Land of the Rising Water

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

Friday, April 25, 2014

News in Japan - April

GEJET:
Tsunami debris disposal completed on schedule in Miyagi, Iwate
Fukushima children start school in Nagano as part of special project
79 U.S. sailors sue TEPCO over radiation during Operation Tomodachi
Tsunami survival by the numbers

USA:
NASA radar watches over California's aging levees
Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge: A Comprehensive Strategy for Hoboken

Netherlands:

Increasing height of river levees necessary to prevent disaster (Dutch)

Other:

Climate impacts 'overwhelming' - UN
Water logging in the Coastal Plain of Zhejiang Province China
M8.2 - 95km NW of Iquique, Chile
M7.6 - 19km S of Iquique, Chile
French scientists are working on an acoustic earthquake shield

Vulnerable people:
Two detainees die at immigration center
Only 1 in 7 Japanese scientists are women: study

Karina at 12:50 PM
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