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Earth Watch Report – Sunday August 19th, 2012

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August 19, 2012

Earthquakes

RSOE EDIS

Date/Time (UTC)	Magnitude	Area	Country	State/Prov./Gov.	Location	Risk	Source	Details
19.08.2012 18:50:22	3.0	Europe	Romania		Lopatari		EMSC
19.08.2012 18:50:52	3.1	Europe	Greece	Peloponnese	Limnai		EMSC
19.08.2012 18:41:01	2.8	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Isabela	Isabela		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 19:05:33	2.4	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 17:45:43	2.5	Europe	France	Rhône-Alpes	Le Pouzin		EMSC
19.08.2012 16:45:25	3.1	Europe	Romania		Marasheshty		EMSC
19.08.2012 18:10:31	4.6	Indonesian archipelago	Papua New Guinea	East Sepik	Angoram		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 18:51:11	4.6	Indonesian Archipelago	Papua New Guinea	East Sepik	Angoram		EMSC
19.08.2012 16:20:35	2.0	North America	United States	California	Potter Valley		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 16:10:30	2.3	North America	United States	Washington	Black Diamond		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 16:45:46	2.0	Asia	Turkey	Denizli	Bozkurt		EMSC
19.08.2012 15:50:41	2.5	Middle America	Mexico	Baja California	Alberto Oviedo Mota		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 15:35:27	2.7	North America	United States	Washington	Entiat		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 15:45:24	3.2	Asia	Turkey	Antalya	Beykonak		EMSC
19.08.2012 15:45:44	2.1	Asia	Turkey	Van	Yuvacik		EMSC
19.08.2012 15:46:05	4.5	North-America	United States	Alaska	King Cove		EMSC
19.08.2012 15:15:28	4.6	North America	United States	Alaska	King Cove		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 14:40:51	4.2	Middle-East	Iran	East Azarbaijan	Ahar		EMSC
19.08.2012 14:05:39	4.1	Middle East	Iran	East Azarbaijan	Ahar		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 13:35:26	2.2	Europe	Italy	Sicily	Rodi		EMSC
19.08.2012 13:35:52	2.3	Europe	Italy	Emilia-Romagna	Predappio Alta		EMSC
19.08.2012 13:15:26	2.5	North America	United States	Arkansas	Greenbrier		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 16:25:57	2.5	North America	United States	Arkansas	Greenbrier		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 13:36:15	2.7	Asia	Turkey	Bal?kesir	Ivrindi		EMSC
19.08.2012 12:31:29	2.4	North America	United States	California	Mount Laguna		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 12:15:28	3.6	North America	United States	Hawaii	Volcano		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 12:31:55	4.5	North America	Canada	British Columbia	Tofino		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 12:30:20	4.5	North-America	Canada	British Columbia	Tofino		EMSC
19.08.2012 11:50:35	4.8	Asia	India	Assam	Dhekiajuli		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 12:31:05	5.0	Asia	India	Assam	Dhekiajuli		EMSC
19.08.2012 12:10:25	3.1	North America	Canada	British Columbia	Tofino		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 11:30:26	2.3	Asia	Turkey	Van	Toyga		EMSC
19.08.2012 11:30:52	2.0	Asia	Turkey	Manisa	Golmarmara		EMSC
19.08.2012 10:40:29	3.3	North America	United States	Arkansas	Greenbrier		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 10:45:30	3.3	North America	United States	Arkansas	Greenbrier		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 10:25:25	5.6	North-America	Canada	British Columbia	Tofino		EMSC
19.08.2012 10:26:45	5.6	North America	Canada	British Columbia	Tofino		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 10:25:46	5.0	Indonesian Archipelago	Indonesia	Central Sulawesi	Luwuk		EMSC
19.08.2012 09:45:34	4.7	Indonesian archipelago	Indonesia	Central Sulawesi	Luwuk		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 10:26:05	2.4	Asia	Turkey	Van	Yuvacik		EMSC
19.08.2012 09:25:21	2.3	Europe	Italy	Emilia-Romagna	San Prospero		EMSC
19.08.2012 09:15:32	2.0	North America	United States	California	Ojai		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 09:10:33	2.0	North America	United States	California	Santa Paula		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 08:55:24	2.2	North America	United States	California	Pearsonville		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 09:25:43	2.7	Europe	Serbia		Sumulice		EMSC
19.08.2012 08:25:19	2.7	South-America	Chile	Libertador General Bernardo O?Higgins	Machali		EMSC
19.08.2012 07:22:20	4.5	Asia	Russia	Kamtsjatka	Nikol’skoye		USGS-RSOE
19.08.2012 07:20:26	4.5	Europe	Russia	Kamtsjatka	Nikol’skoye		EMSC
19.08.2012 07:20:54	2.6	Asia	Turkey	Bal?kesir	Sindirgi		EMSC
19.08.2012 08:25:45	2.3	Asia	Turkey	Bal?kesir	Sindirgi		EMSC

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Strong quake hits northern Indonesian island

Associated Press

Posted: 08/18/2012 06:35:25 AM PDT

Updated: 08/18/2012 06:35:26 AM PDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An earthquake registering magnitude 6.3 rocked a northern Indonesian island on Saturday as residents were ending their fast on the final day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said. There were reports of at least two injuries but no tsunami warning was issued.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the late-afternoon quake struck 56 kilometers (35 miles) southeast of Palu city on Sulawesi Island at a depth of 19.9 kilometers (12.4 miles).

Sudirman, an officer at the Disaster Management Agency who uses one name, said there were reports from the province that at least two people were injured by falling debris and of damage to houses in Parigi Mountong, the district closest to the epicenter.

He said the full extent of the injuries and damage was not yet known.

The earthquake struck as people in the province were ending their fast on the last day of Ramadan, causing many to rush out into the streets in panic, local news reports said.

The USGS initially measured the quake at magnitude 6.6 but later adjusted it to 6.3.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because it is in the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh.

Magnitude 5.6 quake hits off coast of Washington state: USGS

(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck off the coast of the West Coast state of Washington on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said.

The depth was reported at 6.3 miles and the quake was located 190 miles west of Neah Bay, the USGS said. There was no immediate statement from the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii on the quake.

(Reporting by Ed Lane; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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Volcanic Activity

Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador: possible lava flow

BY: T

Volcano Discovery

Thermal images taken of the lava flow and mobilized incandescent blocks tumbling down from a notch in the crater wall on the northwestern flank of the volcano Tungurahua. (S. Vallejo / IGEPN)

Current seismic signal (RETU station) with saturated tremor visible on the spectrogram (IG)

At 19h36 (local time) on 18 August, a possible lava flow from the summit crater and incandescent lava blocks continuously tumbling down were observed using thermal imagery.
The lava flow which some observers also reported seeing by naked eye is emerges from a breach in the sidewall of the crater on the upper NW flank and directed towards the Cusu gorge.
Apparently the lava flow stopped after nearly 4 hours of motion, but bad weather conditions make detailed observations difficult.
Preceding the effusion of the new flow, there had been a strong increase of activity since 16 August including seismic tremor, steam and ash emissions and loud explosions audible in nearby towns such as Ambato.

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Volcán Tungurahua: Descenso de un posible flujo de lava por la parte alta de Cusúa (IG)

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Volcano Activity

Mexico

State of Puebla, [Popocatepetl Volcano]

Volcano Activity in Mexico on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 13:22 (01:22 PM) UTC.

Description

A sharp increase in activity has been observed at Popocatépetl since yesterday. During 17-18 August, 176 mostly small explosions were observed (compared to values of 10-20 for the previous week), and 74 alone during the following 9 hours, i.e. about 1 every 8 minutes. The largest eruption occurred at 20:41 h local time yesterday and threw incandescent bombs to 800 m distance, which landed on the rim of the lower crater. Glow from the summit was visible during clear weather at night. After 19:00 h local time yesterday, a constant steam plume with small amounts of ash was being erupted and formed a plume rising about 2 km above the crater. No reports of ash fall have been given in the latest CENAPRED summary.

19.08.2012

Volcano Eruption

Indonesia

Lesser Sunda Strait, [Batu Tara volcano]

Volcano Eruption in Indonesia on Saturday, 18 August, 2012 at 04:10 (04:10 AM) UTC.

Description

On Aug. 15, NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite caught a crystal-clear image of a small ash plume emanating from a tiny volcanic Indonesian island. The volcano, called Batu Tara, is located on the island of Pulau Komba, and has been experiencing frequent, mild eruptions since mid-2006, according to a NASA release. While much of the island appears green thanks to tropical vegetation, one side of the island is noticeably free of plants and appears grayish. This barren area is a scarp that drops from the summit of the volcano to the ocean, a distance of 2,454 feet (748 meters). The scarp is created by the frequent eruptions, which send rocks and ash barreling down the slope.

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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather / Drought

Today

Heat Wave

Bulgaria

[Statewide]

Heat Wave in Bulgaria on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 14:20 (02:20 PM) UTC.

Description

The late summer heat wave that has gripped western Europe has started to arrive in Bulgaria, with highs set to rise over the week. Until the end of next weeks, temperatures in parts of Bulgaria, especially the south-west and north-east, are expected to reach around and above 40 degrees Centigrade. Highs Monday are expected to be in the range of 29-34 C, announced the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Light clouds are expected all over the week, but no precipitation is to be awaited. Weather in Bulgaria’s mountains and along the Black Sea coast is also expected to be clear and sunny. Air temperatures at the Black Sea will be around 25-27 C Monday, with almost the same expected for the water, 24-26 C.

19.08.2012

Heat Wave

France

MultiPrefectures, [Central and southern France]

Heat Wave in France on Saturday, 18 August, 2012 at 04:13 (04:13 AM) UTC.

Description

French authorities are fighting wildfires, keeping an eye on isolated elderly populations and advising people to drink fluids as temperatures soar in the country. Heatwave warnings were issued for a swath of central and southern France, from Burgundy to the Pyrenees. Temperatures are expected to reach up to 40C in some areas. The government is determined to avoid a repeat of the summer of 2003, when about 15,000 people died during a heatwave. Wildfires raged around Lacanau in the south-west on Thursday. Patrick Stefanini, prefect for the Aquitaine region, said on French television that they were brought under control on Friday. French television is airing public service announcements with recommendations to drink water and wear hats.

Today

Extreme Weather

USA

State of Minnesota, Duluth [Lake Superior]

Extreme Weather in USA on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 15:52 (03:52 PM) UTC.

Description

One person was killed and several others were injured by lightning in what is the third mass U.S. lightning-related incident to occur in recent weeks. The Duluth News Tribune reports a 9-year-old boy died from his injuries and seven other were injured when lightning struck a private sailboat on Lake Superior off Minnesota Point late Saturday afternoon. The call came in around 5:30 p.m. CDT, Active Asst. Chief Jarry Keppers said. He says four people were critically injured including a 9-year-old boy, who was found face down in the water without a pulse shortly after the lightning strike. Only after repeated CPR attempts were crews able to regain it. The St. Louis County, Minn. Sheriff’s Office later reported that the boy died after being airlifted to Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center. The group was believed to be on shore but near the sailboat when the lightning hit. The boat had been brought to shore, seeking refuge from the storm moving through the area. The area was said to be so remote that initial emergency responders had to get there by boat.

This is the third mass lightning-related incident in recent weeks. On August 5, one person was killed and nine others injured when a cloud-to-ground lightning strike hit after a NASCAR race in Pennsylvania. On Aug. 14, 10 soldiers were injured at Fort Drum in New York after lightning struck their tent. August along with June are historically the second most dangerous months for lightning strikes. July is number one. Twenty-four people have now been killed by lightning strikes so far this year including the unborn child of a woman who was nine months pregnant when she was struck and killed.

Today

Forest / Wild Fire

Italy

Province of Grosseto, [Il Sole, Marina di Grosseto, and Maremma camping areas, Tuscany]

Forest / Wild Fire in Italy on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 17:15 (05:15 PM) UTC.

Description

More than 1,000 tourists were evacuated from three campgrounds in Italy’s Tuscany region as forest fires threatened the area, officials said. Campers were evacuated late Saturday from the Il Sole, Marina di Grosseto, and Maremma camping areas as fires blazed in the coastal region. Emergency accommodations were set up in a local shopping center and other places where the displaced campers spent the night. Firefighters are still working to put out the fire, which had consumed 296 acres. Italy was hit by a total of 31 fires Friday and Saturday as temperatures reached triple digits.

