(AGI) - Tokyo, March 12 - The day after the devastating earthquake, Japan is faced with a serious emergency nuclear . Has' been an 'explosion in nuclear Fukushima, whose cooling system had been damaged by the earthquake and where the level of radioactivity' had grown alarmingly. Four injured among the workers. According to the broadcaster NHK and the roof of the building that housed the reactor walls have collapsed. The authorities' this morning warned that the reactor no.1 of the nuclear power plant, located about 250 km northeast of Tokyo, an urban area of \u200b\u200b30 million people, poteva essere avvenuta una fusione nucleare. L'emittente pubblica NHK ha riferito che l'esplosione e' stata avvertita alle 3:30 del pomeriggio (le 7:30 in Italia), ha mostrato le immagini del fumo che si leva dall'impianto, segnalando che e' andata distrutta la cupola che accoglie il reattore. I canali televisivi hanno avvertito i residenti della zona di rimanere al chiuso, spegnere i condizionatori d'aria e non bere l'acqua del rubinetto. Alle persone che sono all'esterno e' stato consigliato di non lasciare esposta la pelle e coprirsi la faccia con maschere ed asciugamani bagnati. I quattro feriti sono stati portati in un ospedale della zona. L'esplosione e' avvenuta poco dopo che i responsabili dell'impianto nucleare avevano annunciato di esser riusciti a ridurre la pressione nel reattore. E adesso il Giappone ripiomba nell'incubo della contaminazione da radiazioni, dopo la devastazione causata dal terremoto e dallo tsunami che si e' abbattuto sul Giappone, riecco l'incubo nucleare. La protezione civile gia' ieri aveva rilevato che le radiazioni all'esterno della centrale nucleare di Fukushima sono mille volte superiori al normale. Il sistema di raffreddamento del reattore numero 1 dell'impianto e' stato danneggiato dal devastante sisma di magnitudo 8,9 ed e' stato decviso lo sgombero di un'area di 10 chilometri intorno alla centrale.
POLIZIA, OLTRE 1.000 TRA MORTI E DISPERSI
Meanwhile, Japanese police said the provisional budget and missing victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the country may exceed a height of 1,000 and it 'rose to four the number of trains with the authorities' Japanese have lost touch along the east coast.
wave triggered by the quake reached California where a wall of over two meters struck the port of Crescent, has devastated the structures and dragged 4 people at sea. Three were recovered but have lost the last hope of finding alive. According to local councilor Richard Aeneas "at least 35 boats were damaged or destroyed." In 1964, in Crescent were recorded for another 11 victims of the tsunami.
DEPARTURE FROM ITALIAN CIVIL PROTECTION TEAM CIAMPINO
E 'from the airport of Ciampino first Italian team of experts in evaluation and management of emergencies on board a Falcon Air Force to Tokyo. The mission ordered by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, and 'coordinated by the Civil Protection Department - in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Embassy in Tokyo and the Civil Protection Mechanism, the European Commission. The team 'consisting of officials from the Department, the Fire Brigade and trained medical staff. The task dell'advance Italian team, which will operate 'in close contact with the authorities' Japanese, and' assessment the situation in the area where I can 'unfold the Italian commitment and obtain all information necessary for the organization of a structured intervention in the coming hours.
The most 'active shuttle contended by American museums
Discovery will not fly 'more' to the stars, but its history is not 'over yet: the most' active American shuttles will have 'a future in a museum. Which, for the moment, not 'unknown and' being a competition between the most 'important American museums dedicated to space. NASA has not announced what will be 'the fate of the shuttle Discovery and the other two that will fly this summer, the Endeavour and Atlantis. U.S. space agency's announcement could come next April 12: a symbolic date because it 'marks 30 years since the first flight of a shuttle, the Columbia (April 12, 1981).
On that day we also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the flight of Yuri Gagarin. Most likely to win a shuttle will be 'one of the most' famous American museums dedicated to the flight, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, the same who recently asked to present even the debris of the Challenger and Columbia tragedies. During the race there 's also the Museum of Flight in Seattle, which would host the Space Shuttle in the new Gallery for 12 million dollars.
aftermath of 'retirement' of the Space Shuttle Discovery the NASA has already to work. It is next creating a new prototype created by the space agency American stationed in orbit. It is a tubular capsule that can be reused for several missions, which can accommodate up to 6 crew members and large enough to contain the fuel necessary for a stay of almost two years.
