'Pop up lifeboat' made in Wales is saving lives in Japan

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:58:00 +0200cardiffstar (en)

Image copyright Nick Jaussi. A pop up lifeboat made in Wales has been saving lives on the other side of the world. Created by Robin Jenkins, the Atlantic Pacific Lifeboat in a Box was built by UWC Atlantic College students. The organisation identifies places with high drowning rates and supplies....

Smartphone apps shake up earthquake early-warning systems

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:01:00 +0200environmentalresearchweb (en)

On 19 September 1985 Mexico City was reduced to rubble by a magnitude-8.0 earthquake. While the epicentre was more than 370 km from the city, about 10,000 people died, with 3000 buildings damaged of which 400 collapsed. It was one of the worst tragedies in the metropolis’s 700-year history.

Dolphin, penguins left at defunct aquarium spark concerns

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:25:00 +0200scmp (en)

A bottlenose dolphin, about 50 penguins and other marine creatures left at a defunct aquarium near Tokyo have prompted many activists and concerned people to ask for authorities to intervene, local officials said on Wednesday. The operator of the Inubosaki Marine Park Aquarium in Choshi, Chiba....

Big Y helping Red Cross response to hurricane, gas explosions

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:09:00 +0200masslive (en)

SPRINGFIELD -- Big Y World Class Markets are collecting donations for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts for the Merrimack Valley fires and explosions, Hurricane Florence and other incidents. The drive runs from Wednesday, Sept. 19 through Saturday, Sept. 29.

Hokkaido quake reveals Japan is woefully unprepared to help foreigners in times of disaster

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:13:00 +0200japantimes (en)

The powerful earthquake that recently hit Hokkaido threw a strong spotlight on how unprepared Japan is to provide foreign visitors with information during a crisis. With the number of foreign visitors expected to grow ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the government is introducing multilingual....

Olympics: Sapporo withdraws from 2026 Winter Games bid

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 02:59:00 +0200abs-cbnnews (en)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The northern Japan city of Sapporo told the International Olympic Committee on Monday that it will give up its bid for the Winter Olympics in 2026. The capital of Hokkaido, which hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, decided to give up the 2026 bid following the Sept. 6 magnitude 6.

CPEC projects should be transparent, in benefit of Pakistan: Japanese envoy

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 02:28:00 +0200thenews-pk (en)

Islamabad: Ambassador of Japan Takashi Kurai has said as a long-term friend of Pakistan, Japan supports and wishes to contribute further to the development of Pakistan. In this respect, Japan sincerely hopes that the CPEC projects are to be implemented for the benefit of Pakistan and believes at....

Sapporo officially drops bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:25:00 +0200japantoday (en)

The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee says the city will now focus on a bid for the 2030 Games. About 40 people were killed when an earthquake....

Samaritan's Purse in North Carolina to help victims of Hurricane Florence

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 23:54:00 +0200markets-businessinsider (en)

. Donations needed to help thousands of devastated homeowners recover. CALGARY Sept. 17, 2018 /CNW/ - Samaritan's Purse Canada is sending trained Canadian staff to work alongside our U.S. colleagues in helping tens of thousands of people victimized by Hurricane Florence. Three U.S.

1:53 Estiman en millones de yenes pérdidas por terremoto en norte de Japón

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 20:16:00 +0200prensa-latina (es)

17 de septiembre de 2018, 13:53 Tokio, 17 sep (PL) Las autoridades de la prefectura japonesa de Hokkaido estimaron hoy en casi 40 mil millones de yenes los daños causados en los sectores agrícola, forestal y pesquero por el reciente terremoto en esa región.

Japanese City of Sapporo will not Bid for Winter Olympics in 2026

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 20:03:00 +0200plenglish (en)

Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep 17 (PL) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed today not to include the city of Sapporo, Japan , in the bid to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2026. The decision ensued after an analysis of IOC with its representation in Japan and the local government, on....