19.08.2012

Forest / Wild Fire

Greece

North Aegean, [Island of Chios]

Forest / Wild Fire in Greece on Saturday, 18 August, 2012 at 18:51 (06:51 PM) UTC.

Description

A forest fire is raging on the island of Chios in the Greek archipelago and villagers and tourists are fleeing to the beach to escape the flames. Over 200 fire-fighters, soldiers and volunteers are involved in the operation and have been joined by eight aircrafts and two helicopters. At least three villages and tourist resorts have been evacuated and residents can only watch from the beach as fire consume the island. Rescue forces report that strong winds are making it difficult to control the fire which is thought to have broken out in the early hours of Friday morning. It is threatening ten villages on Chios and has moved very close to the Greek army base “PAP” near the Vessas village. Local media reports that the smoke can be seen from the island of Crete, over 60 miles south of Chios. The island is the fifth largest in the Greek archipelago and is a popular tourist destination with many tourists drawn to its scenery and medieval villages, which are now at risk. It is not clear if the 11th century monastery of ‘Nea Moni’, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will be saved from the flames but local media reports that the fire is likely to have caused substantial damage to the islands tourism industry.

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Storms, Flooding

Active tropical storm system(s)

Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Gordon (AL08)	Atlantic Ocean	16.08.2012	19.08.2012	Hurricane III	75 °	157 km/h	194 km/h	5.49 m	NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Gordon (AL08)
Area:	Atlantic Ocean
Start up location:	N 29° 54.000, W 55° 6.000
Start up:	16th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	1,523.97 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
16th Aug 2012	04:16:29	N 29° 54.000, W 55° 6.000	30	56	74	Tropical Depression	355	9	1013 MB	NOAA NHC
16th Aug 2012	04:55:06	N 31° 18.000, W 55° 30.000	28	56	74	Tropical Depression	345	15	1012 MB	NOAA NHC
16th Aug 2012	10:46:15	N 32° 12.000, W 54° 48.000	22	65	83	Tropical Storm	15	15	1011 MB	NOAA NHC
16th Aug 2012	16:45:48	N 33° 18.000, W 53° 48.000	26	83	102	Tropical Storm	45	17	1005 MB	NOAA NHC
17th Aug 2012	04:47:05	N 34° 36.000, W 50° 18.000	28	111	139	Tropical Storm	85	15	995 MB	NOAA NHC
17th Aug 2012	10:55:39	N 34° 36.000, W 48° 6.000	30	102	120	Tropical Storm	90	14	998 MB	NOAA NHC
17th Aug 2012	16:39:57	N 34° 30.000, W 46° 18.000	30	102	120	Tropical Storm	95	19	997 MB	NOAA NHC
18th Aug 2012	05:56:05	N 34° 12.000, W 42° 6.000	30	111	139	Tropical Storm	90	16	990 MB	NOAA NHC
18th Aug 2012	16:23:59	N 34° 0.000, W 40° 42.000	30	120	148	Hurricane I.	90	22	988 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
19th Aug 2012	16:53:31	N 35° 30.000, W 29° 42.000	335	157	194	Hurricane III	75 °	18	973 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
20th Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 38° 0.000, W 23° 36.000	Hurricane I	111	139	NOAA NHC
20th Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 36° 30.000, W 26° 48.000	Hurricane II	139	167	NOAA NHC
21st Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 39° 12.000, W 20° 48.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
21st Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 39° 30.000, W 19° 0.000	Tropical Depression	74	93	NOAA NHC
22nd Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 39° 30.000, W 17° 0.000	Tropical Depression	56	74	NOAA NHC

Tembin (15W)

Pacific Ocean

19.08.2012

Tropical Depression

120 °

83 km/h

102 km/h

2.74 m

JTWC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Tembin (15W)
Area:	Pacific Ocean
Start up location:	N 17° 42.000, E 124° 36.000
Start up:	19th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	0.00 km
Top category.:
Report by:	JTWC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
19th Aug 2012	15:55:17	N 17° 24.000, E 125° 0.000	4	83	102	Tropical Depression	120 °	9		JTWC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
20th Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 18° 48.000, E 125° 18.000	Typhoon I	120	148	JTWC
20th Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 17° 54.000, E 125° 6.000	Typhoon I	102	130	JTWC
21st Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 21° 0.000, E 124° 42.000	Typhoon II	139	167	JTWC
21st Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 20° 0.000, E 125° 12.000	Typhoon II	130	157	JTWC
22nd Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 22° 30.000, E 123° 18.000	Typhoon III	148	185	JTWC
23rd Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 23° 24.000, E 121° 6.000	Typhoon II	139	167	JTWC
24th Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 24° 6.000, E 118° 24.000	Typhoon I	102	130	JTWC

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Tropical Storm Helene slams Mexico; Hurricane Gordon heads for Azores

Nasa / Reuters

Tropical Storm Gordon, seen over the Atlantic Ocean in this NASA handout satellite image Thursday, became a hurricane Saturday.

By NBC News staff and wire services

Updated at 1:30 p.m. ET: Tropical Storm Helene made landfall off the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday and weakened into a tropical depression as it plowed up Mexico’s east coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The depression was about 15 miles south-southwest of Tampico and had maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour, the NHC said.

As Helene weakened, tropical storm warnings were discontinued on the Mexican coast, although it was expected to produce three to six inches of rain in the states of Veracruz and Tamaulipas.

Helene was predicted to continue weakening and dissipate within 48 hours, the NHC said.

There were no reports that Helene had affected the Gulf of Mexico’s oil installations, which are built to resist much more powerful hurricanes.

Earlier, Portugal posted warnings for the central and eastern Azores islands as Tropical Storm Gordon moved eastward across the Atlantic and later turned into a hurricane.

The National Hurricane Center said Gordon had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and was headed east at 18 mph.

In the northern part of Veracruz, a lush coastal state with hundreds of towns and villages sitting along streams and rivers that can swell dangerously in heavy rain many were evacuated as Ernesto approached last week, and flood damage made some 10,000 people homeless.

State of emergency
Mexico’s government declared a state of emergency in more than 100 population centers in Veracruz and was providing them with emergency aid. The country’s national weather service warned of intense rains and winds along the Veracruz and Tamaulipas coasts, with heavy rain, hail and lightning possible.

A storm surge could raise water levels by as much as 1 to 2 feet above normal along the immediate coast and to the north of where landfall is made.

Heavy rain was expected in the city of Tampico, an oil-refining center and important port in the southernmost part of Tamaulipas state. The Tampico metropolitan area has roughly 790,000 inhabitants, sits just above sea level and is surrounded by lakes and lagoons that are already full and could easily flood in the event of heavy rains.

Civil protection authorities in Veracruz issued a yellow alert, one level below the highest warning, for population centers in the north and center of the state, warning residents to familiarize themselves with the locations of emergency shelters, avoid crossing swollen streams and rivers, and keep listening to radio and TV for storm updates.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

Typhoon Kai-Tak kills nine in Vietnam

by Staff Writers
Hanoi (AFP)

Typhoon kills four, causes flooding in Vietnam
Hanoi (AFP) Aug 18, 2012 – At least four people died as Typhoon Kai-Tak barrelled across northern Vietnam bringing high winds and floods to several areas including the capital Hanoi, authorities and a report said Saturday.The typhoon, which made landfall late Friday, was downgraded to a tropical depression Saturday but continued to dump water on already flooded parts of the country.A taxi driver was killed when high winds caused a tree to fall on his car in Hanoi, while two others died from electric shock after a cable was felled in northern Son La city, according to an update from the national flood and storm central committee.

In Bac Giang province a 46-year-old woman died after soil from a partially collapsed hill buried her house in the middle of the night, VNExpress news site reported.

Earlier more than 11,000 boats, including several hundred used by tourists at the UNESCO world heritage site Halong Bay, were ordered to stay close to the shore.

The Vietnamese army put 20,000 soldiers backed by helicopters, rescue boats and canoes on standby to handle any incidents.

Kai-Tak swept across the Philippines’ main island of Luzon, dumping heavy rain on the Cagayan basin and other areas in the north, killing four people.

At least nine people were killed, thousands of homes damaged and swathes of farmland flooded as Typhoon Kai-Tak swept across northern Vietnam, authorities said Sunday.

The storm, which made landfall late Friday, brought strong winds and heavy rains that inundated several densely populated communities including part of the capital Hanoi.

Five people were swept away by floodwaters while one woman died when a landslide buried her house while she was sleeping in Bac Giang province, according to the government’s central committee on flood and storm control.

A taxi driver was killed by a toppled tree while two people were electrocuted by a falling electricity cable, it said.

Nearly 12,000 houses were damaged and 23,000 hectares (56,800 acres) of cropland were flooded, according to the committee.

In Hanoi, about 200 large trees were uprooted and part of the city remained under water early Sunday.

The Vietnamese army had put 20,000 soldiers backed by helicopters, rescue boats and canoes on standby for rescue operations, but only a small number of them were deployed.

More than 11,000 boats, including several hundred used by tourists at the UNESCO world heritage site Halong Bay, were ordered to stay close to the shore.

The storm, which earlier killed four people in the Philippines, was packing winds of about 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour when it slammed into Vietnam, but it was downgraded to a tropical depression on Saturday.

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Radiation / Nuclear

Today

Nuclear Event

South Korea

Province of North Gyeongsang, [Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant]

Nuclear Event in South Korea on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 15:48 (03:48 PM) UTC.

Description

A nuclear reactor automatically shut down Sunday due to problems of power supply, only 19 days after beginning its commercial operation, triggering concerns over power shortage in the season of high electricity demand. The accident took place at the New Wolsong 1 reactor in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province at around 11:00 a.m. as its power supply system did not work properly, the state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) said. Officials said an investigation was underway to learn the exact cause of the malfunction but claimed that there is no danger of a radiation leak. “The shutdown is the level zero, according to the nuclear and radiological event scale by the International Atomic Energy Agency,” a KHNP official said. “It has nothing to do with the safety of the nuclear plant or radiation risks.” But he said that the operation of the reactor will resume only after two phases ― the KHNP completes its investigation, which may take two or three days, and the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission approves its resumption.

The 1 million kilowatt nuclear reactor went into full operation on July 31, but as it was sidelined, worries sprout up that power shortage might hit the nation at a time when electricity reserves have fallen to an alert level several times of late. The Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) has already issued an alert several times as the demand for electricity may be increasing due to hot summer weather after the peak vacation season ends at the end of August. Midway through last September, the nation suffered unprecedented rolling blackouts due to unseasonable heat waves, which ended up inconveniencing households and causing industrial damage across the country. In order to prevent recurrence of the disaster, the Seoul administration has pulled out all the stops to jack up its capacity of providing electricity while trying to deter rising energy demand. Currently, Korea operates 20 nuclear reactors out of total 23, which supply about 30 percent of its overall electricity consumption. But due to fears of a power shortage, the government considered resuming operation of reactors earlier than originally scheduled.

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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases

Deadly Ebola outbreak: Nine killed in DR Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo, KAMPUNGU : This picture released by the World Health organization 01 October 2007 taken 29 September 2007 at the Doctors without borders (MSF) isolation ward of Kampungu shows MSF nurse Isabel Grovas (L) and Dr Hilde Declerck (R) taking care of a 43 year old patient who has been laboratory confirmed to have Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF). (AFP Photo/WHO/Christofer Black)

Nine people have died from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, only weeks after the virulent disease was declared “under control” in neighboring Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.

The new cases of the Ebola virus were detected near the country’s northwestern town of Isiro, the Congolese health minister said.

A group of specialists from various international organizations – the WHO, Doctors Without Borders and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – are working in the country alongside local doctors. They are conducting a detailed epidemiological investigation, and are attempting to quarantine people who may have been in contact with those infected.

The new outbreak comes just weeks after another Ebola epidemic in neighboring Uganda – roughly 30 miles from its border with DR Congo – was declared to be over. The Ugandan outbreak killed 16 people in July. The two epidemics are not believed to be linked, since the strain found in DR Congo is different from the one identified in Uganda, Doctors Without Borders reported.

Ebola is a rare hemorrhagic virus, first discovered in 1976 in Zaire (now known as DR Congo). The disease was named after a small river in the country. Symptoms of Ebola infection include a sudden onset of fever, weakness, headaches, vomiting and kidney failure.