His name is Nautilus-X and may already be experienced for the 2020 space missions. The news was Edward Henderson, the Johnson Space Center of NASA. Born from the idea proposed by Bigelow Aerospace , Nautilus will assembled with the inflatable modules and will contain a link that might provide partial gravity, and systems that dispense water and liquid hydrogen. Nautilus function is mainly that of functioning as spacecraft orbiting for shipments. It is also designed to suit the mission that it decides to undertake. Here, if a shipment at a time of Moon or Mars , it may be equipped with the necessary supply of fuel and equipment specifications.
Ring di cui è provvisto sarà la cabina che conterrà l’equipaggio durante i viaggi spaziali; ma includerà anche strumenti che potranno essere lanciati in orbita dallo stesso Nautilus.
Si pensa che esso potrà in futuro essere testato proprio sull' Iss . Una volta lanciato verso la stazione spaziale, infatti, la navetta potrebbe funzionare anche da quartier generale della stazione orbitante.
Il progetto è stato esposto al Technology Applications Assessment Team della Nasa , lo stesso ente che si sta occupando della realizzazione di nuove e meno costose tecnologie per raggiungere lo spazio . However, times are very long. It will take about five years for its construction and requiring at least three reactors launch. Its total cost is around $ 3.7 billion.
still all very confusing, but not impossible. But it is now given for granted that technology Bigelow, associated with multi-purpose carriers as the Nautilus, is opening new perspectives for the future of NASA .
The movements of the outer core fluid disturb the magnetic field and its ability to protect against cosmic rays, which in turn influence the formation of cloud cover on the planet
The final confirmation, albeit indirect, influence of human activities on climate is not from observations of the atmosphere, oceans and land surface, but the earth's core.
Geophysical Research conducted by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Paris Diderot, published in the Journal of Climate fact indicates a strong correlation between natural fluctuations in length of day and the existence of natural fluctuations in surface temperatures of the planet, once they are purged of the effects attributable to greenhouse gases linked to human activities.
The length of the day, defined as time required for a complete rotation of the Earth around its axis, which fluctuates slightly around the mean value of 24 hours. In the course of one year duration varies by about a millisecond, stretching out the winter and decreasing in summer.
But the length of the day also undergoes fluctuations over longer periods, deferred (twice a decade), and decennalei over periods of several decades, about 65 to 80 years, with variations for the latter type of fluctuations che arrivano ai 4 millisecondi.
Queste fluttuazioni sono troppo grandi per essere spiegate dai movimenti dell'atmosfera e delle masse oceaniche, e sono legate ai flussi di metallo liquido presenti nel nucleo terrestre, che possono essere dedotti dalle variazioni nel ampio magnetico del pianeta.
Già studi precedenti avevano rilevato una correlazione fra variazioni nella durata del giorno, e fluttuazioni fino a 0,2 °C nella media globale a lungo termine dell'aria alla superficie terrestre. Nella nuova ricerca i geofisici hanno condotto una revisione di questi studi determinando con maggiore accuratezza e affidabilità i valori relativi alle temperature del pianeta negli ultimi 160 anni, per poi metterli in relazione con climate models used in the study of the effects of greenhouse gases.
"Our research shows that over the last 160 years the ten year and longer-term in the temperature of the atmosphere correspond to changes in day length if we remove the significant effect of warming linked to the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gas. The study implies that the human impact on climate over the past 80 years masks the natural correspondence that exists between the Earth's rotation, the angular momentum of the core and surface temperature, "said Jean Dickey, who with Steven Marcus and Olivier de Viron has coordinated the study.
As for the mechanisms involved, the researchers speculate that movements of the nucleus disrupt the protective action of the magnetic field with respect to cosmic rays which in turn influence the formation of cloud cover ALL of the planet, which changes the amount of sunlight reflected back into space and trapped in the atmosphere. (Gg)
Japan Earthquake, the impact of the shift of 10 cm
Following the strong earthquake that affected yesterday Japan, researchers at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology had just released the first data on the consequences of the earthquake, with a resulting tsunami, had resulted in relation to the axis of rotation of the earth.
He then talked about a s instead of the car by about 10 cm , two more than last year occurred in Chile
One of the strongest earthquakes in the world ever, so it was called the earthquake which yesterday shook the entire Japan indicating the scale magnitude 8.9 Ricther. According to scholars, if this magnitude is confirmed, may be defined specifically for the seventh largest earthquake intensity. Compared to the earthquake of the Eagle, we are talking about 30 thousand times more energy released than the earthquake that has devastated l’Abruzzo.