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:48:00 +0200680news (en)

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, people walk by a poster for the Sapporo Asian Winter Games, displayed at the main media center in Sapporo on Japan 's northern island of Hokkaido. The Japanese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake.

Japan's Sapporo will not bid to host 2026 Winter Olympics: IOC

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:28:00 +0200ahram-EN (en)

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows central Sapporo city during blackout after an earthquake hit the area in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan , in this photo taken by Kyodo September 6, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via (REUTERS) The Japanese city of Sapporo will not bid to host the 2026 Winter....

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:16:00 +0200eagletribune (en)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee said Monday the city, which became the first in Asia to host the Winter....

AP - BC-OLY--2026 Bids-Sappor, 0143

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:09:00 +0200nampa (en)

Contributed by NAMPA / Associated Press. Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics <<br /> Eds: APNewsNow. <<br /> LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake.

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:04:00 +0200azcentral (en)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee said Monday the city, which became the first in Asia to host the Winter....

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:54:00 +0200CBC (en)

The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee said Monday the city, which became the first in Asia to host the Winter Olympics in 1972, will now focus on a bid for the 2030 Games.

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:54:00 +0200theolympian (en)

The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee said Monday the city, which became the first in Asia to host the Winter Olympics in 1972, will now focus on a bid for the 2030 Games.

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:51:00 +0200charlotteobserver (en)

The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee said Monday the city, which became the first in Asia to host the Winter Olympics in 1972, will now focus on a bid for the 2030 Games.

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:40:00 +0200star-telegram (en)

The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee said Monday the city, which became the first in Asia to host the Winter Olympics in 1972, will now focus on a bid for the 2030 Games.

Japan's Sapporo will not bid to host 2026 Winter Olympics: IOC

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:35:00 +0200wsau (en)

(Reuters) - The Japan ese city of Sapporo will not bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics after the recent earthquake in Hokkaido, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday, adding that the city would focus on bidding for the 2030 Games. A powerful earthquake rattled the northern Japanese....

Typhoon Mangkhut strikes Hong Kong, literally shakes skyscrapers and blows people down the street

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:34:00 +0200rocketnews24 (en)

Videos show destructive power of storm as winds of over 135 miles per hour lash port city and its neighbor to the north. Early September brought two large natural disasters to Japan , with and an earthquake rattling Hokkaido just two days later . Since then, Mother Nature has given Japan a break, but....

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:34:00 +0200tri-cityherald (en)

The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee said Monday the city, which became the first in Asia to host the Winter Olympics in 1972, will now focus on a bid for the 2030 Games.

Sapporo ends bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:33:00 +0200heraldonline (en)

The Japan ese city of Sapporo has dropped its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics following a recent earthquake. After meeting with Sapporo representatives, the International Olympic Committee said Monday the city, which became the first in Asia to host the Winter Olympics in 1972, will now focus on a bid for the 2030 Games.

Japan’s Sapporo will not bid to host 2026 Winter Olympics: IOC

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:25:00 +0200oann (en)

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows central Sapporo city during blackout after an earthquake hit the area in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan , in this photo taken by Kyodo September 6, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File Photo. September 17, 2018.

WA is smack-bang in the middle of a tectonic plate, so why does it get so many earthquakes?

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:15:00 +0200abc-au (en)

The largest was the 6.5-magnitude quake at Meckering in 1968 that injured 20 and left hundreds of families homeless. But Western Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate, so how do earthquakes even happen here in the first place? No fault line doesn't mean no worries.

Why does WA get the country's largest tremors?

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:30:00 +0200abc-au (en)

on Sunday afternoon. West Australian town of Walpole, about 430 kilometres south-east of Perth, with tremors felt as far away as Perth and Albany No serious damage was reported, but the quake was considered "uncommonly large". Some of the largest recorded earthquakes across Australia have happened in WA.

Abe eyes cabinet reshuffle in early Oct if elected PM for 3rd term

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 00:35:00 +0200japantoday (en)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to reshuffle his cabinet and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership in early October if elected later this month as party head and premier for a third straight term, senior administration officials said. Abe will also consult with the party and the....

