Environmental Archive
Asia Pacific
February 8, 2018 – A minor fire set off an alarm in a building at the Fukushima No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant earlier this morning, sparking an investigation.
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October 24 2017 – Powerful Typhoon Lan battered a wide area of Japan with heavy rain and strong winds, causing at least six deaths, injuring many others and
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March 30, 2017 – A school official responsible for an ill-fated mountaineering lesson at a ski resort in eastern Japan admitted to a lapse in judgment in going
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February 22, 2017
February 22, 2017 – A Tokyo zoo suspended public viewing of two giant pandas today to allow the pair to mate now that the female panda appears to
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February 21, 2017
February 21, 2017 – Torrential rains in the Indonesian capital have overwhelmed drains and flooded roads and thousands of homes. The disaster mitigation agency said today that more
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February 16, 2017
February 16, 2017 – Two earthquakes rocked an area of Indonesia’s Aceh province devastated by a quake in December, damaging houses and causing injuries. The quakes measured at
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February 10, 2017
February 10, 2017 – Landslides and flooding have killed at least 12 people on the Indonesian island of Bali, it was confirmed today. National Disaster Management Agency spokesman
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October 20, 2016 – Twenty-five Cambodia’s nearly-extinct Royal Turtles have settled into their new home at the Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in northwestern Siem Reap
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October 6, 2016 – South Korea cleaned up today after Typhoon Chaba lashed its southern coast with powerful winds and heavy rains that triggered flash floods and left six
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July 7, 2016 – Taiwan cancelled more than 100 flights and shut schools and offices today as the island braced for a direct hit from Super Typhoon Nepartak, the
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