Ma l’attenzione di studiosi e non, è concentrata proprio su tale spostamento dell’asse della Terra di 10 centimetri, ed i dubbi e i quesiti, a questo punto, diventano leciti.
Quali conseguenze concrete avrà questo spostamento? A dare risposta al quesito, è Daniele Melini, dell’Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia, che afferma: “Lo spostamento dell’asse terrestre non deve allarmare perché le conseguenze pratiche sono al limite del misurabile, ad esempio provocano una modifica della durata del giorno di qualche milionesimo di secondo” .
Japan / Alarm nuclear power after the earthquake, 1,400 dead or missing-point
Explosion in central Fukushima: 4 injured
Tokyo, March 12 (TMNews) - This is adding to the nuclear crisis in Japan the day after the largest earthquake in the history of the Asian country, followed by a tsunami 10 meters, which have so far caused more than 1,400 dead or missing. An explosion occurred today at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, where the Agency for Nuclear and Industrial Safety has issued a warning about a possible nuclear fusion, while the government has said little to fear a nuclear leak.
The central Fukushima Daichi (six reactors) and Fukushima Deer (four reactors), located in the northeast of Japan, are those most affected by the earthquake and tsunami yesterday. In the first plant, located 250 kilometers from Tokyo, were reported problems with the cooling system of a reactor, with a radioactivity level a thousand times higher than normal. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has ordered the evacuation of 45,000 people in a radius of 10 km around the station, while the power company TEPCO, which operates the plant, has been instructed to release fumes containing radioactive material to cool the reactor. Around the station was also found radioactive cesium, to confirm the alarm about a possible merger in progress.
not yet know the reasons for the explosion in the plant, which brought down the roof and walls of the building housing the reactor, causing four deaths and increased levels of radioactivity.
Also in the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant have been recorded cooling problems in its four reactors and TEPCO has taken measures to prevent similar. The authorities have given orders to leave the area within a radius of three kilometers. The problems at the two plants could cause power outages a Tokyo e dintorni nell'arco della giornata.
Proseguono intanto le operazioni di soccorso nelle zone nord-orientali del Paese, le più colpite da sisma e tsunami: il governo ha dispiegato circa 50.000 soldati e soccorritori, con 190 aerei e decine di navi. Oggi sono attese nel Paese anche squadre di soccorso inviate da Nuova Zelanda, Corea del Sud e Stati Uniti.
Al momento si contano 703 morti e oltre 700 dispersi e 1.128 feriti. Secondo l'Agenzia nazionale per gli incendi e i disastri sono 3.400 gli edifici completamente o parzialmente distrutti; nell'area investita da sisma e tsunami, circa 5,57 milioni di case sono 600,000 without electricity and running water.
Google launches to find the missing people in Japan
Genova - In recent times, especially after the revolt in Egypt , Google has proven to be not only sensitive to issues the most difficult but also presents the reality of being able to work very quickly to make a real contribution, not only virtual, in support to people affected by tragedies like the earthquake that devastated Japan.
The search engine has indeed released a section called ad hoc ' person finder ' dedicated exclusively to the tsunami in Japan. It 'available in several languages \u200b\u200band has two sections, one reserved for those who look for the people, the other for those who have news of who is missing.
The apocalypse in Japan ha una data: 11 marzo 2011. Un terremoto di intensità devastante, 8,8° della scala Richter , il settimo nella storia del pianeta e il primo in Giappone - due scosse e altre dodici di assestamento - ha investito Tokyo (alle 14.45 locali, in Italia erano le prime ore dell'alba), dove i grattacieli hanno oscillato sotto le scosse sismiche e la popolazione si è data alla fuga in cerca di riparo: le autorità hanno immediatamente lanciato l’allarme tsunami , avvertendo che il movimento tellurico avrebbe potuto generare un'onda anomala alta ben 6 metri. L'allarme tsunami è stato esteso a tutto il Pacifico, all'Australia, Messico, Nuova Zelanda e America Latina. Le onde telluriche sono state avvertire distintamente fino a Pechino e sono arrivate fino alle Hawaii. Analoghi allermi sono stati diramati nella Siberia russa e alle isole Marianne. Praticamente impossibile al momento il calcolo delle vittime, ma secondo l'agenzia Kyodo News sarebbero più di mille. Per un primo conteggio affitabile si dovrà attendere sabato. Intorno alle 20 italiane (è notte in Giappone) altra forte scossa di assestamento di magnitudo 6 nella prefettura di Niigata nell’isola giapponese di Honshu. Poco prima l'Agenzia meteo nipponica aveva diramato un nuovo allerta tsunami.
