Land of the Rising Water

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

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

News in Japan - July

GEJET
Floating Wind Turbine Arrives in Fukushima
Japanese 'miracle' pine returns to tsunami-hit town
Japan's tsunami debris litters Canadian shore
Regulators suspect toxic water at Fukushima plant contaminating sea
Steam seen coming out of Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor building
Operator of crippled Japan nuke plant says likely that radioactive water leaking into sea
Fukushima reactor site engulfed by steam

Floods in Europe
Placing Flood Mitigation On Four Pillars: Conclusions from 2013 Central European Floods
Atmospheric Rivers Set to Increase UK Winter Flooding

Japan
Study finds massive earthquakes caused volcanoes to sink
SDF holds drill for Nankai Trough earthquake
Japan’s new direction on climate change
Japan braces for exceptionally hot summer
Major temblor could trigger Fuji eruption

Netherlands
Earthquake in Groningen (Dutch)
Concerns for shaking levees after earthquake (Dutch)

Social
Ethnic tension is an unresolved problem in Japan
Tokyo’s elderly account for more shoplifting than teens
Homeless Japanese citizens seen being denied the right to vote
OECD Urges Japan to Raise Female Employment

Other
Tips For Surviving A Mega-Disaster
Important New Science on Melting Glaciers
Thousands of Years of Rising Seas
Changes Proposed to New Orleans Area Levee Systems

Karina at 2:29 PM
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