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A 1988 UK government estimate stated that there would be around 100 deaths by 2007 as a result of exposure to radioactive material. [3] [4] More recent academic research carried out in 2007 estimated that 100 to 240 deaths were caused by the radiation leak. [5] [6] [7] 1 (disputed) Fukushima nuclear disaster: 2011 March
Map of Tsunami Warnings issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency at 1 January 2024 16:22 JST. Large parts of Japan's western coast, from Hokkaido to Nagasaki Prefectures were immediately placed under a tsunami warning after the earthquake struck, with evacuation orders issued in Ishikawa, Niigata, Toyama, and Yamagata prefectures.
The most devastating recorded natural disaster to affect Japan by death toll was the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, which killed ~105,000 and a further ~6,000 due to the Kantō Massacre in its immediate aftermath. Japan has also been the site of some of the 10 worst natural disasters of the 21st century.
Death count Event Location Year 930,000–2,000,000 1887 Yellow River flood: ... 1982 Nagasaki flood: Japan: 1982 290 Rio de Janeiro and Fluminense flood Brazil: 1988
Florida power outage map As of Monday morning, roughly 460,000 businesses and homes in Florida remained without power, according to the USA TODAY power outage tracker .
No immediate fatalities, though up to 200+ additional cancer deaths might have ensued from the radioactive contamination of the surrounding area; 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels. Over thirty small communities were removed from Soviet maps between 1958 and 1991. [67] (INES level 6) [32] October 1957: Windscale fire, UK ...
Nagasaki marked the 79th anniversary of its atomic bombing at the end of World War II at a ceremony Friday eclipsed by the absence of the American ambassador and other Western envoys in response ...
The Nagasaki mayor's snub comes as Israel continues to fight Hamas forces in Gaza, a conflict that has reduced much of the heavily populated strip to ruins and killed more than 39,600 Palestinians ...