The virus is reportedly fatal in 50-90 percent of cases. In the most severe infections, victims bleed from bodily orifices before dying. There is no treatment and no vaccine for Ebola, which is transmitted by close personal contact. It can also be transmitted to humans through the handling of infected animal carcasses, including monkeys and birds.

Congo’s last major Ebola epidemic in 1995 killed 245 people. Recent Ebola outbreaks were recorded in Uganda, when 37 people were killed in the western part of the country in 2007, and when at least 170 died in the nation’s northern region in 2000.

19.08.2012

Epidemic Hazard

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Province of Orientale, [Haut Uele District]

Epidemic Hazard in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday, 17 August, 2012 at 03:03 (03:03 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Saturday, 18 August, 2012 at 10:49 UTC
Description
An outbreak of Ebola has killed one person and is believed to have infected three others over the last week in northeastern Congo, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said today. The outbreak is in Isiro, a busy town in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Oriental province, which shares a border with Uganda, but the strain of the deadly disease is different to the one that killed 16 there last month, MSF said. Ebola is transmitted to humans from monkeys and birds and causes massive bleeding in victims, with mortality rates as high as 90 per cent. Anja de Weggheleire, the medical coordinator for MSF in the area, said blood samples from one victim had confirmed Ebola in Isiro and there were at least three other suspected cases being treated in an MSF-supported local hospital. “We cannot speak of a direct link between the two epidemics, I think unfortunately it’s just pure coincidence,” Ms de Weggheleire told Reuters. MSF was helping track and isolate people who may have come in contact with the disease, she added. Authorities in Uganda said this week that the outbreak there was under control after they imposed strict measures to prevent Ebola from spreading in the west of the country. However, Congo’s health system is permanently stretched and MSF warned that preventing the spread of the disease from the town, a provincial transit point, could be a challenge. “(The situation) is quite serious already … Isiro is quite a busy place, quite well connected, that could make it quite complex to contain (the fever),” Ms de Weggheleire added.

Epidemic Hazard in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday, 17 August, 2012 at 03:03 (03:03 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 04:21 UTC
Description
Just days ago, MSF reported the Uganda outbreak was under control with the last confirmed fatality 17 days ago. The GAR reports that a National Task Force convened by the Congolese Ministry of Health, is working with several partners including WHO, MSF and CDC. A joint MoH, WHO and MSF emergency response team are in the field to conduct a detailed epidemiological investigation and case management. Ebola hemorrhagic fever (HF) was first recognized in 1976 and was named after a river in the Congo. It received a lot of popular attention thanks to the best-seller, “The Hot Zone”. Infections with Ebola virus are acute. There is no carrier state. Because the natural reservoir of the virus is unknown, the manner in which the virus first appears in a human at the start of an outbreak has not been determined. People can be exposed to Ebola virus from direct contact with the blood and/or secretions of an infected person. Thus, the virus is often spread through families and friends because they come in close contact with such secretions when caring for infected persons. People can also be exposed to Ebola virus through contact with objects, such as needles, that have been contaminated with infected secretions. The incubation period for Ebola HF ranges from 2 to 21 days. The onset of illness is abrupt and is characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain. A rash, red eyes, hiccups and internal and external bleeding may be seen in some patients. The death rate for Ebola HF can be up to 90%. There is no standard treatment for Ebola HF. The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to DRC.

Epidemic Hazard in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday, 17 August, 2012 at 03:03 (03:03 AM) UTC.

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Updated:

Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 14:58 UTC

Description

On 17 August 2012, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of Congo, notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of an outbreak of Ebola Haemorrhagic fever in the Isiro and Dungu Health Zones of Province Orientale in Eastern DRC. A total of 10 suspected cases (9 in Isiro and 1 in Dungu) and 6 deaths (5 deaths in Isiro and 1 in Dungu) have been reported. Laboratory investigations conducted at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda, confirmed Ebola virus (Bundibugyo species). Three samples taken from two patients turned out positive for Ebola. A National Task Force convened by the Congolese Ministry of Health, is working with several partners including the WHO, MSF â MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res (Doctors Without Borders), CDC â Center for Disease Control Prevention, etcâ¦ A joint Ministry of Health, WHO and MSF emergency response team are in the field to conduct a detailed epidemiological investigation and case management. New discoveries with drug treatments that may work against the Ebola virus may be making progress as scientists have recently discovered that a protein that moves cholesterol within cells could provide a scientific link that will help in the development of a vaccine to treat the disease. To date there is no known medical treatment or drug that will work to stop the disease, which is known to kill a high percent of those infected with it.

Recent outbreaks of Ebola have also recently been appearing in the Kabaale District of Western Uganda. On July 30 up to 16 persons were confirmed dead from the disease with 7 more cases diagnosed as medical teams from the International Federation of the Red Cross, the Uganda Red Cross and the National Emergency Taskforce from the Uganda Minsitry of Health went into the region to assist and survey the extent in the spread of the disease. On August 3 officials from the WHO stated that the outbreak in Uganada was under control. Spread of the disease was tempered as medical advocates noted that contagion for the disease was happening to those who were attending funerals. Proper disposal of the bodies of those who have died from the disease has helped to keep the spread of the disease down. The Ebola virus has been a disease that scientists and medical experts alike are still studying and researching. The disease is known to hibernate for years and then suddenly appear, then go into hibernation again. Animal hosts, especially bats, are suspected to be carriers. Contagion with the disease is made through blood and bodily fluids. Recent outbreaks in the African regions have been in areas where poverty levels are high and lack of proper sanitation is common.

WHO is supporting the Ministry of Health in the DRC areas for coordination; surveillance; epidemiology; laboratory; case management; logistics for outbreak; public information and social mobilization. An additional team of experts from Congo, DRC and IST/Gabon comprised of an epidemiologist, logistician, anthropologist and social mobilization officers are being mobilized for possible deployment in the field. Control activities that are being carried include active case finding and contact tracing, enhanced surveillance, case management, public information and social mobilization and reinforcing infection control practices. The last outbreak of Ebola, charted by the Washington, D.C. based CDC â Center for Disease Control and Prevention, outlined for the Congo region happened near the border of Zaire in the towns of Mweka and Luebo in the Province of Kasai Occidental between December 2008 â February 2009. During the outbreak 32 people contracted Ebola as 47 percent (15 people) died from conditions that were caused by the disease. Currently the WHO â World Health Organization does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Democratic Republic of Congo at this time.

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Epidemic

Dominican Republic

Province of Santiago, [Province-wide]

Epidemic in Dominican Republic on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 17:12 (05:12 PM) UTC.

Description
The health authorities of the Dominican province of Santiago remained today the alert to the increasing number of people with symptoms of cholera in that territory, where more than 300 are reported affected. The outbreak of diarrhea in the last three days is caused by poor quality of drinking water consumed by residents of the territory, said the provincial director of Public Health, Ramon Martinez. An addition to diarrhea, patients treated at public and private hospitals, had vomiting and severe pain in the abdomen. Most of the patients were tested for diagnosis, and many of them confirmed the presence of bacterial infections without discarding cholera, said an epidemiologist quoted by local media. Cholera coming from Haiti, appeared in th Dominican Republic in November 2010, this disease caused so far more than 170 deaths, official figures indicate. Dominican former Minister of Health, Bautista Rojas, said last month that cholera has affected 0.22 percent of the Dominican population of about nine and a half million inhabitants, although concentrated in the areas of greatest social vulnerability. “We will maintain continuous monitoring the issue, including the strengthening of the various components of the strategy to combat the disease to reduce risk and achieve its elimination”, said Rojas.
Biohazard name:	Cholera
Biohazard level:	2/4 Medium
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

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Epidemic Hazard

USA

State of California, Los Angeles

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 15:54 (03:54 PM) UTC.

Description
The Los Angeles County Public Health Department is investigating a possible cluster of syphilis among adult film industry performers, officials said Friday afternoon. The department has received reports of at least five possible cases in the past week, said Peter Kerndt, director of the county’s Sexually Transmitted Disease programs. The county plans to follow up with the affected individuals to ensure that they have been properly treated and to determine who else may have been infected. Public health workers are also attempting to find out the original source of the recent cluster. “Whenever there is a cluster like that it may be the tip of the iceberg,” Kerndt said. “It is a concern. It is a serious health risk to workers in this industry.” Kerndt added that it was “not a surprise that from time to time this would occur” in the industry. Between 2010 and 2011, there was an increase in syphilis cases throughout Los Angeles County, Kerndt said.
Biohazard name:	Syphilis
Biohazard level:	2/4 Medium
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

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Solar Activity

2MIN News August 18. 2012: Solar Flares & 6.6 Earthquake

Published on Aug 18, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

Earthquake/Solar Flare Watch: http://youtu.be/zd7Z6dmABf8 [August 12-18, 2012]
[EXPLANATION Video For Earthquake Watches] Last Quake Watch: http://youtu.be/SMiHsOYwdCs

TODAY’S LINKS
Drought getting worse: http://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/image/2012/drought-reinforcing-drought-in-th…
Official Ice Melt Comments: http://cc.rsoe.hu/index.php?pageid=news_read&hirid=859
US Pollution falling? http://phys.org/news/2012-08-carbon-emissions.html

REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]

HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]

SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]

SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it... trust me]

SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

JAPAN Radiation Map: http://jciv.iidj.net/map/

LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php

Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]

BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]

TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]

GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]

EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…

PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]

NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/

PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]

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Space

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)

Object Name

Apporach Date

Left

AU Distance

LD Distance

Estimated Diameter*

Relative Velocity

(2012 EC)

20th August 2012

1 day(s)

0.0815

31.7

56 m – 130 m

5.57 km/s

20052 km/h

(2006 CV)

20th August 2012

1 day(s)

0.1744

67.9

290 m – 640 m

13.24 km/s

47664 km/h

162421 (2000 ET70)

21st August 2012

2 day(s)

0.1503

58.5

670 m – 1.5 km

12.92 km/s

46512 km/h

(2007 WU3)

21st August 2012

2 day(s)

0.1954

76.0

56 m – 120 m

5.25 km/s

18900 km/h

(2012 BB14)

24th August 2012

5 day(s)

0.1234

48.0

27 m – 60 m

2.58 km/s

9288 km/h

(2012 FM52)

25th August 2012

6 day(s)

0.0599

23.3

510 m – 1.1 km

17.17 km/s

61812 km/h

66146 (1998 TU3)

25th August 2012

6 day(s)

0.1265

49.2

3.0 km – 6.8 km

16.03 km/s

57708 km/h

(2009 AV)

26th August 2012

7 day(s)

0.1615

62.8

670 m – 1.5 km

22.51 km/s

81036 km/h

331769 (2003 BQ35)

28th August 2012

9 day(s)

0.1585

61.7

240 m – 530 m

4.64 km/s

16704 km/h

(2010 SC)

28th August 2012

9 day(s)

0.1679

65.3

16 m – 36 m

9.56 km/s

34416 km/h

4769 Castalia

28th August 2012

9 day(s)

0.1135

44.2

1.4 km

12.06 km/s

43416 km/h

(2012 LU7)

02nd September 2012

14 day(s)

0.1200

46.7

440 m – 990 m

8.16 km/s

29376 km/h

(2012 FS35)

02nd September 2012

14 day(s)

0.1545

60.1

2.3 m – 5.2 m

2.87 km/s

10332 km/h

(2012 HG31)

03rd September 2012

15 day(s)

0.0716

27.9

440 m – 990 m

10.33 km/s

37188 km/h

(2012 PX)

04th September 2012

16 day(s)

0.0452

17.6

61 m – 140 m

9.94 km/s

35784 km/h

(2012 EH5)

05th September 2012

17 day(s)

0.1613

62.8

38 m – 84 m

9.75 km/s

35100 km/h

(2011 EO11)

05th September 2012

17 day(s)

0.1034

40.2

9.0 m – 20 m

8.81 km/s

31716 km/h

(2007 PS25)

06th September 2012

18 day(s)

0.0497

19.3

23 m – 52 m

8.50 km/s

30600 km/h

329520 (2002 SV)

08th September 2012

20 day(s)

0.1076

41.9

300 m – 670 m

9.17 km/s

33012 km/h

(2011 ES4)

10th September 2012

22 day(s)

0.1792

69.8

20 m – 44 m

12.96 km/s

46656 km/h

(2008 CO)

11th September 2012

23 day(s)

0.1847

71.9

74 m – 160 m

4.10 km/s

14760 km/h

(2007 PB8)

14th September 2012

26 day(s)

0.1682

65.5

150 m – 340 m

14.51 km/s

52236 km/h

226514 (2003 UX34)

14th September 2012

26 day(s)

0.1882

73.2

260 m – 590 m

25.74 km/s

92664 km/h

(1998 QC1)

14th September 2012

26 day(s)

0.1642

63.9

310 m – 700 m

17.11 km/s

61596 km/h

(2002 EM6)

15th September 2012

27 day(s)

0.1833

71.3

270 m – 590 m

18.56 km/s

66816 km/h

(2002 RP137)

16th September 2012

28 day(s)

0.1624

63.2

67 m – 150 m

7.31 km/s

26316 km/h

(2009 RX4)

16th September 2012

28 day(s)

0.1701

66.2

15 m – 35 m

8.35 km/s

30060 km/h

(2005 UC)

17th September 2012

29 day(s)

0.1992

77.5

280 m – 640 m

7.55 km/s

27180 km/h

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Source: NASA-NEO

..Curiosity’s ChemCam Will “Zap” First Martian Rock On Saturday Night. Aug. 18 -
Target Area – Glenelg

MessageToEagle.com – The scientists and engineers of NASA’s Curiosity rover mission have selected the first driving destination for their one-ton, six-wheeled mobile Mars laboratory.