Tokio 2020 afronta riesgos de tifones y terremotos

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 19:44:00 +0200emisorasunidas (es)

El inspector del Comité Olímpico Internacional asignado para los Juegos de Tokio de 2020 advirtió el miércoles que el poderoso tifón y el mortal terremoto que afectaron a Japón en los últimos 10 días representan una advertencia a los organizadores de la justa.

Dealing with disaster in Japan

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 12:01:00 +0200japantimes (en)

It’s been a tough month for Japan . First the biggest typhoon in 25 years blew through the western region, then a major earthquake in Hokkaido swiftly followed. Both wreaked havoc and recovery is still in process. This month, On Tech takes a look at apps offering disaster prevention information and....

Quake reveals Japan woefully unprepared to help foreigners

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 07:50:00 +0200BangkokPost (en)

TOKYO: The powerful earthquake that hit Japan 's popular tourist destination of Hokkaido, the country's northernmost main island, has highlighted a lack of preparedness to provide information to foreign visitors in a time of a disaster. With the number of foreign visitors expected to grow ahead of....

Hokkaido hotels hit by 500,000 guest cancellations due to earthquake

Sat, 15 Sep 2018 06:19:00 +0200straitstimesSG (en)

According to the Japan Ryokan and Hotel Association's Hokkaido branch, the cancellation of accommodation for 500,000 people will have an economic impact of 10 billion yen. This figure is expected to increase as the branch collects more data from accommodation facilities.

Un sismo de magnitud 5,6 sacude Japón

Sat, 15 Sep 2018 02:50:00 +0200rt-es (es)

Este sábado, un terremoto de magnitud 5,6 ha sido registrado cerca de las costas del archipiélago de Okinawa, en el sur de Japón, según informa el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS por sus siglas en inglés). El foco se ha localizado a 167 kilómetros al este de la ciudad de Nago, a 5,9 kilómetros de profundidad.

Hokkaido races to secure power supplies before cold weather sets in

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 23:50:00 +0200japantoday (en)

Japan is racing to secure power supplies ahead of winter after a devastating quake left 41 people dead and damaged generating stations on the northern island of Hokkaido, where temperatures regularly drop well below zero in colder months. Although the government has eased an initial 20 percent....

Tsunami that vanished off radar in 2003 still stumps scientists

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 23:16:00 +0200nypost (en)

A huge tsunami was spotted in the South China Sea barrelling towards Hong Kong in 2003. The vast wave was ten times the size of the Boxing Day Indian Ocean Tsunami the following year which killed at least 230,000 people – and there were four of them. It had the potential to decimate the city of 7....

Osaka envoy commits suicide

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:22:00 +0200taipeitimes (en)

Su Chii-cherng (蘇啟誠), director-general of the Osaka branch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, committed suicide early yesterday at his residence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, just one week after his office was accused of indifference to the plight of Taiwanese stranded in the area in the wake of Typhoon Jebi.

GHOST TSUNAMI Massive wave spotted heading towards Hong Kong only to vanish from radar

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:29:00 +0200thesun (en)

A HUGE tsunami was spotted in the South China Sea barrelling towards Hong Kong in 2003. The vast wave was ten times the size of the Boxing Day Indian Ocean Tsunami the following year which killed at least 230,000 people – and there were four of them. Scientists were baffled when the tsunami....

GHOST TSUNAMI Massive wave spotted heading towards Hong Kong only to vanish from radar THE four enormous walls of water were barrelling towards the east coast of China with a force ten times greater that the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004. Scientists were baffled when the tsunami suddenly disappeared of the radar, and there now dozens of conspiracy theories flitting around the internet.

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:27:00 +0200thesun (en)

Scientists were baffled when the tsunami suddenly disappeared of the radar, and there now dozens of conspiracy theories flitting around the internet. The waves were described as “gargantuan” and “spanning an entire ocean” by journalist, Andrew Gough. When experts measured the waves they calculated that they must be at least 500 feet high.