Land of the Rising Water

Flood disaster management practices and vulnerability in Japan, the Netherlands and elsewhere.

Friday, June 29, 2012

News in Japan - June

GEJET
US tsunami wreck sightseers mull Japan 'tragedy'
March 2011 saw public lose faith in scientists

Japan
Nature's fury gets Japanese to bond at the dining table
Married women want to work
Japanese city could watch animals for tsunami signs
Tokyo's wooden houses a key quake risk
Tornado in Tsukuba rated as strongest ever
Why Japan prefers pets to parenthood
Japan's forgotten children
Heavy rain hits Nagasaki, Miyazaki, Kumamoto prefectures
150,000 ordered to evacuate as typhoon hits Japan
Typhoon downgraded to extra tropical cyclone after extensive flooding, transport havoc

Netherlands
Dutch town hit by tornado (Dutch)
Waalkade Nijmegen unstable (Dutch)
Waalkade reopened for traffic (Dutch)
Firemen East Netherlands busy due to bad weather (Dutch)
KNMI warns for extreme weather (Dutch)
Locally much nuisance due to bad weather (Dutch)Lightning strikes led to fires at several houses, and disrupted train traffic. 

Other
Sea level will rise a minimum of 75 cm this century (Dutch)
Karina at 10:11 AM
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