weather, world
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The Great 2012 Doomsday Scare
Posted: July 13, 2012 in Fear-Fusion, ThoughtTags: 2012, 2012 Doomsday Scare, ALERT, Arctic Warming, Biological Hazard, Earthquake Live, Earthquake News, earthquake reports, Earthquake today, Earthquake's July 2012, Earthquakes, Flooding, Floods, Global Atmospheric Warming, Health, History, Iran, Japan, Japan Earthquake, Jellyfish, Jellyfish Invasion, Nature, Syria, The Great 2012 Doomsday, The Great 2012 Doomsday Scare, Threat, Toxic, War, Weather, world, World War 3
Scenes from the motion picture “2012.” Courtesy Columbia Pictures. This guest article on 2012 was written by E. C. Krupp, Director of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles and is reprinted with permission from Sky & Telescope Magazine. The publisher and the author reserve all rights. All opinions are the author’s own.
(NASA) The year 2012 is acting like a badly behaved celebrity. Frightful rumors and gossip are spreading. Already more than a half dozen books are marketing, to eager fans, astronomical fears about 2012 End Times. Opening in theaters on Friday, Nov. 13, will be 2012, a $200-million disaster movie that seems designed to break all records for disaster spectacles — with cracking continents, plunging asteroids, burning cities, and a tsunami throwing an aircraft carrier through the White House. The movie’s ominous slogan: “Find out the truth.” Two other major movies about the 2012 doomsday are also reported to be in the works.
Anyone who cruises the internet or all-night talk radio knows why. The ancient Maya of Mexico and Guatemala kept a calendar that is about to roll up the red carpet of time, swing the solar system into transcendental alignment with the heart of the Milky Way, and turn Earth into a bowling pin for a rogue planet heading down our alley for a strike.
None of it is true. People you know, however, are likely becoming a bit afraid that modern astronomy and Maya secrets are indeed conspiring to bring our doom. If people know you’re an astronomer, they will soon be asking you all about it.
Here is what you need to know.
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4.8M Quake Ofunato, Japan. 33klm Near Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant
Posted: July 9, 2012 in ALERT, Earthquakes, Health, Nature, News, Threat, WARNINGS, WorldTags: Japan, Nuclear Power Plant
EDIS Number: | EQ-20120709-258732-JPN |
Magnitude: | 4.8 |
Mercalli scale: | 5 |
Date-Time [UTC]: | Monday, 09th July 2012 at 04:01 AM |
Local Date/Time: | Sunday, July 08, 2012 at 13:01 in the afternoon at epicenter |
Coordinate: | 38° 49.800, 141° 46.800 |
Depth: | 60 km (37.28 miles) |
Hypocentrum: | Shallow depth |
Class: | Light |
Region: | Asia |
Country: | Japan |
Location: | 27.46 km (17.06 miles) – of Ofunato, Iwate, Japan |
Source: | EMSC |
Generated Tsunami: | Not or no data |
Damage: | Not or no data |
The potential impact of the earthquake | |
Almost everyone feels movement. Sleeping people are awakened. Doors swing open or close. Dishes are broken. Pictures on the wall move. Small objects move or are turned over. Trees might shake. Liquids might spill out of open containers. -Full RSOE EDIS |