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September 17, 2013

Typhoon Hits Japan; Death Tolls Rise in Mexico, Colorado Flooding 
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At least two people are dead and dozens injured after a powerful typhoon
hit Japan, damaging thousands of homes and prompting evacuation orders
for hundreds of thousands of people. The typhoon complicated clean-up
efforts at the embattled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where workers
were forced to dump more than 1,100 tons of rainwater that had pooled
around storage tanks holding radioactive water. The plant's operator
said the water's radiation levels were considered safe. Meanwhile the
death toll from two storms that slammed Mexico from opposite coasts has
risen to at least 41 amid some of the worst flooding in decades. And the
confirmed death toll from historic floods in Colorado has risen to
eight. Scientists have long predicted an uptick in such extreme weather
events as a result of human-caused climate change.

 

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