The target area, named Glenelg, is a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain. The choice was described by Curiosity Principal Investigator John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology during a media teleconference on Aug. 17.

“With such a great landing spot in Gale Crater, we literally had every degree of the compass to choose from for our first drive,” Grotzinger said. “We had a bunch of strong contenders.

It is the kind of dilemma planetary scientists dream of, but you can only go one place for the first drilling for a rock sample on Mars.

That first drilling will be a huge moment in the history of Mars exploration.”

The trek to Glenelg will send the rover 1,300 feet (400 meters) east-southeast of its landing site. One of the three types of terrain intersecting at Glenelg is layered bedrock, which is attractive as the first drilling target.

“We’re about ready to load our new destination into our GPS and head out onto the open road,” Grotzinger said.

“Our challenge is there is no GPS on Mars, so we have a roomful of rover-driver engineers providing our turn-by-turn navigation for us.”

Prior to the rover’s trip to Glenelg, the team in charge of Curiosity’s Chemistry and Camera instrument, or ChemCam, is planning to give their mast-mounted, rock-zapping laser and telescope combination a thorough checkout.

Curiosity Rover Report – Aug. 17, 2012. Credits: JPL/NASA

On Saturday night, Aug. 18, ChemCam is expected to “zap” its first rock in the name of planetary science. It will be the first time such a powerful laser has been used on the surface of another world.

“Rock N165 looks like your typical Mars rock, about three inches wide. It’s about 10 feet away,” said Roger Wiens, principal investigator of the ChemCam instrument from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. “We are going to hit it with 14 millijoules of energy 30 times in 10 seconds. It is not only going to be an excellent test of our system, it should be pretty cool too.”

Click on image to enlargeGlenelg Intrigue

This image shows a closer view of the landing site of NASA’s Curiosity rover and a destination nearby known as Glenelg. Curiosity landed inside Gale Crater on Mars on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT) at the blue dot. It is planning on driving to an area marked with a red dot that is nicknamed Glenelg. That area marks the intersection of three kinds of terrain.
Starting clockwise from the top of this image, scientists are interested in this brighter terrain because it may represent a kind of bedrock suitable for eventual drilling by Curiosity. The next terrain shows the marks of many small craters and intrigues scientists because it might represent an older or harder surface. The third, which is the kind of terrain Curiosity landed in, is interesting because scientists can try to determine if the same kind of rock texture at Goulburn, an area where blasts from the descent stage rocket engines scoured away some of the surface, also occurs at Glenelg.
The science team thought the name Glenelg was appropriate because, if Curiosity traveled there, it would visit the area twice — both coming and going — and the word Glenelg is a palindrome. After Glenelg, the rover will aim to drive to the base of Mount Sharp.
These annotations have been made on top of an image acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Mission engineers are devoting more time to planning the first roll of Curiosity. In the coming days, the rover will exercise each of its four steerable (front and back) wheels, turning each of them side-to-side before ending up with each wheel pointing straight ahead. On a later day, the rover will drive forward about one rover-length (10 feet, or 3 meters), turn 90 degrees, and then kick into reverse for about 7 feet (2 meters).

“There will be a lot of important firsts that will be taking place for Curiosity over the next few weeks, but the first motion of its wheels, the first time our roving laboratory on Mars does some actual roving, that will be something special,” said Michael Watkins, mission manager for Curiosity from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its target area on Mars at 10:31:45 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5 (1:31:45 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6), which included the 13.8 minutes needed for confirmation of the touchdown to be radioed to Earth at the speed of light.

The audio and visuals of the teleconference are archived and available for viewing at: – here

© MessageToEagle.com

Curiosity Delivers First Colored Image From Mars

A Lonely Galactic Island -
Nine Million Light-Years Away From Our Solar System

MessageToEagle.com – The Milky Way galaxy is part of a larger cosmic neighborhood, consisting of more than 35 galaxies known as the Local Group.

One of the most prominent members of the Local group and at the same time – our neighbor is M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. It has two small satellite galaxies, M32 and M110.

Also prominent in the local group is the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), Leo I, and NGC 6822. There are over 30 galaxies that are considered to be in the local group, and they are spread over a diameter of nearly 10 million light years, with the center of them being somewhere between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy.

Both M31 and the Milky Way have dwarf galaxies associated with them.

Numerous, less glamorous dwarf galaxies, keep the Milky Way company.

Many other galaxies, however, are comparatively isolated, and have no close neighbors. One of them is a lonely galactic island – a dwarf irregular galaxy called DDO 190.

Recently, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope with its advanced Camera for Surveys, captured a new image of this lonely galactic island.

DDO 190 is relatively small and lacks clear structure.

Older, reddish stars mostly populate DDO 190’s outskirts, while some younger, bluish stars gleam in DDO 190’s more crowded interior.

Some pockets of ionised gas heated up by stars appear here and there, with the most noticeable one shining towards the bottom of DDO 190 in this picture.

Click on image to enlarge

DDO 190 lies around 9 million light years away from our solar system.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Meanwhile, a great number of distant galaxies with evident spiral, elliptical and less-defined shapes glow in the background.

DDO 190 lies around nine million light-years away from our Solar System. It is considered part of the loosely associated Messier 94 group of galaxies, not far from the Local Group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way.

Canadian astronomer Sidney van der Bergh was the first to record DDO 190 in 1959 as part of the DDO catalogue of dwarf galaxies. (“DDO” stands for the David Dunlap Observatory, now managed by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, where the catalogue was created).

Although within the Messier 94 group, DDO 190 is on its own. The galaxy’s nearest dwarf galaxy neighbour, DDO 187, is thought to be no closer than three million light-years away. In contrast, many of the Milky Way’s companion galaxies, such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, reside within a fifth or so of that distance, and even the giant spiral of the Andromeda Galaxy is closer to the Milky Way than DDO 190 is to its nearest neighbour.

Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys captured this image in visible and infrared light. The field of view is around 3.3 by 3.3 arcminutes

MessageToEagle.com

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Biological Hazards / Wildlife / Hazmat

‘Crazy’: Dozens of dead birds fall from the sky in New Jersey

By Dan Stamm, NBC10.com

Residents in a Cumberland County, N.J., community were left wondering what caused dozens of birds to drop dead from the sky earlier this week.

Residents along Peach Drive in Millville found at least 80 dead birds — mostly red-winged blackbirds — on the ground, having fallen from trees and the sky.

“Crazy — something out of a movie,” said resident Michelle Cavalieri, who saw the birds fall.

The birds caused a bloody mess on roadways in the residential neighborhood.

“They’d get up and try and fly and they were out of control so they’d crash and fall again,” said resident Jim Sinclair. ”It was just strange.”

Animal control, public health officials and other emergency crews were on the scene Tuesday morning collecting dead birds to try and figure out exactly what caused so many of them to die.

Cumberland County Public Information Officer Troy Ferus said the birds’ death likely was caused by something they ate — a granular pesticide put down legally by nearby Ingraldi Farms.

One of dozens of birds that was found dead on the ground in Millville, N.J.

“Preliminary investigation gives us the impression that.. he had problems with birds,” said Ferus. ”He applied for and got a permit for a product that kills birds and that’s what it seems to have been effective at doing.”

Here is the county’s press release on the incident:

The Department of Health reports that Monday evening Ingraldi Farms applied a granular pesticide intended and approved to cull birds, causing an unusually high volume of dead birds in the area of Ingraldi Farms and Whitemarsh Estates in Millville.

The material used; Avitrol Double Strength Corn Chops (EPA reg. # 11649-5) is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and intended to be used for bird control for Blackbirds, Brewer’s Blackbirds, Cowbirds, Grackles, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Rusty Blackbird, Starlings and Yellow-Headed Blackbirds.

In the past, Ingraldi Farms has also used Avian Control (EPA reg. # 33162-1) a ready to use liquid repellent intended to be used for bird control for Geese, Gull, Pigeon, Crows, Starlings, House Sparrows, Blackbirds, Grackles and House Finches.

Ingraldi Farms is licensed through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to apply pesticides on their farms and has been working with the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife to alleviate the crop damage done by large flocks of birds. Remedies include auditory shock, hunting and pesticides. Ingraldi Farms has estimated a crop loss of $15,000 so far, due to the birds eating their crops.

Bird specimens have been collected and are being sent to the NJ-Department of Environmental Protection Laboratory for testing.

No one at Ingraldi Farms would talk to NBC10′s Ted Greenberg when he went there for comment.

Officials say the dead birds are not toxic, but that any member of the public that encounters a dead bird should use gloves when picking it up and wash their hands thoroughly after handling and disposing of it in the trash.

But they put out a call to residents Tuesday afternoon that urged residents to remain inside “due to an odor and the death of several birds in the area.”

Recently, bird kills have happened in various locations around the world — possibly none more famous than the New Year’s Eve death of hundreds of blackbirds in Arkansas.

Today

Biological Hazard

Panama

Peovince of Herrera , Monagrillo

Biological Hazard in Panama on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 17:05 (05:05 PM) UTC.

Description
One possible case of [a] hantavirus [infection] was reported in Herrera province after a 32 year old patient, resident of the Monagrillo neighborhood, presented with symptoms of the disease [probably hantavirus pulmonary syndrome]. Francisco Rios, regional health director of the province, stated that tests on the patient to determine if he had this disease were negative. Despite these results, the man was moved to the capital city where the tests are being done again by the Gorgas Memorial Center. It is worth noting that 2 family members of this man are currently in hospital, having presented with the same symptoms. Because of this, authorities of the Ministry of Health have carried out an inspection of the house of the patient, where they determined that there were various risk factors for the disease within the home.
Biohazard name:	Hantavirus
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	suspected

Today

Biological Hazard

Japan

Province of Hokkaido, Sapporo

Biological Hazard in Japan on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 13:50 (01:50 PM) UTC.

Description
Seven people, most of them elderly women, died after eating pickles contaminated with E. coli in northern Japan, officials said Sunday, in the country’s deadliest mass food poisoning in 10 years. A total of 103 others have been made ill after eating the same lightly pickled Chinese cabbage produced in late July by a company in the city of Sapporo, according to health bulletins issued by the local government. Of the dead, six were elderly women who ate the pickles at nursing homes in Sapporo and in another city on Hokkaido island. A four-year-old girl died on August 11 in Sapporo. In the city of Ebetsu, a woman centenarian died early Sunday from multiple-organ failure, nine days after she was hospitalised, a Hokkaido regional health official said. “She ate the pickles served at breakfast at her nursing home on August 1,” the official, Narihiko Kawamura, told AFP by telephone. The Sapporo girl died five days after developing symptoms of E. coli poisoning, according to an official at the city’s public health centre. “She and her family used to eat the company’s cabbage pickles, which they often bought at a local supermarket. But it is not certain when she ate the contaminated product,” the official, Seiichi Miyahara, said by telephone. Two other women in their 90s died on Thursday in Ebetsu after eating the pickles at nursing homes.
Biohazard name:	E Coli Outbreak (contaminated pickles)
Biohazard level:	0/4 —
Biohazard desc.:	This does not included biological hazard category.
Symptoms:
Status:

19.08.2012

Biological Hazard

Vietnam

Province of Thanh Hoa, Quang Ngu Village [Sam Son District]

Biological Hazard in Vietnam on Saturday, 18 August, 2012 at 11:12 (11:12 AM) UTC.

