Category: Asia

Japan On Maximum Meltdown Alert

SENDAI, Japan (AFP) – Japan said Tuesday it was on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant where radioactive

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Reactors Flooded To Slow Meltdown

The Japanese government says it has no choice but to keep pouring water into reactors at the Fukushima nuclear

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Plutonium Found Outside Nuke Plant

Highly radioactive water and plutonium has been found for the first time outside Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Fukushima's operator

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Merapi Mud Flow Destroys Villages

Vast torrents of volcanic mud washing down the slopes of Mount Merapi have destroyed or damaged more than 600

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Radioactive Rain Falls On Japan

JAPAN'S health ministry has asked water purification plants nationwide to stop taking in rainwater and cover pools with tarpaulins

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Japan Cancels Tsunami Warning

Japan's meteorological agency says it has cancelled an earlier tsunami warning for the country's devastated north-east coast. The agency earlier

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6.5 Quake Hits Japan: Tsunami To Hit

Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a shallow 6.5 earthquake struck off the Miyagi coast, the Japan Meteorological

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Japan Faces Nuclear Catastrophe

Japan appeared resigned on Monday to a long fight to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years

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Battle To Save Burma Quake Victims

Rescuers battled on Saturday to reach thousands of survivors in remote areas of Myanmar after an earthquake tore up

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80,000 Affected By Thailand Floods

Serious floods in the south of Thailand have killed three people and affected tens of thousands more, causing about

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