EMERGENZA NUCLEARE: RADIAZIONI A FUKUSHIMA - Il terremoto ha generato un emergenza legata alle centrali nucleari Japanese. Is in fact going beyond the normal level of radiation in nuclear power plant in Fukushima, devstante damaged by the quake. He Kyodo News agency reported. In detail, the increase was recorded in the building that houses the turbine of the first reactor. He had previously been warned for a reduction in the level of the reactor coolant. The government in Tokyo in the morning had already declared an emergency on nuclear energy. The measure was announced in the case of radioactive leaks from nuclear plants or failures in cooling systems. L ' IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) said in a statement that is trying to collect further information about what is happening and if the nuclear facilities could be at risk for the consequences of the tsunami generated by the earthquake. The four nuclear power stations closest to the epicenter were immediately blocked by security. A fire broke out at the power station Onagawa diMiyagi prefecture in northeastern Japan was shut down around 14 Italian, the Tokyo government has assured that there would be no radioactive leaks. CORPSES ON THE BEACH - Three hundred dead bodies were found on the beach Sendai, north of the capital. In the rest of the country would be hundreds dead, probably more than a thousand, and the budget is expected to rise because of numerous missing (they would be at least a thousand). Only in Fukushima Prefecture there are traces of at least 19 people. In the Tokyo telephone communications are practically impossible, and instead holds the Internet, through which the people trying to coordinate relief efforts. A dam in the Fukushima prefecture of northeastern ceased and the waters have swept away houses in the valley. The Japan's Kyodo News agency reported. Official sources, during the afternoon, they announced that at least 28 Italians were missing (or rather, untraceable dall'ambiasciata): of these, 10 were put in touch with family, friends or Italian diplomats.
agency Kyodo, salt level radiation in nuclear plant
(AP) - TOKYO, 11 March - A second train and 'disappeared after the passage of tsunami following the earthquake that struck Japan today. The second train, 'died in Iwate prefecture, also in the northeast. He reports the news agency Jiji Press. The level of radiation at the 'number one nuclear power plant in Fukushima and' rising. The Kyodo Xinhua said. The Minister of Industry said that the center could be a small radioactive leak.
A devastating earthquake shakes the ground in Japan, skyscrapers swayed and collapsed and the earth trembles, hundreds of dead in the street and a tsunami of about ten meters devastate the town and spread terror with what can be considered one of the even more destructive and powerful earthquakes in the history of the planet. Terror and panic in Japan for what can be considered one of the most catastrophic earthquakes in the history of the planet. Sendai, the capital of Miyagi, is a city completely devastated the coasts and identified in the north-east of the country were completely destroyed by the overwhelming power of an unstoppable tsunami reaches about ten meters. The budget Provisional victims of the disaster is horrifying and deaths and injuries as well as the earthquake caused a large number of missing. Whole families destroyed, homes and buildings collapsed completely and entirely submerged vessels: this is the tragedy that struck Japan, in what could be described as a veritable apocalypse. Tokyo is a city to be isolated, since all communication type line are impossible to restore the only form of transmission of information and data is the internet facility. The pictures of the huge tsunami that struck Sendai, seem to reproduce the sequence of a horror movie where the nightmare becomes darker in una terrorizzante realtà. Quando l’onda terribile si è ritirata ha lasciato sulla spiaggia quello che può essere definito un vero e proprio cimitero di centinaia di corpi senza vita. Il governo nipponico parla di danni notevoli ma tranquillizza circa un tragico allarme attinente alla possibile fuga di tipo radioattivo dalle innumerevoli centrali atomiche presenti sul territorio. Subito partiti aiuti di carattere internazionale e innumerevoli sono le dichiarazioni di solidarietà e cordoglio indirizzati alle popolazioni e alle famiglie devastate dal terremoto.