Description
Bird flu has broken out in three districts of Thanh Hoa province and thousand of birds have been culled. The disease was discovered in Quang Ngu village, Sam Son town, said Pham Van Can, head of the communal Veterinary Centre, on August 18. Can said that after it was detected on July 24, the authorities sent blood samples for testing, which came back positive for the H5N1virus. Quang Ngu has since destroyed more than 300 birds. Bird flu outbreaks have also been reported in three villages in Hau Loc district over the period of a week and more than 13,000 birds have been culled. These localities have strengthened supervision and sent working groups to be on duty around the clock to prevent sick birds from being transported outside the area.
Biohazard name:	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1)
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

19.08.2012

Biological Hazard

USA

State of California, [Yosemite National Park]

Biological Hazard in USA on Saturday, 18 August, 2012 at 10:43 (10:43 AM) UTC.

Description
A man died and a woman became seriously ill after contracting a rare rodent-borne disease that might have been linked to their stay at a popular lodging area in Yosemite National Park, officials said Thursday. The man was the first person to die from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome contracted in the park, though two others were stricken in a more remote area in 2000 and 2010, officials said. Testing by the Centers for Disease Control and the California Department of Public Health showed the virus was present in fecal matter from deer mice trapped near Curry Village, an historic, family friendly area of cabins. “There’s no way to tell for sure, but state health officials feel they may have contracted it here in Curry Village,” park spokesman Scott Gediman said. The woman was expected to survive. Their names weren’t released. Hantavirus develops from breathing in particles transmitted by rodent droppings, urine or saliva. Early symptoms of hantavirus can include fever and muscle aches, chills, headaches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and coughing. Symptoms can show up within one to six weeks after exposure. There is no specific treatment for the virus, and about one-third of people who contract it will die. Curry Village is the most popular and economical lodging area in the park, a picturesque assemblage of rustic cabins at the base of the 3,000-foot promontory Glacier Point. Earlier this summer park officials placed some of the area off limits when a geologist’s report revealed it is a rock fall hazard zone. Both victims stayed at the park on overlapping days in June in canvas tent cabins located about 100 feet apart from each other, park officials said. Tent cabins are built on wooden platforms and are impossible to completely seal. “It’s a wilderness setting and the inspections have shown that the park concessionaire has done an excellent job at keeping them clean,” Gediman said. “But there are rodents in the wilderness and some of them are infected and that’s what happens.” There have been 60 cases in California and 587 nationally since hantavirus pulmonary syndrome was first identified in 1993. These two new cases bring to four the number of people stricken in California this year. Most cases are in the eastern Sierra at higher elevations. The park’s two previous cases were contracted in Tuolumne Meadows at 8,600 feet. Yosemite Valley is 4,000 feet. Health officials say people should avoid contact with mice and other rodents. People should wear gloves and spray areas contaminated with rodent droppings and urine with a 10 percent bleach solution then wait 15 minutes before cleaning the area. State health officials said their investigation showed that park concessionaire Delaware North Co. used good cleaning practices. Company officials are telling visitors when they call to make reservations that the outbreak has occurred, said spokeswoman Lisa Cesaro. She said the company is working with the park service to come up with a plan to educate visitors about the potential danger.
Biohazard name:	Hantavirus
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

Today

HAZMAT

USA

State of California, San Francisco [Treasure Island]

HAZMAT in USA on Sunday, 19 August, 2012 at 03:42 (03:42 AM) UTC.

Description

The city of San Francisco plans to convert former Naval base ‘Treasure Island’ into a residential neighborhood, but new reports by the US Navy and public health officials suggest the island may be more radioactive than previously believed. Construction is set to begin on a planned 20,000-person high-rise community in 2013, right in the middle of scenic San Francisco Bay. Treasure Island, whose former facilities included a training center for radioactive decontamination, is already the site of multiple recreation centers and home to 2,500. But recent reports have put the city’s lofty plans for the manmade island on hold. While the past use of the island as a naval site is public knowledge, new reports compiled by civilian investigators hired by the Navy have revealed that radioactive exercises at the base were more extensive than previously revealed. The new Navy report and several emails cite numerous concerns from public health officials over the actual levels of leftover radioactivity, San Francisco-based nonprofit news publication The Bay Citizen reported. New investigations have revealed that gun sights on Navy ships containing radioactive material were routinely repaired there. Several ships from the Pacific fleet that may have been contaminated by radiation from US nuclear bomb tests also underwent refits at the island.

The report showed that the Navy was so concerned about radioactive contamination on the island at one point that it built a ‘counting room,’ which would measure whether personnel had been overexposed to radiation. The Navy previously revealed that the island was home to training programs on how to decontaminate radioactive ships. A mock-up ship, the USS Pandemonium, was repeatedly doused with radioactive material and cleaned by Navy trainees. The Navy claimed that the material used on the ship was not highly radioactive, and dissipated within weeks. But a classroom spill in 1950 prompted a cleanup, and 200 barrels of contaminated material were dumped into the ocean. When the Navy cleaned up the island in 1997, they disposed of the remains of the USS Pandemonium at an undisclosed location, and declared the former training sites clear without testing them for radiation. The Navy has yet to reveal the location of the scrapped USS Pandemonium. The Navy is selling the island to the city of San Francisco for $105 million, prompting health inspectors to press the Navy for more details after discovering contaminated soil areas that had previously been declared clean. In December 2010, Navy contractors excavated and removed 16,000 yards of contaminated dirt, some with levels of radioactivity up to 400 times the Environmental Protection Agency’s limit for human exposure. In another incident in August 2011, the Health Department raised concerns that a contracted Navy cleanup crew may have accidentally exposed children on the island to radioactive dust at a Boys & Girls Club and a child development center.

The Department of Toxic Substances Control, a separate agency also monitoring the cleanup, maintains that the children were never exposed to radiation. It echoed the Navy’s claim that much of the island is safe for final transfer to the city of San Francisco, citing the Navy’s 2006 report, ‘Final Treasure Island Naval Station Historical Radiological Assessment.’ Overall radiation levels on the island are only slightly higher than the exposure one would receive in a typical backyard, and do not pose a threat to the planned community, nor to the residents already living there, the Navy and the Department of Toxic Substances Control said. But health officials and activists argue that those assessments are premature, as the contractors hired to remove waste based their efforts on the 2006 report, which health officials consider erroneous in light of recent developments. Stephen Woods, an environmental cleanup manager for the public health department, wrote in a 2011 memo that “the large volume of radiological contaminated material, high number of radioactive commodities, (individual items or sources,) and high levels of radioactive contamination … have raised concerns with the CDPH (California Department of Public Health) regarding the nature and extent of the radiological contamination present at Treasure Island.” By May of that year, over 1,000 truckloads of radioactive waste had been removed from the island, with more to go, Woods wrote, concluding that such a massive cleanup operation would certainly undermine the Navy’s 2006 report. The island is therefore much more radioactive than the Navy had previously acknowledged, he said. “That amount of radium found to date cannot be explained by gauges, deck markers and decontamination activities,” he wrote.

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Earth Watch Report – Monday June 18th, 2012

