02.02.2012 - 11:36:26 - Snow Storm event happened in Asia / Japan.

Blizzard conditions had caused 51 deaths nationwide as of Tuesday, and most of the victims died while trying to remove snow accumulations, the government said. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency found that 35 of the casualties were aged 65 or old...

There is nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of hurtling down a steep, untracked slope of knee-deep powder. It is an uncomplicated pleasure, pure and exhilarating; carving turns into the untouched snow and sending up white plumes in your wake. Fort...

As the reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant overheated, poorly trained operators misread a key backup system and waited too long to start pumping water into the units, investigators reported Monday.

Press Release 11-258Scientists Assess Radioactivity in the Ocean from Japan Nuclear Power Facility New study analyzes radioactivity from facility in first months after accident A new study analyzes levels of radioactivity released to the ocean in th...

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist Sep 1, 2011; 3:32 PM ET Talas will unleash flooding rain and potentially damaging wind as it plows through the Japan mainland Friday and Saturday. Southwestern Honshu, together with smaller Shikoku, will like...

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist Jul 13, 2011; 11:51 AM ET Shot of Typhoon Ma-on taken July 13, 2011 (Navy Research Lab Monterey/NRLMRY) A powerful typhoon could strike mainland Japan early next week. Widespread adverse rain, wind and sea im...

By IWO Visual - Sat Jul 09, 3:48 pm [Translate] A selection of satellite images of locations throughout the world on 09 July 2011. Instrument MODIS South western Australia (Western Australia) Paraguay, southwest Brazil and eastern Bolivi...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan underestimated the risk of tsunamis and needs to closely monitor public and workers' health after the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a team of international safety inspectors said in a preliminary review of th...

TOKYO – Typhoon Songda churned northeast along Pacific coasts in southern Japan Sunday, bringing with it heavy rains and staying on course to hit Tokyo as it weakened, weather officials said. It was expected to be downgraded to a depression late Sunday but could still dump torrential rain on the ...

Published: Friday, May 27, 2011 - 15:05 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen Typhoon Songda became a Super Typhoon in the evening on May 26, 2011 (Eastern Daylight Time) was it reached a Category 5 status on ...

MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon “Chedeng” (international name: Songda) has gained strength and is moving towards Japan, the state-run weather bureau said. In its latest weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that Chedeng was seen 250 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City and is now packing ...

Radioactive plumes emitted from Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant are headed to the southwest towards Tokyo today, carried by onshore northeasterly winds. An elongated area of low pressure is located off the southeast coast of Japan, and t...

From GeoEye, published in the New York Times, is an outstanding display of a series of pairs of overlaid images of  "Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami', where one moves the slider interactively to compare satellite images from before and after the disaster. Here are sample images. ...

If there is going to be a major nuclear disaster with massive release of radioactivity into the atmosphere from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, today would be the best day meteorologically for this to occur. The low pressure system that broug...

From our friends at Fast Company, "bridging the fuzzy border between design and business." The 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan on March 11 shortened Earth's day by 1.8 millionths of a second, according to NASA scientists. Earth still tilts on its...

Reuters - Heavy snow blanketed Japan's devastated northeast on Wednesday, hindering rescue workers and adding to the woes of the few, mainly elderly, residents who remained in the area worst hit by last week's massive earthquake and tsunami.

AFP - Tsunami waves from Japan's huge earthquake have killed at least one person in the United States, officials said.

by Jess Zimmerman. If we had any evidence that Republican House members were capable of feeling shame, we’d expect them to be so red right now. Mother Jones reports that one of the items on the GOP’s budgetary chopping block is ... ...

According to Bloomberg.com, "Danish Climate Minister Connie ...

The Japan Times reports that "snow storms and bad weather ...