Japan: possible radioactive leak from a nuclear plant
Aumento di radioattività nell'edificio che ospita le turbine del primo reattore della centrale di Fukushima
Gli Usa inviano liquido di raffreddamento
Giappone: possibile fuga radioattiva da una centrale nucleare
Aumento di radioattività nell'edificio che ospita le turbine del primo reattore della centrale di Fukushima
MILANO - Una piccola fuga radioattiva potrebbe verificarsi nella centrale di Fukushima 1. Lo ha detto il ministro dell'Industria giapponese, citato dalle agenzie di stampa nipponiche. Le autorità si preparerebbero infatti a rilasciare vapore radioattivo per fare abbassare la pressione salita troppo, ha precisato l'agenzia Kyodo. In precedenza la stessa agenzia aveva detto che era aumentato il livello radiation inside the building that houses the turbine of the nuclear installation, damaged in the earthquake. The United States sent to Japan coolant. This was announced by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to the agency Kyodo Prime Minister Naoto Kan could go to the center for inspection.
ALARM - Previously, the chief of staff of the Government of Japan, Yukio Edan, said that the situation in a nuclear power plant in Fukushima was under control. The entity that operates the water had explained that the cooling of the reactor was lowered to an alarming level, but a truck equipped with suitable material to restore the situation had rapidly reached the central agency Jiji had spread. The Japanese authorities, however, issued an evacuation order for 6 000 inhabitants within a radius of 3 km from the central and were put on alert troops anti-contamination. A fire was extinguished at the turbine plant Onagawa. In all, eleven states that have nuclear reactor automatically stopped after the arrival of the first shock.
WWF - The WWF is "very concerned" by reports that arrive by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to improve the level of alert for the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. WWF in a statement 'hopes that there is no damage and that Japan should not again face a further problem caused by the dramatic nuclear and asks, "that it is of the utmost transparency, timeliness and accuracy of the information."
Japan Earthquake: 1000 deaths, the carnage. Direct TV
TOKYO, March 11 - A violent earthquake, magnitude 8.9, struck the north-east of Japan. The epicenter in the sea, 130 km from the coast and at a depth of 24 km. Proseguono nel frattempo le scosse di assestamento in terra nipponica. Lo riferisce l’Usgs, l’istituto di geofisica americano. Tra le ultime sei scosse, ne è stata registrata una di magnitudo 6.1. E’ probabile che siano più di 1.000 le vittime di terremoto e tsunami. Lo riferisce l’agenzia ufficiale giapponese Kyodo.
A Tokyo, 380 km dall’epicentro, la scossa ha provocato danni e incendi. 1800 abitazioni sono andate distrutte a causa del sisma che ha colpito il Giappone nordorientale nella prefettura di Fukushima. Circa 4 milioni di case sono senza elettricità. Interrotti tutti i collegamenti aerei e ferroviari: milioni di persone stanno tornando a casa a piedi.
MISSING A SECOND TRAIN
A second train, two carriages, disappeared after the tsunami in Iwate prefecture, also in the northeast. This was reported by Jiji Press news agency, without specifying whether it is a passenger train or freight
Sisma in Giappone, più di mille morti. Obama: disastro catastrofico
Un terremoto devastante di intensità 8,9 gradi Richter ha colpito la costa orientale del Giappone questa mattina alle ore 6,46 italiane (14,46 ora locale). Il sisma - quinto più violento dal 1900 e 8mila volte più potente di quello che
ha distrutto Christchurch in Nuova Zelanda
- ha scatenato onde anomale alte diversi metri. La scossa - ha fatto sapere l'Agenzia meteorologica giapponese - è stata la più potente mai registrata nel Sol Levante. Il bilancio di vittime e dispersi è in costante aggiornamento. Tra 200 e 300 cadaveri sono stati only found on a beach in Sendai, on the island of Honshu in the north-eastern Japan, tsunami following the earthquake that devastated the country today.
The area affected by the earthquake
Ministry of Industry: Can a small radioactive leak
Two nuclear power plants have experienced problems in the cooling system of the reactors in Fukushima and Onagawa. Fukushima A small leak could then be a nuclear power as stated in the Ministry of Industry. Two trains are then gone, swallowed up by the passage of the tsunami: the first was reported in the prefecture of Miyagi, the second would be gone in that instead of Iwate, ma non è ancora chiaro se si tratti di un treno passeggeri o merci. Nel pomeriggio ora italiana una diga nella stessa prefettura di Fukushima si è poi spezzata riversando tutta l'acqua a valle che ha spazzato via 1.800 abitazioni, almeno stando alla prima ricognizione effettuata dal ministero della Difesa. Quanto al bilancio delle vittime secondo le autorità giapponesi ci sarebbero mille morti, come riferisce l'agenzia Kyodo News.
