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Scientists at Kobe University say it is "not an overstatement" to predict a natural disaster could leave Japan "extinct," reports the New Zealand Herald. Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:48:00 +0100 nydailynews en nydailynews-95927071f662332bc7cf6be4805e142a NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 20141026184800 http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/26/japan-extinct-huge-volcanic-eruption-could-wipe-out-country-4922308/ Scientists at Kobe University have been analysing the risk of a natural disaster. Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:54:00 +0100 metro-uk en metro-uk-fdffd5a811c10e0869161a4527f9317a NaturalDisasters 36.648708 138.192307 20141026165400 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11348573&ref=rss Japan could be wiped off the face of the earth by a massive volcanic eruption some time in the next century killing almost all of its 127million inhabitants, according to a new study.Experts analysing the eruption patterns of volcanoes... Sun, 26 Oct 2014 06:27:00 +0100 nzherald en nzherald-55e14331843b4eb517d9ba1f360fd271 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 20141026062700 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2807549/Japan-destroyed-100-years-giant-volcanic-eruption-scientists-claim.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Researchers from Kobe University, Japan, say it is 'no overstatement' to say that an eruption could kill 95 per cent of the country's 127million inhabitants, and that the disaster could happen 'at any moment'. Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:08:00 +0200 mailonsunday en mailonsunday-1f1b0400849aadc34a5a9ff153ee9289 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 20141025180800 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2807549/Japan-destroyed-100-years-giant-volcanic-eruption-scientists-claim.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Researchers from Kobe University, Japan, say it is 'no overstatement' to say that an eruption could kill 95 per cent of the country's 127million inhabitants, and that the disaster could happen 'at any moment'. Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:51:00 +0200 dailymail en dailymail-40ec254427a9c93eb33db957219155fc NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 20141025165100 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2807549/Japan-destroyed-100-years-giant-volcanic-eruption-scientists-claim.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Researchers from Kobe University, Japan, say it is 'no overstatement' to say that an eruption could kill 95 per cent of the country's 127million inhabitants, and that the disaster could happen 'at any moment'. Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:19:00 +0200 mailonsunday en mailonsunday-71782473283013ce266bf7cc7edc18f4 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 20141025141900 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2807549/Japan-destroyed-100-years-giant-volcanic-eruption-scientists-claim.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Researchers from Kobe University, Japan, say it is 'no overstatement' to say that an eruption could kill 95 per cent of the country's 127million inhabitants, and that the disaster could happen 'at any moment'. Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:42:00 +0200 dailymail en dailymail-71782473283013ce266bf7cc7edc18f4 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 20141025134200 http://www.thenewage.co.za/Detail.aspx?news_id=141062&cat_id=1020 Japan's plan to restart nuclear reactors shut down after the Fukushima disaster will not be affected by Monday's resignation of the industry min Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:36:00 +0200 thenewage en thenewage-8bb69688dca69b22721e02708f2e44ed ManMadeDisasters NaturalDisasters 31.570539 130.552505 35.931301 137.786102 35.6831 139.809 20141020093600 http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-162233-Powerful-typhoon-churns-towards-Japan TOKYO: Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:25:00 +0200 thenews-pk en thenews-pk-202a340e9d85cecae86a4018274595b6 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 26.20483 127.692398 20141012042500 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/10/12/2003601893 Powerful Typhoon Vongfong yesterday hit Japan, injuring at least 20 people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain. The monster storm was about 110km southeast of Naha City in Japan’s southernmost area of Okinawa at 8am GMT yesterday, according to the nation’s meteorological agency. Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:01:00 +0200 taipeitimes en taipeitimes-0fad5cc429926e90339fabf764842148 NaturalDisasters 58.1733333 27.4402778 26.4956867417201 127.966421510425 20141011190100 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/typhoon-vongfong-disrupts-flights-knocks-out-power-1.2796005?cmp=rss Powerful Typhoon Vongfong moved slowly towards Japan's Okinawa island chain on Saturday, packing heavy winds that disrupted flights and knocked out power. Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:11:00 +0200 CBC en CBC-260edd5e010a853cebe91135abeb4ba6 NaturalDisasters 58.1733333 27.4402778 26.4956867417201 127.966421510425 -5.83333 -37.45 20141011131100 http://phys.org/news/2014-10-powerful-typhoon-churns-japan.html Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain. Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:06:00 +0200 phys en phys-5126c6a2f2329d62e63302ac9f8c47bc NaturalDisasters 58.1733333 27.4402778 26.4956867417201 127.966421510425 20141011120600 http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/437057/powerful-typhoon-approaches-japan TOKYO - Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain. Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:33:00 +0200 BangkokPost en BangkokPost-0d8739e4fa28a4422255b6b798230c7b NaturalDisasters 58.1733333 27.4402778 26.4956867417201 127.966421510425 20141011093300 http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/10/11/powerful-typhoon-churns-towards-japan Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain. Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:55:00 +0200 sbs en sbs-3fa868f1fc63f1b79a889c585fd24f14 NaturalDisasters 58.1733333 27.4402778 26.4956867417201 127.966421510425 20141011085500 http://www.geo.tv/article-162233-Powerful-typhoon-churns-towards-Japan TOKYO: Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:19:00 +0200 geo-tv en geo-tv-1deec7f5cfdcc59b1bea1c7bf5080805 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 26.20483 127.692398 20141011081900 http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/powerful-typhoon-churns-towards-japan/article1-1274119.aspx Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:31:00 +0200 HindustanTimes en HindustanTimes-51626df65dde67b8e9999bafe57c1db0 NaturalDisasters 58.1733333 27.4402778 26.4956867417201 127.966421510425 20141011073100 http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/10/11/powerful-typhoon-churns-towards-japan/ TOKYO - Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain. The monster storm was about 200 kilometres (125 miles) southeast of Naha City in Japan's southernmost area of.... Sat, 11 Oct 2014 06:58:00 +0200 manilastandardtoday en manilastandardtoday-3d6ab2ae0f5cb8f712180215eacf16c6 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 26.20483 127.692398 20141011065800 http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/150710-powerful-typhoon-churns-towards-japan Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan on Saturday, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain. The monster storm was about 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Naha City in Japan's southernmost area of Okinawa at.... Sat, 11 Oct 2014 06:51:00 +0200 naharnet-en en naharnet-en-de7ec29005b5b241b78e54d0d7ca485d NaturalDisasters 58.1733333 27.4402778 26.4956867417201 127.966421510425 20141011065100 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2788543/super-typhoon-vongfong-set-unleash-120mph-winds-japan-astronaut-seeing-space-says-ve-never-seen-like.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman tweeted this striking picture of Typhoon Vongfong, which is expected to make landfall on Japan's southern islands at some point this weekend. Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:07:00 +0200 mailonsunday en mailonsunday-2377392c44dae0bd0ddad3f248e36df1 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 20141010230700 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2788543/super-typhoon-vongfong-set-unleash-120mph-winds-japan-astronaut-seeing-space-says-ve-never-seen-like.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman tweeted this striking picture of Typhoon Vongfong, which is expected to make landfall on Japan's southern islands at some point this weekend. Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:53:00 +0200 dailymail en dailymail-9966cc4a3bd5a917aea8b592e0633f3a NaturalDisasters 14.6096 121.006 35.6831 139.809 20141010215300 http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/japan-braces-as-super-typhoon-vongfong-powers-north-1.1396744?utm_content=1.1396744&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign=Japan_braces_as_super_typhoon_Vongfong_powers_north&localLinksEnabled=false&utm_term=News_RSS_feed Threatens to rake a wide swathe of the nation with strong winds and torrential rain Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:51:00 +0200 gulfnews en gulfnews-343e45c7864ed28d4f08e44b2eba2bf8 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 -5.83333 -37.45 20141010135100 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/10/uk-japan-typhoon-idUKKCN0HZ0HL20141010?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan was bracing on Friday for its strongest storm this year, a super typhoon powering north towards the Okinawa island chain that threatens to rake a wide swathe of the nation with strong winds and torrential rain. Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:42:00 +0200 reuters en reuters-66c975534ed9d0b06e62b173928fac31 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 -5.83333 -37.45 20141010094200 http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2014/10/10/Japan-braces-as-super-typhoon-Vongfong-powers-north/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan was bracing on Friday for its strongest storm this year, a super typhoon powering north towards the Okinawa island chain that threatens to rake a wide swathe of the nation with strong winds and torrential rain. Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:36:00 +0200 thestar-my en thestar-my-082ff59a86867ffdbc62da9834aeed66 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 -5.83333 -37.45 20141010093600 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-braces-for-strongest-storm-this-year Japan was bracing on Friday for its strongest storm this year, a super typhoon powering north toward the Okinawa island chain that threatens to rake a wide swathe of the nation with strong winds and torrential rain. Vongfong, which at one point rivaled last year's devastating typhoon Haiyan in.... Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:12:00 +0200 japantoday en japantoday-a97473a90a6f5c10d9f54d9303da3322 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 -5.83333 -37.45 20141010091200 http://finance.detik.com/read/2014/11/01/155947/2736315/4/tetangga-menteri-susi-bu-susi-sering-kasih-uang-lebaran Jakarta -Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Susi Pudjiastuti memiliki cerita positif di mata tetangganya. Susi sendiri menempati rumah dan kantor yang berlokasi di Jalan Merdeka, Pangandaran, Jawa Barat. Salah satu tetangga Susi bernama Lela mengenal sosok menteri yang tak lulus bangku pendidikan.... Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:48:00 +0100 detikcom id detikcom-161f900aeb08f4e4587f151d5553dca6 NaturalDisasters -6.83113193556076 107.324057460148 20141101104800 http://www.haveeru.com.mv/south_asia/57285 KOSLANDA, Sri Lanka, Oct 31, 2014 (AFP) - Sniffer dogs were deployed Friday to search for mudslide victims in Sri Lanka as survivors said they had seen warning signs of the disaster, such as cracks in the ground and livestock fleeing. An estimated 100 people are still listed as missing, according to.... Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:55:00 +0100 haveeru en haveeru-a304054d9cf04753a1258573b324bc08 NaturalDisasters 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 34.147678 -85.684219 28.5687 77.2168 20141101065500 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-31/landslide-survivor-saw-sri-lankan-villagers-swept-away.html Sri Lankan residents stand outside a damaged building at the site of a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains in Koslanda village in central Sri Lanka today. A landslide warning had been in operation since last night in Badulla and adjoining hill town of Nuwara Eliya, which is frequented by tourists. Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:38:00 +0100 bloomberg en bloomberg-8243f0e587b8cb486edf9aebab6cf294 NaturalDisasters 6.970759 80.78318 6.984682 81.056473 20141101003800 http://www.sabah.com.tr/dunya/2014/11/01/kayip-200-kisi-icin-son-care-kopekler Sri Lanka'da 200 kişiyi yutan toprak kaymasında eğer köpekli arama çalışmalarından da sonuç alınmazsa iş makineleri devreye girecek! Muson yağmurlarının tetiklediği heyelan yüzünden yakın tarihinin en büyük felaketlerinden birini yaşayan Sri Lanka'da, toprak altında kalanlar için ümitler tükenme noktasına geldi. Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0100 sabah tr sabah-120eb9cbbf7aab336c9e6d666d9de513 NaturalDisasters 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 20141101000000 http://www.biobiochile.cl/2014/11/01/sismo-6-0-se-registro-al-sur-de-isla-de-pascua.shtml ¿Qué sientes con esta noticia? 0 felicidad; 0 sorpresa; 0 indiferencia; 0 tristeza; 0 enojo Erasmo Tauran Un sismo que no reúne condiciones para generar un tsunami se registró a las 7:59 horas de este sábado, en el océano Pacífico, al sur de la Isla de Pascua. Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:46:00 +0100 biobiochile es biobiochile-02cf6ffee0090b4ca003a8eed8d8f803 NaturalDisasters 38.9051 -77.0162 -33.475 -70.6475 20141101124600 http://www.latercera.com/noticia/nacional/2014/11/680-602752-9-sismo-de-mediana-intensidad-se-registro-al-sur-de-la-isla-de-pascua.shtml El movimiento no reúne las características necesarias para generar un Tsunami en la isla o en las costas de Chile continental. por Camila Díaz - 01/11/2014 - 09:14. Cerca de las 8:00 de esta mañana un sismo de 6 grados en la escala de Richter se produjo a 544 kilómetros de la Isla de Pascua, según reportó el , USGS por sus siglas en inglés. Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:27:00 +0100 LaTercera es LaTercera-61c0ad727c710beb64cb26003c219a72 UNbodies NaturalDisasters 38.9051 -77.0162 -33.475 -70.6475 20141101132700 http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/11/320271.html 20:33 1 November 2014 FOCUS: Trails of destruction still visible a year on after super typhoon Haiyan. By Ronron Calunsod and Dario Agnote LEYTE, Philippines, Nov. 1, Kyodo. A year on, the trails of destruction wrought by the most ferocious typhoon ever to hit the Philippines are still visible on.... Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:54:00 +0100 kyodonews en kyodonews-43470e1763d242f050c4a3c8c7346ecb NaturalDisasters 11.37315 124.489403 20141101135400 http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/el-mundo/2014/reportan-sismo-de-6-grados-en-la-isla-de-pascua--1050816.html El sismo se sintió en el océano Pácifico; hasta el momento no hay daños materiales o víctimas que lamentar, no hubo alerta de tsunami Un sismo de 6 grados de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter se sintió hoy en el océano Pácifico, al suroeste de la Isla de Pascua, a 3. Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:51:00 +0100 eluniversal-MX es eluniversal-MX-792751c4b78a9ce50f4e35a6cfda15c4 NaturalDisasters 38.9051 -77.0162 20141101135100