Have had to abandon their cars. At least 50 homes across japan have been destroyed or damaged and more than 200 others have been flooded. Local authorities issued evacuation orders or advisories to more than 600,000 people. Airline operators cancelled nearly 80 flights on tuesday. They say theyll stop operating more flights depending on the path of the typhoon. Were joined now from our weather desk. Can you tell us more about this storm . Well, vongfong was the most powerful system for this year so far and its now pulling away from japan and into the pacific but its clear and very apparent. More than 500 millimeters of rainfall in western locations of japan and 143 kilometer per hour guests when it made land falls. It made three landfalls. Its now pulling away as i mentioned but it still has potential of gusts up to 145 Kilometers Per Hour and its still a large system. S also going to be providing 120 millimeters of rainfall as well as 80 around and it could lead to further flooding si
Submerged. They say the water is up to 20 centimeters deep and drivers have had to abandon their cars. At least 50 homes across japan have been destroyed or damaged and more than 200 others have been flooded. Local authorities issued evacuation orders or advisories to more than 600,000 people. Airline operators cancelled nearly 80 flights on tuesday. They say theyll stop operating more flights depending on the path of the typhoon. Were joined now from our weather desk. Can you tell us more about this storm . Well, vongfong was the most powerful system for this year so far and its now pulling away from japan and into the pacific but its clear and very apparent. More than 500 millimeters of rainfall in western locations of japan and 143 kilometer per hour guests when it made land falls. It made three landfalls. Its now pulling away as i mentioned but it still has potential of gusts up to 145 Kilometers Per Hour and its still a large system. S also going to be providing 120 millimeters of
Japan are trying to rebuild from the march 2011 disaster with a drink thats naturally sweet. Government leaders in hong kong and prodemocracy students have agreed to hold their first formal talks. But the protesters dont like whats on the agenda, and they say they wont go home until they get what they want. The protesters, mainly students, have been on the streets for more than a week demanding democratic elections. The two sides agreed to start talks friday in a location open to the public. Hong kongs number two official, chief exhibit carrie lam is scheduled to attend. She and her colleagues reportedly proposed a discussion on the provision of a law governing electoral reforms. Translator relating to the talks we propose two agendas, first is the Constitutional Foundation of political reform. Second is the Legal Framework of that political reform. Student leaders criticized the agenda as vague. Translator we are very disappointed and angry with their strategy. We surge the government
Missing, and about 70 injured. Power outages have hit nearly 30,000 households and ten prefectures. Local authorities have issued evacuation orders or advisories to over 900,000 people. Airlines canceled more than 600 domestic flights. The conditions are causing disruptions to other businesses, as well. Mitsubishi motors has decided to suspend operations at four of its factories in western and central japan to protect workers safety. Weather officials are issuing warnings for heavy rain and strong winds. The storm is approaching central japan. That has forced authorities in nagano prefecture to suspend the search for mountain climbers lost in the eruption of mt. Ontake. Search operations have been canceled for monday and tuesday. On sunday over 1,000 people searched for the seven climbers unaccounted for since september 27th. Rescuers near the summit found clothing and what appeared to be human remains which police are dna testing. 56 people have been confirmed dead. Officials say it i
Results. Home builders and Energy Companies lead the ftse higher. Sygenta jumps as it rejects an offer from its u. S. Rival. Welcome back to Worldwide Exchange. What an extraordinary set of results weve had coming in over the last 11 or 12 hours. The first exit polls sending a surprise across the u. K. With the conservatives doing much better than expected and steve, as we approach the final results coming through it is plausible now that Prime Minister David Cameron will hold an absolute majority in the house of parliament behind us. Were seeing figures confounding expectations. We cant underestimate what a seismic moment that was in the entire election. Up until 9 59 p. M. Last night every single poll that had come out had put them within a tight range of each other. The most recent polls were saying the toris may get 280 seats and labor would get 270. That was not the case. And the conservative feelings throughout this and people like lord bell talking to you and i on wednesday thou