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about 16 months later a group of elementary and junior high school teachers in western japan visited the area. among them was akagi, he wanted to see for himself what he and his colleagues could do to protect the children if disaster strike. >> translator: i thought i knew all about the horrors of an earthquake, but now that i've seen the damage, the horror is more real. i want to tell my students about it. >> reporter: the tsunami rolled over tide walls and flattened the area. the water flooded the first floor classrooms and the schoolyard at the junior high. he and his group spoke with the teachers. the visitors wanted to learn what they could do to minimize casualties at their own schools. the principal says he evacuated 120 students to one of the offices. >> translator: parents started coming pick up the children on the night of the disaster but i refused. our shelter was the safest place and we had access to the most information. >> translator: we ordered all students to evacuate the area because we knew that tsunami was coming. >> reporter: some of the questions were designed t

an active seasonal rain front has brought a deluge to western japan.orst of it was earlier tuesday. downpours were recorded over three hours on the border of outa prefecture. the storm water completely uprooted a factory. a 76-year-old worker is missing. er toens of water overflow flooded part of the prefecture and sweeping away lat least one home. >> translator: the water levels rows in just one hour. my only thought was it evacuate. >> mud from a lands lie swamped a house, killing an 80-year-old resident. rivers may rise without warning. let's bring in weather caster. what's the forecast like for the coming days? >> yes, can you say that again. the moisture is very high, land is very loose. water levels are high in kushu and even small amount of rain fall could trigger further flooding but looks like we will be having more rain. just additional on top of what we have here. this is just in an hour span fallen today. 91 millimeters, again, in an hour. hiroshima also saw 60 millimeters. additional rain fall we are talking about, as much as 200 mill meet

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so western japan will be targeted with hefty amounts of rainfall. northern kyushu, the flooding situation not completely alleviated yet, but some areas would see about 150 millimeters in the next 24 hours. 60 millimeters of -- in an hour. short time heavy rain could target these regions. even in some of the southern regions of kyushu could accumulate rainfall as much as 120 millimeters. even in and around the korean peninsula, especially in the central regions, 120 millimeters could be felt in the next 24 hours. and short time heavy rain could trigger flooding situations here, too. in china, things are going to be tapering off, but still localized areas may see about 250 millimeters in the next 24 hours. really messy and unstable conditions continue in the indo china peninsula as well as the philippines. take a look at your temperatures soaring up to 30 degrees here in tokyo. really uncomfortable, humid weather here for tomorrow yet again. and shanghai reaching up to 37 degrees. well above average. moving over to the americas now, the moisture has s

side of un has led to speculation of friction within the inner circle opposition from local rt western japan on july 1st. delivered to iwak residents are strongly op including deployment schedule. in the meantime the federal reserve says he doesn't expect one of the biggest worries about the american economy to become a nomy and that it's e re a house commit rease in wth in weakness is the fed chairman also eurozo a and until of financial market volatility. >> the federal reserve painted picture of the financial states a modest to moderate pace. document on hearings 12 district banks held wit une and early july. the baseball book says the housing market remained largely lling. the of an areas showed owth in year but auto sales remained strong, especially for the taking that and other factors into account, the overall report is cautious about the current u.s. economic si new home monthly price index on new homes for 17 major cities. they recorded the steep rise in 0.6% in june. cities cities during the first five months of th statistics a of the japan. the commission is tasked with talks. and

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power-saving targets will now be lifted on the service areas of three other ustilts in central and western japan. the government gave the go ahead for ohi's restart last month saying its safety has been confirmed, but a panel of experts is calling for a fresh survey of underground cracks at the plant to check if they are active faults. >>> new research into last year's fukushima nuclear accident that workers' attempts to reduce danger in fact caused a substantial radiation leak. researchers from tokyo university and japan's atomic energy agency examined operation records at the plant's number 2 reactor. they compared these with radiation data from the surrounding environment. the group examined radiation data from a monitoring post at the fukushima daini plant, about 10 kilometers south of the daiichi plant. data shows radiation spiked three times from the night of march 14th to the morning of the 15th. a wind was blowing south from the daiichi plant. at that time, workers at the number 2 reactor were desperately trying to cool it down. they were unable to pump water into the reactor because of

the rain is going to be pretty fierce into saturday and sunday for parts of western japan. in central japan, we've got reports of more than 110 millimeters of rain falling in the space of one hour. so very intense stuff. particularly of concern in kyushu. there are a couple of areas of heavy rain to keep an eye on. we have a tropical depression down here. it looks like it will become a tropical storm by saturday morning, so strong winds dense fieing here, as well as heavy rainfall. not just for the philippines but for taiwan. and then another heavy band of rain forming and heading up into northern china. so you can see 100 to 200 millimeters of rain locally off of this band of rain. definitely high potential for flooding and land slides. let's go now to north america. also potential for flooding here in the pacific northwest. ongoing rainstorms and in the east, thunderstorms the accompanied by heavy rain. the ohio valley is getting it overnight and then that rain band, the front is going to sag down further towards the south and into the southeast during the course of the da

