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Tropical Storm Talas leaves 29 dead, 56 missing in Japan

Junko Ogura and Yoko Wakatsuki
CNN
Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:24 UTC
japan,flood
© Getty Images
Rescue workers search for missing people amongst a destroyed house caused by floodwaters in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, in western Japan.
Tokyo -- The death toll from Talas, which swept across western Japan, has risen to 29, local authorities said Monday.

Another 56 people are missing, according to a tally of casualties compiled from various prefectural police.

The storm unleashed record rainfall that triggered landslides and flooding.

The Japan Meteorological Agency briefly classified the storm as a typhoon before it made landfall. But the Joint Typhoon Warning Center recorded the storm making landfall in Japan as a tropical storm.
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Northern Sumatra - Earthquake Magnitude 6.6


USGS
Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:17 UTC
Sumatra Quake_050911
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Earthquake Location
Date-Time:
Monday, September 05, 2011 at 17:55:13 UTC

Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at 12:55:13 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
2.973°N, 97.997°E

Depth:
110.1 km (68.4 miles)

Region:
NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Distances:
99 km (62 miles) SW (227°) from Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia

167 km (104 miles) NNW (328°) from Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia

375 km (233 miles) SW (224°) from Pinang, Malaysia

412 km (256 miles) W (268°) from KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
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Tonga - Earthquake Magnitude 6.3


USGS
Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:49 UTC
Tonga Quake_050911
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Earthquake Location
Date-Time:
Monday, September 05, 2011 at 09:51:59 UTC

Monday, September 05, 2011 at 10:51:59 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
15.291°S, 173.618°W

Depth:
27.2 km (16.9 miles)

Region:
TONGA

Distances:
73 km (45 miles) NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

254 km (157 miles) SW of APIA, Samoa

326 km (202 miles) WSW of PAGO PAGO, American Samoa

2653 km (1648 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
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Phoenix

US: Wind-driven fires kill woman, child in East Texas


The Associated Press
Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00 UTC
Image
© LM Otero / AP
A house burns in an area near Fort Worth, one of over several dozen sites where fires are burning in Texas.
A longtime Texas sheriff says it was the fastest-moving fire he has ever seen. Six homes were toppled within minutes, including one trailer where a woman and her 18-month-old daughter were killed because they couldn't escape in time.

Authorities said the fires, including the one that killed the two people Sunday near the East Texas community of Gladewater, were propelled partly by the high winds caused by Tropical Storm Lee. Neighborhoods across eastern and central parts of the state were reporting widespread damage covering thousands of acres.

"The houses that were in its path on this particular roadway were taken out," Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano said. "There were many other houses that the fire got right up to the porch."

The 20-year-old woman and her child were found dead near the bathroom of their trailer home just outside Gladewater, about 120 miles east of Dallas and 60 miles west of Shreveport, La. A male occupant of the home sustained minor burns but was able to escape, and he frantically searched for the others, Cerliano said.
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Bizarro Earth

China: Mysterious Fish Kills Strike Fujian


China Daily
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:55 UTC
Dead Fishes
© Wei Peiquan / Xinhua
A fisherman in Gutian county, Fujian province, checks his pond, which is covered by dead fish.

Xiamen - Fish farms along the Minjiang River in the Shuikou Township section of East China's Fujian province have been hit by a wave of fish kills in recent days, but the cause has yet to be determined, local authorities said on Sunday.

Some 9,000 tanks of fish, including about 8,000 in Shuikou town and some 1,000 in Huangtian town, were reported dead as of Saturday, according to a release from the government of Gutian county, which administers the two townships.

One tank usually holds 3,500 to 5,000 fish.

"We're calculating the number of the dead fish and economic losses," said Zeng Lisheng, a Gutian publicity officer.

The river's Shuikou section is Fujian's largest freshwater fish cultivation base, and it provides local markets with about 100,000 kilograms of fish a day during harvest seasons.

Zeng said that local fishery and environmental protection departments are investigating the case and examining the water, but the reasons for the fish die-offs are unknown.

