News in Japan - September

GEJET:

Radiation fears as report shows Fukushima fir trees to be growing strangely

Bags containing radioactive waster swept away by floods

Japan:

Tokyo ranked 2nd riskiest city in world due to likely natural and other disasters

As Mount Aso blows its top, tourism industry braces for fallout

USA:

Policy: Hurricane Katrina’s lessons for the world

Ten years after Katrina: New Orleans should adopt a flood safety-first strategy
El Niño may accelerate nuisance flooding (USA)

Netherlands:
Floods in Amsterdam after water pipe burst - Overstromingen in Amsterdam-Zuid na gesprongen waterleiding (Dutch)

Inclement weather causes floods and traffic problems (Dutch)

Other:

Behind Deadly Tianjin Blast, Shortcuts and Lax Rules

3 ways the SDGs could fill the shortcomings of the SFDRR

How to get rid of a satellite after its retirement

M8.3 - 46km W of Illapel, Chile

Tsunami alert as Chile hit by powerful earthquake (0.2-1m)

Vulnerable people:

One in six Japanese children live in poverty, threatening their education, future

Documentary looks at why Japanese parents let young kids walk to school by themselves