thus, it's dropping this just very heavy amount of rain totals across the western japan. over towards northeastern japan in the tohoku region, you could be seeing heavy rainfall going into your saturday. also this low pressure area over the korean peninsula because some strong thunderstorms could be flaring up here accompanied by large hail and heavy rain caution that risk of flash flooding. not only is korea and japan under the risk but central and eastern china. in hubai province, you've seen some reports of about 278 millimeters of heavy rain within the past 24 hours now. seen widespread reports of flooding here. any more rain which unfortunately looks like it's going to be occurring. about 200 millimeters could be falling within the next 24 into your saturday. it's going to pose that much more risk of increased flooding for you. south of the frontal, temperatures remain hot and tropical-like. hong kong, high 361. manila, 32 accompanied by afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms. and while it remains relatively cooler but still rather warm in seoul at 27 for your high

western nations say chinese authorities aren't transparent about their spending. the u.s. and japan and other countries are concerned about china's military muscle. the chinese government has been more aggressive in its campaign to force the claim over disputed islands in the region. analysts say it is partly intended to keep other countries in check over the disputes. >>> analysts are sounding the alarm about the naval buildup. their annual white paper says recent actions by chinese authorities are a grave concern for east asia and the rest of the world. this year's report says china's defense budget increased by 30 times over the past 24 years. defense officials believe the growth is from building aircraft carriers and say chinese leaders are dispatching war ships more frequently to the south china sea and east china sea. the latter is home to the senkaku islands. which both china and taiwan claim. the wipe paper claims ownership. defense officials will submit the report to the cabinet and then release it to the public by the end of this month. public anger over the deployment of

saving targets will now be lifted in the service areas of three other utilities in central and western japan. the government gave the go ahead last month saying the safety has been confirmed. a panel of experts is calling for a series of cracks beneath the line to check for faults. >>> prosecutors have decided to accept criminal complaints over the nuclear accident. residents filed the complaints last month against the central government and plant's operator. about 1,300 people asked the prosecutors in fukushima prefecture to investigate top officials in the government and tokyo electric power company. the plaintiffs accuse of negligence. the sources say the prosecutor made the decision after the panel of experts released the final report on monday on the accident. the prosecutors have to identify the cause of the accident if they decide to file charges. the government panel and three other committees have failed to opini pinpoint the cause. it would be hard to decide if the harm was caused in japan. >>> workers in fukushima have been using water to keep the damaged reactors cool, but it cre

it was raining very heavily yesterday in western japan. let's start off showing you what it was like. this is oita prefecture where more than 200 millimeters of rain was reported over the space of just three hours in some places resulting as you can see there in landslides as well as flooding. the roads just turned to rivers. there was flash flooding. very dangerous stuff. and in fukuoka prefecture, a man was killed when a landslide swamped his house. they are expecting more rain into this afternoon up to 40 millimeters of rain per hour. additional landslides are highly likely. it is a serious situation. now, into tomorrow you'll be pleased to know the rain is going to start to subside. but that very active front that's bringing the rain is going to move in towards kinkou region. if you follow that along the system, you'll be finding maybe 100 to 250 millimeters of rain over the next 24 hours. still very active and high risk of flooding and landslides here. also potential for flooding. this has been producing thunderstorms, gusty winds, an

. >>> massive flooding turns deadly in western japan. nearly two does people have died and tens of thousands forced from their homes. in some areas nearly 2 feet of rain fell in less than 24 hours, causing landslides that crushed homes. the self-defense force has been deployed to help residents. >>> a big shark gives some fishermen a big surprise in myrtle beach. >> oh, jesus christ. >> the couple was fishing off their backyard doc when the woman hooked a small fish. they had some trouble netting it and that's when the bull shark jumped out of the water and snagged their catch. they say fishing may never be the same. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, make sure you have those sunglasses. it's another beautiful and very warm summer day. marty has your first warning forecast just ahead. first let's a look at today's midday stocks and last night's winning lottery numbers. ,,,, [ barks ] [ cat meows ] ,,,, [ woman ] ♪ i just want to be okay ♪ be okay, be okay ♪ i just want to be okay today - ♪ i just want to know today - [ whist

