4 tonnes of rainwater with radiation leaked at Japan's Fukushima plant

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 22:06:00 +0200scmp (en)

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said yesterday that four tonnes of rainwater contaminated with low levels of radiation leaked during an operation to transfer the water between tank holding areas.

Will Korea Escape Typhoons This Year?

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:12:00 +0200chosun (en)

This could be Korea's first typhoon-free year in four years unless the country is hit in October. Since observations began in 1904, only four full years passed without impacts from typhoons -- in 1920, 1947, 1988 and 2009. Although typhoons caused high waves far out at sea in June ...

Typhoon Wutip: 75 Missing in South China Sea, Vietnam Braces for Landfall

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:43:00 +0200ibtimes-au (en)

Typhoon Twenty, also called Wutip, is the strongest to hit Vietnam this year and it follows Typhoon Usagi, which killed more than 30 people in the Philippines and earlier in September. The typhoon, with maximum sustained speed of 90 miles per hour, is expected to make landfall on Vietnam's central coast on Monday.

Typhoon Wutip: 75 Missing in South China Sea, Vietnam Braces for Landfall

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:37:00 +0200ibtimes-uk (en)

More than 75 Chinese fishermen are missing as a powerful category 1 typhoon sank at least two vessels near the Paracel Islands in South China Sea. Meanwhile, Vietnamese authorities have said they are evacuating tens of thousands of people from vulnerable areas.

Never Again-Hurricane Flora Say Tobagonians 50 years later

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:04:00 +0200thetobagonews (en)

Monday, September 30 2013 marks 50 years since Hurricane Flora devastated Tobago and left over twenty Tobagonians dead from its ferocious winds and driving rain. Fifty years ago, the terror unleashed by Flora left psychological scars on all those who experienced those hours of dread, from mid-morning to late afternoon.