Fukushima News 10/15/13: *Monster Storm*-Typhoon Wipha Heading For Fukushima

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Fukushima News 10/15/13: Monster Storm-Typhoon Wipha Heading For Fukushima

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Published on Oct 15, 2013

"Once-in-a-decade typhoon" on path for Fukushima — Top Official: Giant tanks of nuclear-contaminated waste at risk of being destroyed — Winds near 200 kilometers per hour — Gov't: Water can be released into ocean — WSJ: 'Monster' bearing down on plant

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Typhoon Wipha heading toward Tokyo
The large and powerful typhoon Wipha is making its way toward central and eastern Japan. It is forecast to pass very close to the Kanto region, which includes Tokyo, and may make landfall on Wednesday morning.
Japan's Meteorological Agency is advising people to stay home as much as possible, and to evacuate if necessary before the wind and rain intensifies.
As of 7 PM on Tuesday, the typhoon was moving north-northeast at 40 kilometers per hour, over the sea at a position 420 kilometers south of Shionomisaki in central Japan.
It had a central atmospheric pressure reading of 950 hectopascals, and was packing winds of up to 144 kilometers per hour near its center.
The approaching typhoon is expected to destabilize atmospheric conditions over wide areas from northern to western Japan. There is a high chance of heavy rains, lightning and gusty winds, including possible tornadoes.
Torrential rains of more than 50 millimeters per hour are forecast for many areas, and some places may get as much as 80 millimeters per hour.
The Tokai region in central Japan is expected to get up to 400 millimeters of rain by Wednesday evening.

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A team of radiation experts from a UN nuclear watchdog is in Japan to advise the Japanese government on efforts to decontaminate areas around the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima.
The group from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for a week-long visit to Japan.
The team's leader, Juan Carlos Lentijo, met reporters on Monday.
He listed effective reduction of radiation levels and how to dispose of contaminated soil as the key points in restoring the environment.

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The shipment of whitebait caught in waters off Fukushima Prefecture has resumed for the first time since the nuclear accident there.
On Monday, the Soma Futaba fishery cooperative shipped 900 kilograms of whitebait caught on a test basis on Friday.

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South Korea plans to join Japan and a UN nuclear agency in the monitoring of radioactivity in seawater near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se made the announcement in parliament on Monday.

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