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June 18, 2012

Earthquakes

RSOE EDIS

Date/Time (UTC)	Magnitude	Area	Country	State/Prov./Gov.	Location	Risk	Source	Details
18.06.2012 09:05:26	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Nizin		EMSC
18.06.2012 08:50:39	4.8	Indonesian archipelago	Papua New Guinea		Amun		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 09:05:53	4.8	Indonesian Archipelago	Papua New Guinea		Amun		EMSC
18.06.2012 09:06:17	2.7	Asia	Turkey		Buyuk Aslihanlar		EMSC
18.06.2012 09:06:38	2.5	Asia	Turkey		Cukurgol Yaylasi		EMSC
18.06.2012 09:06:59	2.9	Europe	Italy		Bastione		EMSC
18.06.2012 08:00:29	4.4	Europe	Russia		Baza		EMSC
18.06.2012 08:02:09	4.4	Asia	Russia	Kamchatskaya Oblast'	Baza		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 07:50:44	4.6	Asia	Russia	Yevreyskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast'	Khingan		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 08:00:53	4.6	Europe	Russia		Khingan		EMSC
18.06.2012 07:35:26	4.5	Asia	Russia	Kamchatskaya Oblast'	Baza		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 08:01:14	4.8	Europe	Russia		Baza		EMSC
18.06.2012 07:05:44	2.1	North America	United States	California	Lone Pine		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:35:39	3.0	North America	United States	Alaska	Kasilof		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:55:30	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Mollakasim		EMSC
18.06.2012 06:40:25	4.5	Asia	Russia	Kamchatskaya Oblast'	Baza		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:55:53	4.5	Europe	Russia		Baza		EMSC
18.06.2012 06:56:16	2.9	Europe	Greece		Varia		EMSC
18.06.2012 06:20:31	4.6	Asia	Russia	Kamchatskaya Oblast'	Baza		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:56:37	4.7	Europe	Russia		Baza		EMSC
18.06.2012 06:56:57	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Cukurgol Yaylasi		EMSC
18.06.2012 06:25:34	4.7	Africa	Madagascar	Faritanin' i Toliara	Betanty		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:57:16	4.8	Indian Ocean	Madagascar		Betanty		EMSC
18.06.2012 07:45:35	2.1	Caribbean	Puerto Rico		Media Quijada		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:30:35	4.2	Middle America	Mexico	Estado de Chiapas	El Encanto		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:57:37	4.2	Middle-America	Mexico		El Encanto		EMSC
18.06.2012 05:55:27	2.7	Asia	Turkey		Yuvacik		EMSC
18.06.2012 05:40:52	2.7	North America	United States	Wyoming	Canyon Village		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 05:55:47	4.7	North-America	United States		Atka		EMSC
18.06.2012 05:41:13	4.6	North America	United States	Alaska	Atka		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 05:56:09	2.7	Europe	Italy		Casa Castellana		EMSC
18.06.2012 05:56:34	2.5	Asia	Turkey		Semerkoy		EMSC
18.06.2012 05:56:54	2.7	Asia	Turkey		Bayir		EMSC
18.06.2012 05:57:15	4.6	Middle-America	Mexico		Santa Clara		EMSC
18.06.2012 05:15:32	4.8	Middle America	Mexico	Estado de Chiapas	El Encanto		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 05:57:36	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Kopar		EMSC
18.06.2012 09:07:20	4.0	Europe	Russia		Baza		EMSC
18.06.2012 08:01:40	4.0	Europe	Russia		Baza		EMSC
18.06.2012 05:57:57	2.8	Asia	Turkey		Ismetpasa		EMSC
18.06.2012 04:52:30	2.8	Caribbean	Puerto Rico		Conde Avila		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 05:50:38	3.0	Caribbean	Dominican Republic	Provincia de La Altagracia	Chavon al Medio		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 03:00:29	2.1	North America	United States	California	Niland		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 04:50:33	2.5	Asia	Turkey		Aydinlar		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:50:24	2.5	Europe	Greece		Trizonia		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:50:44	4.7	Europe	Portugal		Corvo		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:40:31	4.8	Europe	Portugal	Regiao Autonoma dos Acores	Corvo		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 03:50:27	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Uzunyurt		EMSC
18.06.2012 03:50:48	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Kahya		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:25:30	5.0	Atlantic Ocean	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		Grytviken		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 02:51:05	5.0	Atlantic Ocean – North	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		Grytviken		EMSC
18.06.2012 03:51:09	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Kahya		EMSC
18.06.2012 03:51:30	2.2	Asia	Turkey		Bozyayla		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:15:38	4.6	Europe	Portugal	Regiao Autonoma dos Acores	Corvo		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 02:51:31	4.7	Europe	Portugal		Corvo		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:15:59	2.5	Caribbean	Puerto Rico		Puerto de Jobos		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 02:51:52	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Fidenigulebeler		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:52:14	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Guneyli		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:52:35	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Kaynarca		EMSC
18.06.2012 02:30:43	2.8	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		The Settlement		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 01:45:34	2.0	Asia	Turkey		Esenli		EMSC
18.06.2012 00:30:33	2.1	North America	United States	California	Desert Sands Mobile Home Park		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 01:46:35	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Basak		EMSC
18.06.2012 04:50:59	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Cukurgol Yaylasi		EMSC
18.06.2012 04:51:19	3.8	Europe	Russia		Baza		EMSC
18.06.2012 00:45:33	2.1	Europe	Italy		Tramuschio		EMSC
18.06.2012 06:57:58	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Karabogurtlen		EMSC
18.06.2012 04:51:40	2.5	Asia	Turkey		Kayadibi		EMSC
17.06.2012 22:42:54	3.0	North America	United States	California	Black Oaks		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 23:45:34	6.4	Asia	Japan		Kadonohama		EMSC
17.06.2012 22:50:37	6.4	Asia	Japan	Iwate-ken	Shirahama		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 22:40:34	2.8	Asia	Turkey		Silopi		EMSC
17.06.2012 23:45:55	2.8	Asia	Turkey		Silopi		EMSC
18.06.2012 03:51:51	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Uzunyurt		EMSC
17.06.2012 22:41:00	2.4	Europe	Italy		San Biagio		EMSC
17.06.2012 22:41:21	3.3	Asia	Taiwan		Chia-lu-lan		EMSC
17.06.2012 22:41:40	2.0	Asia	Turkey		Hunguvet		EMSC
17.06.2012 21:35:32	4.2	Europe	Greece		Perdhikkas		EMSC
17.06.2012 21:45:42	4.6	Europe	Greece	Nomos )) (( Piraios	Olimbias		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 01:30:31	3.2	Caribbean	Puerto Rico		Arenas		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:58:20	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Kahya		EMSC
17.06.2012 21:35:53	4.1	Asia	Taiwan		Chia-lu-lan		EMSC
17.06.2012 21:36:16	4.6	Indonesian Archipelago	Indonesia		Peot		EMSC
17.06.2012 20:55:39	2.6	North America	United States	Washington	Redondo		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 06:58:39	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Kultak		EMSC
17.06.2012 21:36:37	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Karakuyu		EMSC
17.06.2012 21:55:40	2.5	North America	United States	Tennessee	Edwards Point		USGS-RSOE
18.06.2012 07:20:34	2.9	North America	United States	Alaska	Nikolski		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 20:35:31	2.6	Europe	Italy		Coronella		EMSC
17.06.2012 21:36:58	3.8	Europe	Portugal		Terreiros		EMSC
17.06.2012 20:35:51	3.1	Asia	Turkey		Cukurgol Yaylasi		EMSC
17.06.2012 20:36:12	3.8	Europe	Portugal		Terreiros		EMSC
17.06.2012 20:36:32	4.4	Europe	Portugal		Corvo		EMSC
17.06.2012 22:41:59	3.2	Europe	Portugal		Corvo		EMSC
17.06.2012 20:36:52	5.2	Pacific Ocean – East	Tonga		`Ahau		EMSC
17.06.2012 19:45:33	5.3	Pacific Ocean	Tonga		Hatou		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 20:37:13	2.5	Asia	Turkey		Marmaraereglisi		EMSC
17.06.2012 20:37:34	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Cukurgol Yaylasi		EMSC
17.06.2012 19:35:32	2.4	Europe	Poland		Dziegielow		EMSC
17.06.2012 18:35:27	4.1	Europe	Greece		Kokkinoyio		EMSC
17.06.2012 18:35:55	3.6	Asia	Taiwan		Tung-fu-ts’un		EMSC
17.06.2012 18:36:23	4.0	Asia	Taiwan		Tung-fu-ts’un		EMSC
17.06.2012 18:36:43	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Dumurcu		EMSC
17.06.2012 18:37:04	3.5	Europe	Poland		Piersna		EMSC
17.06.2012 18:37:25	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Bahceyaka		EMSC
17.06.2012 17:30:36	2.2	Europe	Italy		Alberica		EMSC
17.06.2012 17:30:56	2.4	Europe	Italy		Santa Maria a Potenza		EMSC
17.06.2012 16:45:26	2.2	North America	United States	Hawaii	Volcano		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 17:31:17	4.4	Europe	Portugal		Corvo		EMSC
17.06.2012 18:55:29	4.7	Europe	Portugal	Regiao Autonoma dos Acores	Corvo		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 16:30:30	2.7	Asia	Turkey		Kavakcali		EMSC
17.06.2012 16:30:56	3.8	Europe	Greece		Kolimbia		EMSC
17.06.2012 16:05:38	2.3	North America	United States	Alaska	Lime Village		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 16:31:17	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Tasbuku		EMSC
17.06.2012 16:31:37	3.0	Asia	Turkey		Bayir		EMSC
17.06.2012 16:11:02	3.3	North America	United States	Missouri	Linda		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 16:35:39	3.3	North America	United States	Missouri	Linda		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 15:27:30	3.6	North America	United States	Alaska	Kantishna		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 15:25:27	2.0	Europe	Italy		San Felice sul Panaro		EMSC
17.06.2012 15:25:53	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Bayir		EMSC
17.06.2012 15:26:16	4.6	North-America	United States		Biorka		EMSC
17.06.2012 15:35:30	4.6	North America	United States	Alaska	Biorka		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 15:26:37	4.5	Indonesian Archipelago	Indonesia		Cipancong		EMSC
17.06.2012 15:05:39	4.6	Pacific Ocean	Tonga		Falehau		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 15:26:58	4.6	Pacific Ocean – East	Tonga		Falehau		EMSC
17.06.2012 14:25:30	3.2	Europe	Greece		Platanos		EMSC
17.06.2012 14:25:51	3.1	Europe	France		La Balme-de-Sillingy		EMSC
17.06.2012 13:25:31	2.5	Europe	Greece		Elaia		EMSC
17.06.2012 13:25:52	2.2	Europe	Italy		La Marchesa		EMSC
17.06.2012 13:26:14	2.1	Europe	Italy		Ravarino		EMSC
17.06.2012 13:26:33	2.4	Europe	Italy		Case Reggiani		EMSC
17.06.2012 13:26:54	2.9	Europe	Greece		Trizonia		EMSC
17.06.2012 13:50:45	2.8	Caribbean	Puerto Rico		Costa Dorado		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 13:27:15	2.9	Europe	Greece		Trizonia		EMSC
18.06.2012 01:00:57	2.8	Pacific Ocean	New Zealand		Diamond Harbour		GEONET
17.06.2012 12:25:23	2.7	Europe	Greece		Ayia Anna		EMSC
17.06.2012 12:25:50	2.8	Asia	Turkey		Mahmudan		EMSC
17.06.2012 12:26:15	3.9	Asia	Taiwan		Tung-fu-ts’un		EMSC
17.06.2012 11:25:29	4.4	Asia	Taiwan		Chia-lu-lan		EMSC
17.06.2012 11:25:50	4.0	Asia	Taiwan		Chia-lu-lan		EMSC
17.06.2012 12:26:37	2.5	Asia	Turkey		Karakuyu		EMSC
17.06.2012 11:26:13	4.9	Asia	Taiwan		čłĺŻŽ		EMSC
17.06.2012 11:28:08	5.0	Asia	Taiwan	T'ai-wan Sheng	Hsin-she		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 11:26:34	3.8	Asia	Taiwan		Chia-lu-lan		EMSC
17.06.2012 11:26:55	2.6	Europe	Italy		Quarantoli		EMSC
17.06.2012 11:27:14	2.5	Europe	Italy		La Collevata		EMSC
17.06.2012 10:20:33	2.4	Europe	Italy		L’Orlanda		EMSC
17.06.2012 10:20:54	3.0	Asia	Turkey		Kinali		EMSC
17.06.2012 10:21:15	3.7	Asia	Taiwan		Liu-chieh-pi		EMSC
17.06.2012 09:25:37	2.2	North America	United States	California	Coso		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 10:21:37	4.8	Asia	Japan		Sekimoto-naka		EMSC
17.06.2012 09:30:40	4.6	Asia	Japan	Ibaraki-ken	Yoshinuma		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 11:27:35	4.0	Europe	Russia		(( Vasil’yevo ))		EMSC
17.06.2012 09:20:29	3.2	Asia	Turkey		Kahya		EMSC
17.06.2012 09:20:54	2.1	Asia	Turkey		Cukurgol Yaylasi		EMSC
17.06.2012 17:32:13	2.2	North America	United States	Missouri	Point Pleasant		USGS-RSOE
17.06.2012 09:21:15	4.9	Pacific Ocean – East	Fiji		Wainggori		EMSC
17.06.2012 09:21:34	3.0	Europe	Greece		Megisti		EMSC
17.06.2012 10:21:59	4.0	Europe	Russia		Baza		EMSC

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Quake of 6.4 magnitude strikes 72 miles off Japan

TOKYO | Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:29pm EDT

(Reuters) – A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

USGS put the quake 115 km (72 miles) southeast of Morioka on Japan’s Pacific coast, and 31 km deep.

The Japan Meteorological Agency put it at magnitude 6.1, and slightly deeper at 40 km (25 miles).

The quake was rated only 4 on Japan’s seven-point seismic scale, suggesting that no significant damage was expected, and no tsunami warning was issued.

(Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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Volcanic Activity

Mt. Marapi spews volcanic ash on Sunday morning

Bukittingi, W Sumatra, June 17 (ANTARA) – Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province spewed volcanic ash up to 500 meters into the sky on Sunday morning.

“The volcano spewed volcanic ash for about 10 minutes starting at around 08.30 a.m.,” Mubarak, who lived on the slope of the volcano said on Sunday.

“The volcanic ash fell on around the volcano`s slope,” he said.

Before spewing volcanic ash, the 2,891-meter high volcano released white thick smoke as high as 50 meters from its crater, he said.

Since its alert status was raised on August 3, 2011, the volcano had spewed white smoke and volcanic ash almost everyday, he said.

The Bukittinggi Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) still maintains the volcano`s alert status at the second highest alert level.

“PVMBG still recommends keeping the volcano at the second highest alert status and declaring it off-limits to anyone climbing within 3 km of its peak,” PVMBG officer Warseno said.

The volcano has spewed thick smoke and volcanic ash almost every day since it began showing signs of increased activity on August 3, 2011.

Mt Marapi is one of the active volcanoes in West Sumatra. It sent out sulfuric volcanic ash 1,000 meters into the sky on August 3 last year. The ash fell onto a number of areas, such as Agam, Tanahdatar, Padangpariaman, and Padangpanjang.

The volcano last erupted in 2005.

When inactive, the mountains adjacent to Mt Singgalang and Mt Tandikek have always been a destination for climbers from within and outside West Sumatra. Also, every New Years, it is always crowded with mountain climbers. (ANTARA)

18.06.2012

Volcano Activity

Mexico

States of Puebla, [Popocatepetl Volcano]

Volcano Activity in Mexico on Saturday, 16 June, 2012 at 17:39 (05:39 PM) UTC.

Description

Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano is showing more signs of activity. Nighttime footage from a permanent camera set up near the volcano showed it was belching out incandescent rocks and smoke. The National Center for Disaster Prevention has registered 68 exhalations of gas vapor and ash of medium intensity coming from the volcano in the last 24 hours. The volcano can also bee seen spewing ash in daytime footage. The volcanic mountain sits roughly halfway between Mexico City and Puebla with some 25 million people living within a 60-mile radius. Popo, as it is commonly known, has erupted small amounts of ash almost daily since activity began in 1994. Officials have not ordered any evacuations.

Volcano Activity in Mexico on Saturday, 16 June, 2012 at 17:39 (05:39 PM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	VA-20120616-35460-MEX
Event type:	Volcano Activity
Date/Time:	Saturday, 16 June, 2012 at 17:39 (05:39 PM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Unknown
Geographic information
Continent:	Central-America
Country:	Mexico
County / State:	States of Puebla
Area:	Popocatepetl Volcano
City:
Coordinate:	N 19° 1.429, W 98° 37.497
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather

Today

Forest / Wild Fire

USA

State of , [Near the Golden Acorn Casino]

Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 05:02 (05:02 AM) UTC.

