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FLOODS

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2017
Flooding forces hundreds from homes in San Jose, California
Murky, waist-high floodwaters swamped neighborhoods along a rain-swollen creek in the northern California city of San Jose on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders or advisories for more than 1,000 homes, city officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2017
Biggest storm in five years thrashes Southern California
Southern California cleaned up on Saturday after its biggest storm in years unleashed a wave of rain and snow that killed at least three people and triggered flooding, mudslides, high winds and power outages, officials said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 27, 2016
Seven missing after freak rains drench Australia's outback
Unusual torrential rain in Australia's outback turned the Uluru monolith into a series of cascading waterfalls and triggered flash floods, and seven people are missing including a Japanese tourist who was swept away in a car and an Australian family.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2016
Strength of typhoon weakens but Philippines now braces for floods, mudslides
A typhoon weakened as it cut across the Philippines on Monday with strong winds felling trees and power lines, and authorities warned of flash floods and mudslides. But there were no official reports of casualties.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 13, 2016
Thousands in North Korea at risk months after devastating floods
Thousands of survivors of floods that hit a remote corner of North Korea in August are in need of urgent aid as winter sets in, a senior international aid official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2016
Hurricane-triggered floods strand, imperil hundreds in North Carolina
Hundreds of people were rescued by boat and helicopter as floodwaters inundated North Carolina towns on Monday in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, and officials warned that life-threatening flooding from swollen rivers would continue for days.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 23, 2016
Scientists say world could pass key temperature-rise mark in decade
The planet could pass a key target on world temperature rise in about a decade, prompting accelerating loss of glaciers, steep declines in water availability, worsening land conflicts and deepening poverty, scientists said this week.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 8, 2016
Manhole covers get new mission: predicting floods
Sudden storms called "guerrilla downpours" have been hitting with increasing frequency over the past five decades and are now considered a growing disaster threat.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2016
Don't count on technology to save you in a disaster; planning is better: researchers
Newfound enthusiasm for the latest technologies, such as drones and smartphones, to improve the way aid is provided to people in disasters may be overblown, experts warn.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 14, 2016
Record heat in 2016 nudges Earth toward Paris ceiling
The Earth is so hot this year that a limit for global warming agreed upon by world leaders at a climate summit in Paris just a few months ago is in danger of being breached.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2016
Two dead, thousands evacuated in France flood emergency
Torrential rain forced thousands of people from their homes south of Paris while the River Seine surged to its highest level for over 30 years in the French capital, shutting down the famed Louvre and Orsay museums and a metro line.
WORLD
Jan 3, 2016
Missouri assesses flood damage; other states go on alert as water moves south
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Saturday toured communities ravaged by flooding that killed at least 31 people in several states and forced large-scale evacuations, as the danger of rising waters shifted to Arkansas and beyond.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 31, 2015
U.S. Midwest counts cost from record flooding
Swollen rivers in the U.S. Midwest and other regions brought flood warnings for over 12 million Americans on Wednesday as scores of buildings were submerged after days of intense rain in which 24 people have died.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2015
Missouri flood death toll hits 13 as storms ravage U.S. midsection; quakes knock out power
Missouri residents struggled through a fourth straight day of storms on Tuesday, fighting rising floodwaters that inundated homes, forced evacuations and closed highways and even part of the Mississippi River.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2015
Troops aid evacuations in flood-ravaged northern England
British soldiers helped evacuate hundreds of people from rising floodwaters in the historic city of York on Sunday, after heavy rainfall inundated towns and cities across northern England.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 21, 2015
Joso disaster prompts ministry rethink of flood control, prediction policies
On Dec. 11, the land ministry released a new policy vision for dealing with floods in response to September's typhoon-triggered breach of the Kinugawa River, which inundated residential areas of Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, stranding thousands for hours, and some for days.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2015
Typhoon Melor bearing down on central Philippines, threatening 4-meter storm surge
Authorities shut schools and suspended fishing and ferry services in the central Philippines on Monday as a category 3 typhoon barreled along the eastern seaboard, dumping heavy rain that could cause flooding and landslides.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2015
Forget 'smart' new cities; India needs old ones to be less dumb
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has grand designs to build 100 futuristic "smart" cities in India, but as this week's devastating flooding in Chennai shows, fixing today's accident-prone metropolises appears to be the more pressing task.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2015
Indian Army battles deadly flooding to rescue survivors
Floods that have killed 210 people in southern India began to recede on Thursday, giving rescue teams a chance to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by the heaviest cloudburst in the city of Chennai in over a century.

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