GENEVA (11 March 2021) – UN experts said today contaminated water still remaining at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant poses major environmental and human rights risks and any decision to discharge it into the Pacific Ocean cannot be an .
A sequence of three major offshore
earthquakes, including a magnitude
8.1 quake near the Kermadec Islands, triggered tsunami warnings
and evacuations along the east coast of New Zealand on
the morning of March 5.
By early afternoon, the
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) lifted
the evacuation order but stressed that people should stay
off beaches and the shore.
All three earthquakes
happened along the Tonga
Kermadec subduction zone, where the Pacific tectonic
plate dives under and then sinks beneath the Australian
plate.
This subduction zone is the longest and
deepest such system on Earth. It spans from just north of
the East Cape, some 2600km to the north-east in an almost
Monday, 8 March 2021, 6:27 am
• Two Imams leading a nationwide drive to engage in
positive discussions with the public.
• Activities
involve: Candid discussions over ‘Coffee, Cake and True
Islam’ and ‘I’m a Muslim ask me anything’.
Two
Imams will be leading a group of youth as they venture
across the entire country under the banner of the nationwide
‘True Islam NZ’ campaign.
From Saturday 13th March
to 3rd April 2021, the team will be stopping at different
towns and cities across the country in an effort to educate
the public on the true and peaceful teachings of Islam and
also to build lasting friendships.
Friday, 5 March 2021, 11:22 am
UPDATE 1054hrs,
05/03/2021: BEACH AND MARINE TSUNAMI THREAT HAWKE’S
BAY
People living in the red evacuation zone in
Hawke’s Bay are being advised to evacuate due to a tsunami
threat.
The National Emergency Management Agency, the
official agency for providing New Zealand tsunami advisories
and warnings has assessed the earthquake and advise there is
a Beach and Marine Threat to the Hawke s
Bay.
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management
Group Controller Ian Macdonald says wave activity was
estimated to start in the Hawke s Bay at 10:45am. It will
carry on for several hours.
“We advise to people in
It follows
two separate large earthquakes in the Kermadec Islands
region this morning.
There is a danger to swimmers,
surfers, people fishing, small boats and anyone in or near
the water close to shore due to unusually strong currents
and unpredictable water surges.
People in or near the
sea between Port Charles and Whiritoa should move out of the
water, off beaches and shore areas and away from harbours,
rivers and estuaries.
People are being urged to not go
to the coast to watch the unusual wave activity as there may
be dangerous and unpredictable surges. They should
also:
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