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Powerful 6.9 earthquake shakes northern Japan
A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan on Saturday, causing strong tremors across Hokkaido island but generating no tsunami or immediate reports of damage, authorities said. The quake, which was preceded by an early warning broadcast on television and radio, hit near the town of Obihiro at a depth of…
400,000 told to evacuate in Japan deluge
About 400,000 people were ordered or advised to leave their homes in southwest Japan Saturday as heavy rain pounded the area for a third day leaving 29 dead or missing, officials and media said. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of more landslides and floods on the main southern island of…
50,000 flee as record flooding in Japan kills 17
At least 17 people died, 20 were missing and 50,000 were ordered to evacuate as the heaviest rainfall on record pounded the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu, officials and reports said Thursday. Emergency workers in Kumamoto prefecture responded to multiple reports of mudslides swallowing houses and people being trapped, with…
Quake rocks Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant
TOKYO — A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook an area of northeast Japan which includes the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant Thursday but there were no reports of damage to the facility, officials said. The moderate quake struck offshore near the coast of Fukushima at 7:05 pm (1005 GMT) with a “very…
Japan warns one million to evacuate as typhoon nears
More than a million people in Japan were warned to leave their homes on Tuesday as an approaching typhoon brought heavy rain and floods which left three dead or missing. Typhoon Roke, packing winds of up to 144 kilometres (89 miles) an hour near its centre, could land in central…
Strong 5.9 quake jolts Japan disaster zone
TOKYO — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook northeast Japan Friday, jolting the area devastated by a quake and tsunami in March, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami warning. The quake hit at 3:22 am (1822 GMT Thursday) at a depth of 38 kilometres (24…
Three dead as heavy rains lash Japan
Heavy rains continued to lash northeastern Japan on Sunday with the death toll rising to three in the hardest-hit region of Niigata, police and medical officials said. Three others were missing in Niigata and Fukushima, the latter of which was ravaged on March 11 by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami…
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