"We're mobilizing people, ships and vehicles to scoop up the dead fish, and we will bury them deeply under nearby hills with quicklime to prevent them from harming the environment," he said.
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Phoenix

US: Strong winds whip up wildfires in central Texas


CNN
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:56 UTC
The largest of the fires whipping through central Texas is in Bastrop County, shown here on Sunday
© CNN
The largest of the fires whipping through central Texas is in Bastrop County, shown here on Sunday
Strong winds whipped up several wildfires in central Texas Sunday, threatening homes and forcing some residents to evacuate.

The largest of the fires is in Bastrop County, southeast of Austin, said Lexi Maxwell, a spokeswoman with the Texas Forest Service. The blaze has so far scorched some 14,000 acres and is threatening about 1,000 homes, she said.

It forced parts of state highways 71 and 21 to shut and additional road closures are expected, Maxwell said.

Julian Ochoa, 23, was evacuated from a Bastrop subdivision Sunday afternoon. He said he grabbed his dog, a toothbrush, his birth certificate and a few pictures.
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Bizarro Earth

Vanuatu - Earthquake Magnitude 6.1


USGS
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:03 UTC
Vanuatu Quake_040911
© USGS
Earthquake Location
Date-Time:
Sunday, September 04, 2011 at 21:44:21 UTC

Monday, September 05, 2011 at 08:44:21 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
19.156°S, 168.696°E

Depth:
59.4 km (36.9 miles)

Region:
VANUATU

Distances:
73 km (45 miles) NW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu

163 km (101 miles) SSE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu

278 km (172 miles) NNE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

1848 km (1148 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
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US: Tropical Storm Lee Spawns Tornadoes on Gulf Coast

Kelli Dugan
Reuters
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:40 UTC
Image
© Reuters
Waters flood the streets near a gas station as Tropical Storm Lee slowly makes landfall in Lafitte, Louisiana September 4, 2011
Mobile, Alabama - Tropical Storm Lee spawned tornado sightings and alerts from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to the Florida panhandle on Sunday, and at least one death was reported from a traffic accident related to the storm.

More than a dozen tornado sightings were reported, and tornado warnings were in effect Sunday afternoon for portions of Baldwin and Mobile counties in southwest Alabama and Greene, Jasper, Perry and Wayne counties in southern Mississippi, according to the National Weather Service.

Weather officials had not confirmed any tornadoes touching down in the area on Sunday afternoon, but were tracking at least three twisters and funnel clouds near Mobile, Alabama, and central Mississippi near Hattiesburg.

Tornado watches stretched from southeast Mississippi, through a dozen counties in southwest Alabama and several more in the Florida Panhandle. Tornado watches also reached into southwest Georgia on Sunday afternoon, set to expire late in the evening, as rain from Lee edged eastward.
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Cloud Lightning

Japan hit by powerful typhoon


The Guardian
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:41 UTC
Image
© AP
Part of the railway bridge over the Nachi river in Nachikatsuura town was swept away by river torrents as typhoon Talas unleashed heavy rains across Japan.
Heavy rains and landslides leave 20 dead and many missing as flooded rivers and collapsed bridges hamper rescue operations

At least 20 people have been killed and 50 others missing in Japan after the country's western coast was hit by typhoon Talas on Sunday.

The typhoon has unleashed heavy rains, triggering landslides, and is slowly moving north. The government has ordered evacuation of 460,000 people in western and central Japan. Hundreds of people are still stranded as the rescue efforts are being hampered by flooded rivers and collapsed bridges, local agencies report.

The typhoon has caused record amount of rainfall in some areas, making it the worst storm to hit the country since 2004.

Talas has damaged Nijojo castle, designated as an important cultural treasure and a popular tourist attraction in the ancient city of Kyoto.
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Typhoon Talas leaves deaths and landslides in Japan

Steve Chao
Al Jazeera
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:26 UTC
Typhoon Talas has triggered flooding and landslides across Japan leaving at least 17 people dead over the weekend with more than 40 still missing.


In some areas a record 18 cm of rain fell in just 24 hours after the tropical storm hit the island of Shikoku in western Japan at around 01:00 GMT and was moving north at a slow pace, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

The agency expects the storm to finish passing through Japan later on Sunday and continue heading north into the Sea of Japan.
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