Segui la diretta video della NHK
Stefano Carrer, l'inviato del Sole: vedevo gli edifici che dondolavano (Radio24)
È praticamente certo, secondo gli esperti, che il terremoto ha provocato lo spostamento dell'asse terrestre. Tuttavia è ancora molto presto per determinarne l'entità. Secondo una prima stima dell'Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Ingv) l'asse si è spostato di «quasi 10 centimetri», ma per il Centro di Geodesia spaziale dell'Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Asi) è necessario raccogliere ancora molte misure prima di avere la misura esatta.
Onde anomale, travolta una nave con 100 persone Un primo potente tsunami di 7,30 metri
- riferisce l'Agenzia meteorologica giapponese - è stato registrato a Soma, nella prefettura di Fukushima. L'onda anomala si è spinta fino a 5 chilometri all'interno della prefettura di Fukushima. Un'altra anomala da 10 metri ha raggiunto la città di Sendai, mentre nella prefettura di Aomori, più a nord sempre nell'isola di Honshu, si sarebbero avuto onde addirittura più alte. Le piste dell'aeroporto di Sendai, la città più vicina all'epicentro del violentissimo sisma che oggi ha colpito il Giappone, sono state completamente spazzate dalle onde provocate dal terremoto. La Tv giapponese Nhk ha mostrato immagini aeree impressionanti, con l'aeroporto completamente circondato dalle acque e senza nessun velivolo sulle piste. Una nave with 100 people aboard was swept away by the tsunami that hit the northeast of Japan. alert around the Pacific
Alarm
'tsunami' , issued by the Nipponese. An identical warning was soon extended to the entire Pacific Ocean, from Siberia in Russia and the Kuril Islands to Hawaii, and south from the Philippines to Papua New Guinea, via the Marianas and Micronesia. "A quake of this power can generate a destructive tsunami that can touch things near the epicenter within minutes and those further away in a few hours," he indicated the center for tsunamis in the Pacific. Also warned the island Guam, the Marshall Islands, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Narau, Micronesia and Hawaii. In Tokyo, all subway lines were stopped and traffic is blocked on highways and railways as well addressed to the North of the country. According to the forecasts of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in fact a tsunami could reach the coast of Chile, the farthest point that could reach the tsunami, including 23 hours.The 'alarm is then returned to the Philippines.
Almost all Latin American countries in the Pacific Coast have issued a tsunami warning after powerful earthquake that struck Japan, the Ecuadorian government declared a state of emergency, ordering the evacuation from coastal areas of more than 300 thousand people. Chile - hit by an earthquake last year as violent - and Peru, have issued a warning: the first region to be affected by a possible tsunami is the Chilean Easter Island, at 3,500 kilometers from the coast towards the 21 Italian time. State of alert in Mexico, especially in Baja California. "The waves began arriving in U.S. territory, Guam from Alaska to the west coast. Not show any significant damage but take it very seriously and we follow the situation very closely, "said U.S. President Obama to 18:52 Italian time. In Mexico, on the northwest coast, have recorded for the time being half a meter high waves. While hundreds of evacuations were in place in California, whose shores are lapped by the tsunami. The evacuations affect homes that are closest to the shore along the ocean coast of northern California. A tsunami danger then there is also along the west coast of Canada in the province of British Columbia. They are on alert, the northern coast of the province and the Haida Gwaii islands, including the Central Coast Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Shearwater and the west coast of Vancouver Island from Cape Scott to Port Renfrew, where the marina were evacuated , beaches and other areas at risk.
Nuclear Power Plants: Fukushima increased level of radiation
Shortly after the first shock, the Japanese government had declared a state of emergency for the nuclear Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture. There was a fire that broke out has been tamed. The government had indicated that the cooling process of a reactor was not progressing as expected. The emergency was then taken to the central anhée Fukushima. Where the situation seems to be returning to normal. The news, however, are fragmented and there's just now (at 18:22 Italian time) the agency Kyodo discussed radiation levels rise in the number one plant in Fukushima. After the first alarm the governorship of the region had already ordered the evacuation of six thousand inhabitants residing in the area closest to the installation. According to data from the Japanese Ministry of Industry after the shock eleven nuclear reactors have been automatically locked - including two of the central Fukushima, without having fired the automatic cooling of the nucleus, activated in emergency situations.
