Tag: pacific ocean
Fukushima Water Release: Japan begins final preparations for Fukushima water release
TOKYO: The final preparations to discharge waste water from the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan began Wednesday, its operator said, a day before the…
– Fukushima: Japan fisheries leader voices concern on plan to release Fukushima nuclear plant water
TOKYO: The leader of a Japanese fisheries industry group told officials on Monday he was “greatly concerned” about the discharge of treated radioactive water set…
Hotter, drier weather likely across Australia for winter and early spring
SYDNEY: Dry and warm weather is forecast across large chunks of Australia through the southern hemisphere winter and into spring, the Bureau of Meteorology said…
7.1-magnitude quake strikes east of New Caledonia: USGS
SYDNEY: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday in the Pacific Ocean to the east of New Caledonia, the US Geological Survey said, a day after a…
Power outage cancels, diverts flights at Kennedy Airport
NEW YORK: A power outage in a terminal of New York‘s John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into a second day Friday after forcing some…
Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off New Zealand coast
WELLINGTON: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck New Zealand near Wellington on Wednesday at a depth of 48 km (30 miles), government seismic monitor Geonet said….