Description

Authorities are evacuating about 150 homes in eastern San Diego County as firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire that has destroyed one structure. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the fire began Sunday afternoon in a rural area northeast of Campo and near the Golden Acorn Casino. It has consumed 200 acres of brush. Capt. Daryll Pina said the fire has destroyed one structure, but he hasn’t been able to confirm what it was. Officials shut down the road to the casino and patrons are being urged to stay inside. Meanwhile, a 2,200-acre wildfire that erupted Saturday in a remote area of Riverside County is 70 percent contained. Authorities say they expect full containment of the blaze burning between Beaumont and San Jacinto Monday morning.

Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 05:02 (05:02 AM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	WF-20120618-35476-USA
Event type:	Forest / Wild Fire
Date/Time:	Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 05:02 (05:02 AM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Minor
Geographic information
Continent:	North-America
Country:	USA
County / State:	State of
Area:	Near the Golden Acorn Casino
City:
Coordinate:	N 32° 36.455, W 116° 28.184
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

Today

Forest / Wild Fire

USA

State of California, [Between Beaumont and San Jacinto, Riverside County]

Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:50 (03:50 AM) UTC.

Description

Crews continue to battle a wildfire that has burned at least 2,200 acres of brush in a remote area of Riverside County. Fire department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann says Sunday that the blaze, burning steep terrain between Beaumont and San Jacinto, is not threatening any homes. At least 445 firefighters aided by five air tankers and five water-dropping helicopters have contained about 30 percent of the fire. The fire was reported Saturday afternoon. Winds moving at up to 20 mph helped the flames spread to 2,000 acres in five hours. Hagemann says the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:50 (03:50 AM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	WF-20120618-35474-USA
Event type:	Forest / Wild Fire
Date/Time:	Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:50 (03:50 AM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Minor
Geographic information
Continent:	North-America
Country:	USA
County / State:	State of California
Area:	Between Beaumont and San Jacinto, Riverside County
City:
Coordinate:	N 33° 51.404, W 116° 58.039
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

Today

Forest / Wild Fire

USA

State of Colorado, [Pike National Forest]

Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:15 (03:15 AM) UTC.

Description

The fire burning behind Lake George in Park County is now 200 acres, and it is 0% contained. According to a park ranger for the Pike National Forest, the 11 mile canyon has been evacuated. That is between 150 and 200 homes. Everyone else in that area is under pre-evacuation orders. That means they must be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice. County road 96 and 92 at Highway 24 are both shut down right now. That fire started around noon on the Indian Paintbrush Ranch. We’ve heard several reports from witnesses who say they saw someone fire shots, and that may have hit a propane tank causing an explosion. But, Park Rangers say they are still investigating what caused this fire. Among the evacuees, about 500 campers with Camp Alexander. They were at 11 mile canyon. The Camp Director tells us they are all safely out of the fire’s reach. Those campers are from all over Colorado, and out of state. They will have to stay the night at Woodland Park High School and/or Middle School. There are more than 40 firefighters fighting this fire, and witnesses say they have also seen drops from helicopters.

Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:15 (03:15 AM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	WF-20120618-35471-USA
Event type:	Forest / Wild Fire
Date/Time:	Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:15 (03:15 AM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Minor
Geographic information
Continent:	North-America
Country:	USA
County / State:	State of Colorado
Area:	Pike National Forest
City:
Coordinate:	N 39° 11.031, W 105° 30.033
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

18.06.2012

Forest / Wild Fire

Greece

Attica, [Keratea region]

Forest / Wild Fire in Greece on Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 05:06 (05:06 AM) UTC.

Description

A fire aided by strong winds has burned several houses near the town of Keratea, 30 miles south of Athens, authorities said. Two firefighters have been injured, one with extensive burns, but no civilian casualties have been reported. The blaze started on Saturday afternoon on dried grass, apparently as the result of an accident and was spreading fast, engulfing four isolated houses on the outskirts of the towns of Keratea and Palea Fokaia and threatening others. Because of the high winds, two firefighting planes sent to help put out the fire were unable to operate and replaced by one helicopter and four newer planes, according to a statement by the fire brigade. It said 74 firefighting vehicles were operating on the ground. Firefighters called the situation “hellish” and said the fire will not stop until it reaches the sea, about three miles south-west. An old people’s home was evacuated and its 42 residents moved to a nearby resort, authorities said. At least three smaller fires were burning near Athens late on Saturday afternoon. One, in the district of Pallini, just east of the capital, started in dry grass and was threatening an ice cream factory. Vans outside the factory went up in flames. Two other fires broke out in the north-west and south-east corners of the southern Greek Peloponnese peninsula, requiring dozens of fire vehicles to rush to the scenes. The blazes were being fought one day before Greeks vote in a national election that could determine whether their indebted nation stays in the euro or leaves in chaos. The prevailing weather in Greece has been hot and dry recently and although temperatures have decreased somewhat, winds have picked up, leading authorities to issue warnings just hours before the fire broke out.

Forest / Wild Fire in Greece on Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 05:06 (05:06 AM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	WF-20120617-35461-GRC
Event type:	Forest / Wild Fire
Date/Time:	Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 05:06 (05:06 AM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Moderate
Geographic information
Continent:	Europe
Country:	Greece
County / State:	Attica
Area:	Keratea region
City:
Coordinate:	N 37° 48.477, E 23° 58.510
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	2
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

Excessive Heat Warning

PHOENIX AZ

Gale Warning

MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
HONOLULU HI
EUREKA CA
POINT ST GEORGE TO POINT ARENA
POINT ARENA TO POINT CONCEPTION
EUREKA CA
SEATTLE WA
MEDFORD, OR

Red Flag Warning

FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

CHEYENNE WY
HANFORD CA
RIVERTON WY
PHOENIX AZ
LAS VEGAS NV
SALT LAKE CITY UT
RENO NV
PUEBLO CO
GRAND JUNCTION CO
DENVER CO
ELKO NV
FAIRBANKS AK
FLAGSTAFF AZ
POCATELLO ID
BOISE ID



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Storms, Flooding, Landslides

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

GREEN BAY WI

Active tropical storm system(s)

Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Guchol (05W)	Pacific Ocean	11.06.2012	18.06.2012	Typhoon IV.	15 °	213 km/h	259 km/h	5.49 m	JTWC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Guchol (05W)
Area:	Pacific Ocean
Start up location:	N 8° 24.000, E 146° 30.000
Start up:	11th June 2012
Status:	01st January 1970
Track long:	1,582.20 km
Top category.:
Report by:	JTWC

Useful links:

Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
11th Jun 2012	05:06:01	N 8° 24.000, E 146° 30.000	19	46	65	Tropical Depression	280	8		JTWC
13th Jun 2012	04:06:56	N 9° 42.000, E 140° 24.000	13	65	83	Tropical Storm	280	8		JTWC
14th Jun 2012	05:06:12	N 10° 54.000, E 135° 6.000	24	102	130	Tropical Storm	270	13		JTWC
15th Jun 2012	04:06:55	N 10° 18.000, E 132° 6.000	15	148	185	Typhoon I.	255	16		JTWC
16th Jun 2012	06:06:36	N 12° 48.000, E 130° 6.000	17	185	232	Typhoon III.	340	16		JTWC
17th Jun 2012	06:06:54	N 17° 18.000, E 127° 42.000	22	241	296	Typhoon IV.	335	20		JTWC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
18th Jun 2012	04:06:05	N 22° 12.000, E 127° 24.000	26	213	259	Typhoon IV.	15 °	18		JTWC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
19th Jun 2012	12:00:00	N 32° 36.000, E 134° 36.000	Typhoon I.	120	148	JTWC
19th Jun 2012	00:00:00	N 29° 0.000, E 131° 12.000	Typhoon II.	157	194	JTWC
20th Jun 2012	00:00:00	N 35° 42.000, E 139° 6.000	Tropical Storm	93	120	JTWC
21st Jun 2012	00:00:00	N 41° 6.000, E 149° 30.000	Tropical Storm	65	83	JTWC

Talim (06W)

Pacific Ocean

18.06.2012

Tropical Depression

65 °

56 km/h

74 km/h

3.66 m

JTWC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Talim (06W)
Area:	Pacific Ocean
Start up location:	N 18° 48.000, E 112° 24.000
Start up:	18th June 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	0.00 km
Top category.:
Report by:	JTWC

Useful links:

Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
18th Jun 2012	04:06:37	N 18° 48.000, E 112° 24.000	13	56	74	Tropical Depression	65 °	12		JTWC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
19th Jun 2012	00:00:00	N 20° 18.000, E 115° 36.000	Tropical Storm	83	102	JTWC
19th Jun 2012	12:00:00	N 21° 42.000, E 117° 30.000	Tropical Storm	93	120	JTWC
20th Jun 2012	00:00:00	N 23° 30.000, E 119° 48.000	Tropical Storm	102	130	JTWC
21st Jun 2012	00:00:00	N 28° 18.000, E 125° 54.000	Tropical Storm	74	93	JTWC
22nd Jun 2012	00:00:00	N 32° 42.000, E 133° 36.000	Tropical Depression	46	65	JTWC
23rd Jun 2012	00:00:00	N 36° 48.000, E 144° 48.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	JTWC

High Wind Warning

HONOLULU HI
CHEYENNE WY

Flash Flood Warning

TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

Flood Warning

PENDLETON OR

Flood Advisory

LA CROSSE WI

Coastal Flood Advisory

BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
MOUNT HOLLY NJ

Landslide in Chile on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:47 (03:47 AM) UTC.

Description

Nearly 30 people were cut off early Sunday by a mudslide caused by the torrential rains in central and southern Chile, police said. The mudslide occurred in Farellones, located a few kilometers (miles) from Santiago, the Carabineros militarized police force said. Snow and heavy rain caused the emergency situation at kilometer 4 in Farellones on the road to a ski resort, police said, adding that all the residents who were cut off are in good condition. Avalanches, meanwhile, destroyed an unoccupied vehicle in San Jose de Maipo, a city outside Santiago in the lower part of the Andes. Heavy snow has kept the Los Libertadores border crossing, which links the Chilean city of Los Andes to the Argentine city of Mendoza, closed, police said. Several ports remain closed as a precaution due to bad weather, but the weather service said the rain should ease Sunday night. The rains caused power outages and flooding in the Santiago metropolitan area, which is home to 6.4 million people, the national emergency management office said.

Landslide in Chile on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:47 (03:47 AM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	LS-20120618-35473-CHL
Event type:	Landslide
Date/Time:	Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:47 (03:47 AM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Minor
Geographic information
Continent:	South-America
Country:	Chile
County / State:	Provincia de Maipo
Area:
City:	Farellones
Coordinate:	S 33° 33.679, W 70° 47.026
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases

Today

Epidemic Hazard

India

State of Kerala, [Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Wayanad and Palakkad]

Epidemic Hazard in India on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:16 (03:16 AM) UTC.