UN: more than 45 countries prepared to intervene The United Nations is prepared to send rescue teams search in the population of Japan, today hit by an earthquake of magnitude 8.9 and a tsunami di 10 metri che si é abbattuto sulle coste giapponesi. «Oltre 68 squadre provenienti da più di 45 paesi sono in attesa, pronte a intervenire», ha dichiarato
Elisabeth Byrs
, portavoce dell'Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite per il Coordinamento degli Affari Umanitari. Anche gli Stati uniti hanno offerto aiuto. L'offerta è arrivata dall'ambasciatore a Tokyo John V. Roos . «Abbiamo appreso con grande preoccupazione la notizia del devastante terremoto e dello tsunami che oggi hanno colpito il Giappone e la regione del Pacifico», si legge in una nota in cui l'Ue esprime le condoglianze e il sostegno alle autorità governative e alla popolazione colpita. In aggiunta alle risposte che arriveranno by individual Member States, the EU Council has asked the 'High Representative for Common Foreign and Catherine Ashton Commission to "mobilize all the necessary assistance." industry affected by the earthquake: Toyota and Nissan closed some plants The consequences of the exceptional earthquake also hit all the auto industry that is in the northern part of the country's many factories. Toyota has already done, which closed some factories, including Nissan Motor - according to Reuters - has already blocked production in four plants. In Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, the collapse of a ceiling would have caused the death of a person who worked in a factory of Honda Motor, another 30 were injured. Production stopped in six plants of Sony, while the Panasonic is assessing the damage and there are some workers with minor injuries. The Fuji has closed five plants instead.
contacted 10 of the 28 Italians present in the affected areas
From Italy came the sorrow and the proximity of the head of state Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave assurances that aid to affected populations. The Italian embassy in Tokyo has now turned to contact the 28 fellow residents in areas hit by the tragedy. Ten of these have already been contacted and are doing well. In prefettura di Miyagi, in particolare, sono stati rintracciati 2 nuclei familiari (su 7 presenti), per un totale di 6 persone. A Fukushima, invece, sono stati allacciati contatti con 3 nuclei familiari (su 4 presenti) per complessive 4 persone. Ancora nessuna notizia dalle prefetture di Aomori e Iwate, mentre da Sendai, la città pesantemente colpita dallo tsunami, la polizia locale ha fatto sapere che non risultano al momento cittadini stranieri tra le vittime.
Giappone: Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia, spostato l'asse di rotazione terrestre di 10 centimetri
Roma, 11 mar. (Adnkronos) - I risultati preliminari degli studi effettuati dall'Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia after the earthquake in Japan show that the earthquake this morning,''he shifted the earth's rotation axis is nearly 10 inches. The impact of this event on the axis of rotation - it said in a note INGV - was also much greater than that of the great Sumatra earthquake of 2004 and probably second only to Chile earthquake of 1960.'' The earthquake today is "a truly exceptional event, so important as an earthquake occurs every 100 years or more. We are facing one of the highest magnitude ever recorded in the planet." It is believed Giampaolo Cavinato, researcher of the Institute of Environmental Geology and Engineering Geology of the National Research Council in Rome, however, mean that the displacement of nearly 10 cm of the axis of rotation of the earth caused by the earthquake can cause long-term climate change. This type of impact on the environment, with climate changes "are when you experience the movement of feet and above - says the geologist - when it completely changes the tilt of the earth relative to the orbit: in that case there may be changes seasonal, because it is the inclination to determine all the climatic changes the planet. While an earthquake, though so strong - he added - can not cause an acceleration of these movements. " From the geological point of view "in this earthquake - report Cavinato - It has happened that a significant amount of mass has moved from point to point within the earth's crust, and this has caused the displacement of the axis. We are talking about an energy that is about thirty times greater than that of the earthquake of the Eagle ".
Terremoto in Giappone: il racconto choc di Zaccheroni
He saw Japan are celebrating the victory of the Asian Cup, never would have imagined the tragedy of life that is experiencing at this time a whole country. Zaccheroni Alberto found himself in the street, thrown together with thousands of people in Tokyo, while among the most powerful earthquake recorded on the planet devastated everything, triggering the tsunami on the coasts of the Pacific: the coach of Japan, the star of the football a few months ago that it had become a national hero in a few days, said those endless moments of terror in which the ground clove in the world shook. "I heard the creaking of the house - ANSA said the coach from Romagna, who moved to Tokyo from August 30 after he was named coach of the 'Samurai blue - and then I saw everything swaying. It was like being in a house made of rubber. I do not know what it was the earthquake, now, yes. " On the fourth floor of a skyscraper of 21, Zac said he felt "two very strong shock," which have upset a number of things in the house: "I have fallen several ornaments, shells conditioners and then an entire wardrobe with drawers. But major structural damage here in Tokyo there were: the houses are earthquake-proof, especially while in Sendai for the tsunami èscatenato the budget is worsening by the hour. " Like the other inhabitants of the metropolis of Japan, Zaccheroni is off the street following the instructions that were given to all: "We went in front of the palace, there is a small park and there I saw an extraordinary thing, the asphalt was moving . Crazy. Popped the phone lines and my first thought was to notify the family in Italy that I was right. " The connection has been possible with Skype, because the network has never stopped working. "I calmed my family - people say Zac - and when they restored phone lines I saw that I had come from Italy many messages. It was a terrible, a thing never seen before. When I returned home the chandeliers are back to rock again, but there have warned that there will be many aftershocks. We will try to sleep. " In Tokyo, there being no signs of the devastation, the earthquake has poured into the street, however, almost all the inhabitants. "There are trains stranded, the airport does not work, only just jumped the electric current - still says the coach - but the impressive thing was seeing the tide of people spilled into the street. A stream of people going on foot. " As in football, the league has been suspended tomorrow while the two matches of the national program later this month should not be changed. Source: ANSA.it
Sisma Giappone, Farnesina: al momento nessuna vittima italiana
Friday, March 11, 2011 19:10
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ROME (Reuters) - Japanese authorities have informed the Italian embassy in Tokyo that are not at the moment, the Italian victims in the earthquake of magnitude 8.9 that struck today Giappone.
Lo riferisce il ministero degli Esteri in una nota, aggiungendo che l'ambasciata, in stretto coordinamento con l'Unità di crisi della Farnesina "continua senza sosta l'attività di ricerca dei connazionali italiani che si trovavano nell'area maggiormente colpita dal sisma e dallo tsunami".
"Circa la metà dei connazionali, che all'ambasciata italiana a Tokyo risultano essere residenti nelle zone di Sendai e nelle zone limitrofe, è stata già contattata e si stanno anche facendo ricerche su eventuali turisti presenti nell'area", riferisce la nota .
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Theft in a warehouse: 400 thousand euro value of the loot
Thieves by stealthily and shot hundreds of thousands of euro. The plan will have studied it for days, reconstructing every detail point by point; Moreover, it is not simple "clean up" at night shed full of tools and vehicles without anyone noticing.
Yet, on the night between Friday and Saturday, some unknown thieves managed to steal a truck, three tractors, a van, mini excavator, trailer, hammers, saws and various other working equipment worth about four hundred thousand euro, removing them from a shed located on top of a hill resort "Mirarchi," St. Andrew's in the Ionian sea, with no one at the moment, has noticed the slightest movement.
The interior of the building - is a former cannery built in the nineties - is divided into several areas which are currently used by three different companies: one operating in the construction industry, one in the water and the other in agriculture. To enter, the robbers forced the padlock that closes the gate, then dedicating the opening of the shutters of the warehouse, from which they sought to take away as much as possible. Several questions concern the manner in which it was completed theft. To reach the shed, in fact, it is necessary to cross a city street (Via Sandro Pertini) where there are several townhouses. So, who decided to move during the night, perhaps taking advantage of the storm that raged in the area, has developed a clear plan to try to make as little noise as possible: after all, it was not easy, and above all silent, go through the houses aboard tractors, trucks and excavators. So it is very likely that the thieves have served the same trucks which were loaded on the tractor, excavator, and the rest of the material.
Investigations of the Carabinieri, coordinated by the military Compagnia di Soverato e da quelli della Stazione di Sant’ Andrea Jonio, sono ovviamente in pieno svolgimento e stanno battendo ogni pista. Al momento, però, resta il fatto di un “colpo” pesante sia per il valore complessivo del materiale rubato sia per l’impatto potenziale sull’attività lavorativa delle tre ditte, che danno lavoro a diverse persone della cittadina ionica.