Description
Fifteen cases of Scrub Typhus infection, a communicable disease commonly found in southeast Asia and Japan, have been reported from various parts of the district. First reported from Malabar region in the state in 2006, the medical officials say that it is very difficult to know its symptoms mainly because in the initial stage it appears like a common fever. The disease which spreads through mite bite can be diagnosed only through blood test. “Scrub Typhus has been reported in Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Wayanad and Palakkad,” said M K Appunny, additional district medical officer. “If detected at an early stage then it can be cured by administering drug Doxycycline, used to treat Leptospirosis. But if the patient approaches doctor at a late stage then the chances of organ failure and death are high,” he said. The health department had organized a regional-level workshop for doctors from the six districts of Malabar at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital recently. The workshop imparted awareness classes for the medical fraternity including district medical officers and health staff to ensure early diagnosis of diseases. The Kozhikode wing of the Indian Medical Association, which started its campaign ‘no more fever deaths’, has started conducting awareness classes about the disease with the help of residential associations in the district. Elaborating the symptoms, K T Mohanan, public health programme officer, said the disease used to be found only in people living in the forest areas. Sore skin and bite mark on body are the major signs to identify the disease. Symptoms include acute fever, cold and joint pain.
Biohazard name:	Scrub Typhus
Biohazard level:	3/4 Hight
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

Epidemic Hazard in India on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:16 (03:16 AM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	EH-20120618-35472-IND
Event type:	Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time:	Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:16 (03:16 AM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Unknown
Geographic information
Continent:	Asia
Country:	India
County / State:	State of Kerala
Area:	Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Wayanad and Palakkad
City:
Coordinate:	N 9° 56.383, E 76° 15.600
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—
Infected person(s):	15

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Solar Activity

3MIN News June 17, 2012: IMPACT

Published on Jun 17, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

TODAYS LINKS
Solar Magnetics: http://obs.astro.ucla.edu/cur_mag_na1.html
X-37B: http://phys.org/news/2012-06-x-37b-unmanned-space-plane-california.html
First Chinese Woman Astronaut: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/first-chinese-woman-astronaut-aboard-shenz…

REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]

HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]

SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]

SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it... trust me]

SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]

NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/cme-based/ [CME Evolution]

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php

Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]

BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]

TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]

GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]

INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]

NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/

PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]

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Solar System

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)

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Left

AU Distance

LD Distance

Estimated Diameter*

Relative Velocity

(2011 KR12)

19th June 2012

1 day(s)

0.1318

51.3

140 m – 310 m

10.10 km/s

36360 km/h

(2004 HB39)

20th June 2012

2 day(s)

0.1605

62.5

77 m – 170 m

8.88 km/s

31968 km/h

(2008 CE119)

21st June 2012

3 day(s)

0.1811

70.5

21 m – 46 m

3.22 km/s

11592 km/h

308242 (2005 GO21)

21st June 2012

3 day(s)

0.0440

17.1

1.4 km – 3.1 km

13.27 km/s

47772 km/h

(2011 AH5)

25th June 2012

7 day(s)

0.1670

65.0

17 m – 39 m

5.84 km/s

21024 km/h

(2012 FA14)

25th June 2012

7 day(s)

0.0322

12.5

75 m – 170 m

5.28 km/s

19008 km/h

(2004 YG1)

25th June 2012

7 day(s)

0.0890

34.7

140 m – 310 m

11.34 km/s

40824 km/h

(2010 AF3)

25th June 2012

7 day(s)

0.1190

46.3

16 m – 36 m

6.54 km/s

23544 km/h

(2008 YT30)

26th June 2012

8 day(s)

0.0715

27.8

370 m – 820 m

10.70 km/s

38520 km/h

(2010 NY65)

27th June 2012

9 day(s)

0.1023

39.8

120 m – 270 m

15.09 km/s

54324 km/h

(2008 WM64)

28th June 2012

10 day(s)

0.1449

56.4

200 m – 440 m

17.31 km/s

62316 km/h

(2010 CD55)

28th June 2012

10 day(s)

0.1975

76.8

64 m – 140 m

6.33 km/s

22788 km/h

(2004 CL)

30th June 2012

12 day(s)

0.1113

43.3

220 m – 480 m

20.75 km/s

74700 km/h

(2008 YQ2)

03rd July 2012

15 day(s)

0.1057

41.1

29 m – 65 m

15.60 km/s

56160 km/h

(2005 QQ30)

06th July 2012

18 day(s)

0.1765

68.7

280 m – 620 m

13.13 km/s

47268 km/h

(2011 YJ28)

06th July 2012

18 day(s)

0.1383

53.8

150 m – 330 m

14.19 km/s

51084 km/h

276392 (2002 XH4)

07th July 2012

19 day(s)

0.1851

72.0

370 m – 840 m

7.76 km/s

27936 km/h

(2003 MK4)

08th July 2012

20 day(s)

0.1673

65.1

180 m – 410 m

14.35 km/s

51660 km/h

(1999 NW2)

08th July 2012

20 day(s)

0.0853

33.2

62 m – 140 m

6.66 km/s

23976 km/h

189P/NEAT

09th July 2012

21 day(s)

0.1720

66.9

n/a

12.47 km/s

44892 km/h

(2000 JB6)

10th July 2012

22 day(s)

0.1780

69.3

490 m – 1.1 km

6.42 km/s

23112 km/h

(2010 MJ1)

10th July 2012

22 day(s)

0.1533

59.7

52 m – 120 m

10.35 km/s

37260 km/h

(2008 NP3)

12th July 2012

24 day(s)

0.1572

61.2

57 m – 130 m

6.08 km/s

21888 km/h

(2006 BV39)

12th July 2012

24 day(s)

0.1132

44.1

4.2 m – 9.5 m

11.11 km/s

39996 km/h

(2005 NE21)

15th July 2012

27 day(s)

0.1555

60.5

140 m – 320 m

10.77 km/s

38772 km/h

(2003 KU2)

15th July 2012

27 day(s)

0.1034

40.2

770 m – 1.7 km

17.12 km/s

61632 km/h

(2007 TN74)

16th July 2012

28 day(s)

0.1718

66.9

20 m – 45 m

7.36 km/s

26496 km/h

(2007 DD)

16th July 2012

28 day(s)

0.1101

42.8

19 m – 42 m

6.47 km/s

23292 km/h

(2006 BC8)

16th July 2012

28 day(s)

0.1584

61.6

25 m – 56 m

17.71 km/s

63756 km/h

144411 (2004 EW9)

16th July 2012

28 day(s)

0.1202

46.8

1.3 km – 2.9 km

10.90 km/s

39240 km/h

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Source: NASA-NEO

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Biological / Wildlife

Today

Biological Hazard

USA

State of Idaho, [Eastern area ]

Biological Hazard in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:52 (03:52 AM) UTC.

Description
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture says two Idaho goats have tested positive for Q fever. Q fever is a contagious bacteria that affects, sheep, goats and cattle, and it can be spread to humans. This is not the first case in the state, but this is the first outbreak on record in Idaho. The ISDA is trying to keep it from spreading to more animals, or humans. “The Department of Agriculture received confirmation that two goats in the state had tested positive for Coxiela burnetii,” said Doctor Scott Leibsle of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Coxiela burnetii is the organism that causes Q fever. “When we got the confirmation of the positive, we notified the owner of the goats and we immediately put the goats under quarantine,” said Leibsle. They caught the disease in a state screening. “You often don’t know your animal is sick until they abort their pregnancy, and typically, livestock don’t show any symptoms other than losing their pregnancy.” That’s also the time when it’s easiest to get and spread the bacteria. “The greatest risk for humans contracting the disease is the producers and people that handle livestock on a daily basis,” Leibsle said.
Biohazard name:	Q Fever (Coxiela burnetii)
Biohazard level:	3/4 Hight
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

Biological Hazard in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:52 (03:52 AM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	BH-20120618-35475-USA
Event type:	Biological Hazard
Date/Time:	Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:52 (03:52 AM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Unknown
Geographic information
Continent:	North-America
Country:	USA
County / State:	State of Idaho
Area:	Eastern area
City:
Coordinate:	N 44° 7.622, W 112° 12.202
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

18.06.2012

Biological Hazard

Guam

[Tumon Bay]

Biological Hazard in Guam on Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 16:32 (04:32 PM) UTC.

Description
The southern part of Tumon Bay was closed off to the public after reports of wasp jellyfish making their way into the area. Department of Parks and Recreation Director Pete Calvo said they shut down the beach areas between Hilton Resort and Spa, Gov. Joseph Flores Memorial Beach Park and the Pacific Islands Club. The beach areas from PIC up north toward the Westin hotel are not affected. “We had five incidents of encounters. A couple of tourists who were injured had some vinegar applied to their stings. It was not serious. But we don’t want anyone who may be allergic to this type of sting to be exposed,” he said. The five cases were confirmed to have occurred at Gov. Joseph Flores Memorial Beach Park. The creatures are believed to have entered when it was high tide, Calvo said. Lifeguards continue to monitor the beach and Calvo said they would conduct an assessment to determine if they could open the affected beach area. “If we find that the jellyfish have not moved on, then we’ll close the areas again. But we’ll play it by ear,” he said. Wasp jellyfish, also referred to as box jellyfish, carry venom known to cause serious pain to people. Once the tentacles come in contact with human skin, they tend to stick. Removing them while the creature is alive is not recommended, due to the potential for a release of more toxins. If the sting is not treated right away, it can leave a scar.
Biohazard name:	Wasp jellyfish
Biohazard level:	0/4 —
Biohazard desc.:	This does not included biological hazard category.
Symptoms:
Status:

Biological Hazard in Guam on Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 16:32 (04:32 PM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	BH-20120617-35468-GUM
Event type:	Biological Hazard
Date/Time:	Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 16:32 (04:32 PM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Unknown
Geographic information
Continent:	Pacific Ocean – West
Country:	Guam
County / State:
Area:	Tumon Bay
City:
Coordinate:	N 13° 30.817, E 144° 48.016
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

18.06.2012

Biological Hazard

USA

State of New York, [Sodus Bay]

Biological Hazard in USA on Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 05:11 (05:11 AM) UTC.

Description
Recently a sampling crew found blue-green algae blooming in Sodus Bay. “I don’t think anybody wanted to go in the water anyway because it was like pea soup,” boater Bruce Arrabito said. Boaters like Arrabito remember summers like 2010. That’s when slimy algae covered the bay, some of it was toxic to people and animals. It’s a sight boater, Joyce Ebmeyer worries she’ll see again. “This is just the beginning stages, Ebmeyer said. “It was blue everywhere; it will probably get the same way.” Ebmeyer claims the algae from 2010 made her friend sick. “My friend had a reaction to it when she was here two years ago and she was wheezing and could hardly breath and a friend of hers had an asthma attack,” Ebmeyer said. Some marinas have strategically placed bubblers near the docks where blue algae form. Algae need hot, dry conditions, and calm water. The idea is to use these bubblers to prevent algae from forming. But that can’t rid the water of what’s already there. To do that, Ed Leroux of the group, Save Our Sodus says they’re looking at using Hydrogen Peroxide. “It’s worked exceptionally well in the Netherlands,” Leroux said. “It stops the algae bloom dead in its tracks.” That may be able to flush out this nuisance for good. Leroux says his organization has received several grants to take on projects to control and rid of the algae. It’s not known if the blooms in the bay are toxic. The results from samples taken Friday will be available sometime Monday.
Biohazard name:	Blue-Green (cyanobacteria) Algae bloom
Biohazard level:	0/4 —
Biohazard desc.:	This does not included biological hazard category.
Symptoms:
Status:

Biological Hazard in USA on Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 05:11 (05:11 AM) UTC.

Base data
EDIS Number:	BH-20120617-35462-USA
Event type:	Biological Hazard
Date/Time:	Sunday, 17 June, 2012 at 05:11 (05:11 AM) UTC
Last update:	—
Cause of event:
Damage level:	Unknown
Geographic information
Continent:	North-America
Country:	USA
County / State:	State of New York
Area:	Sodus Bay
City:
Coordinate:	N 43° 14.877, W 76° 57.224
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:	Affected is unknown.
Dead person(s):	—
Injured person(s):	—
Missing person(s):	—
Evacuated person(s):	—
Affected person(s):	—

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Articles of Interest

Japanese PM fires up damaging reactor row

Members of a women's association shout slogans during a rally to protest against restarting the Ohi nuclear power plant's reactors. Protest … women rally against the reactors reopening. Photo: AP

TOKYO: The approval by the Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, for reactors to be restarted, ending Japan’s month-long freeze on nuclear power, has met with a mixed response, signalling damage to his political support.

Two reactors at Kansai Electric Power’s Ohi nuclear plant can be operated safely, Mr Noda said on Saturday after meeting three cabinet ministers who share approval authority.

The utility, which serves the $1 trillion economy of Japan’s second-biggest urban region, said it would immediately begin work to start one reactor.

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Japan is reopening nuclear plants that provided about 30 per cent of its energy before being shut after the March 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima station.

The decision followed a day after a deal was made with opposition parties to abandon some campaign pledges in return for agreement to double the nation’s consumption tax. Majorities in public opinion polls oppose both the restarts and the tax increase.

Local governments in areas where other nuclear power plants are located voiced support for the government’s decision and hope that reactors at their nuclear plants would also be reactivated.

”The government should restart the reactors as quickly as possible on its own responsibility,” a local official said.

But other local government heads reiterated their demands that the government make more efforts to secure the safety of nuclear plants.

More than 70 per cent of respondents to a Mainichi newspaper poll published on June 4 objected to a speedy restart of the reactors in Ohi. In a separate poll released June 5 by the Pew Research Centre, 70 per cent of Japanese said the country should reduce its reliance on nuclear energy and 52 per cent feared they or their families may have been exposed to radiation.

Bloomberg, Yomiuri Shimbun

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