. >> hi there, yes, looking at quite a serious situation in western japan at the moment.oding rains have been hitting the region. let's take a look at some video from this morning. and we'll show you what is going on there. it is a very active front that is delivering torrential downpours. it actually brought some very heavy rain on sunday. little bit of easing monday. and then again to day we are just seeing incredible amounts of rain. in oita prefecture, record breaking amount of 110 millimeters fell in a one-hour period this morning. rutting in flo resulting in flooding and evacuating. landslides have occurred too. further flooding is highly likely as an additional 150 to 200 millimeters of rain is possible in the next 24 hours. in fact, an update on that figure in oita, more than 200 millimeters has fallen now in the space of three hours. this is extremely heavy rain. very dangerous stuff. now, that front is going to be extending up towards central japan during the course of the day. starting to see the rain falling here in tokyo now. it will get, steadily heavier as

about 16 months later, elementary and junior high teachers from western japan visited the area. heed to see for himself what they could do for their children if disaster struck. >> i thought i knew all about the horrors of an earthquake. but now that i have seen the damage, the horror is more real. i want to tell my students about it. the tsunami rolled over walls, 10 meters high, and flattened the area. the water flooded the first floor classrooms and schoolrooms at the junior high. the group spoke with the teachers. the visitors wanted to learn what they could do to men is my casualties -- minimize casualties at their old schools. the principal says he evacuated 120 students to one of the offices. >> translator: parents started coming to pick up their children on the night of the disasterable. i refused. our shelter was the safest place and we had access to the most information. >> we ordered all students to evacuate the area. because we knew that tsunami was coming. >> some of our questions were designed to find out how to provide emotional care for the youngsters. >> transla

. >>> intense rein sent thousands in western japan scrambling. the risk of flooding and land sides remains high. >>> 17 people were sent to the hospital after lightning struck a crowded park in canada. the storm hit as people gathered for a rib festival. this is in ontario. the storm moved in so quickly, they had little time to react. it sent people running and screaming. those taken to the hospital had nonlife threatening injuries. >>> hong kong is jam packed with sky scrapers not environmentally friendly and devour power. this is the first and only zero carbon building, the three story building gets all power from renewable resources. it's covered with solar devices that use the sunlight's power to run the building. some days they feed energy back to hong kong's grid. >>> protestors threw tomatoes and shoes at hilary clinton's motorcade. she was there to see the u.s. consulate. senior state department official said her car was not hit. this was clinton's last stop in egypt before heading to israel for meetings today. time to start the 5:00 news

however, we really don't want any of that rain to come into western japan for the last wek or so. extreme heavy rain has been impacting unfortunately you will still see about 250 millimeters of rain over the next 24 hours. the good news is that we are not expecting any direct impact. that said, the systems are very unpredictable so well continue to monitor its progress. right now the winds gusts are up over 108 kilometers an hour. that's another thing to take into consideration. right now, we have a seasonal front that's affecting an area from tahoku into south korea. that is moving further down south. but already you can see plenty of rain fall here in southern china. couple of low pressure systems as well as the monsoon. that's really been bringing very heavy rain here. so flooding and landslides also high risk here. and as we head into the next 24 hours, that doesn't look like it will be letting up much, plenty of wet weather down here towards the south. we also have been dealing with heat problems too. excessive heat across japan. really the southern half of the country has be

officials at the utility servicing western japan say it suffered a deficit of more than $1.2 billion. they say the reason is soaring operating expenses due to rising fuel costs for thermal power generation as a substitute for nuclear power. the company also known as kepco restarted power generation at its ohi nuclear plant. they are the first reactors to restart operation since the fukushima daiichi disaster last march. >> translator: we aren't planning to raise the electricity rates at the moment. but if our financial situation gets drastically worse and if this hurts our ability to supply power, we'll have to consider all options. >> japan's leading steelmakers have announced sharp profit drops or losses for the april through june period. that's in part because of the yen's strength. nippon steel reported a pretax profit $1620 million down 83% from a year earlier when calculated in yen. jfe holdings profit plunged 60% to a little over $125 million. sumitomo metal produced a loss of $140 million and kobe steel over $130 million. during the three months, the steelmakers came under str

time now to check the world weather forecast including the situation in western japan. rachel ferguson is standing by. >> hi there, yes, dealing with very heavy rain over the last couple days, resulting in flooding and landslides to. day the rain has been easing off. just moving to the north, so affecting the regions of japan. this is the front that is responsible for the flooding downpours. it moves across the korean peninsula. comes into eastern china here. there has been a recording of 250 millimeters of rain in the last 24 hours. very significant totals here. the heavy rain will travel with the low pressure system into the korean peninsula on our friday. south of the front. more heat for areas such as shanghai. giving 38 degrees. for your high today. so, really, intense heat. and very dry here. but further down towards the south. you run into more heavy rain, particularly in southern thailand. and also southernvietnam. heavy to very heavy is forecast, and that of course will intensify the likelihood of flooding and landslides here as well. let's go now to north amer

high pressure system that will be dominating the korean peninsula and then moving in towards the western japanegion. so clearing out from the south. but still, the kanto region will be seeing on and off showers due to the low pressure system that will be persisting to linger over east of kanto. southwestern islands of japan and in towards china. this is where the seasonal band will still be persisting to just a linger cresting overhead. dropping heavy amounts of rainfall. the amounts of rainfall here north of chongching. so further flooding is going to be at very high risk. taking a look at your temperatures. tokyo reaching 30 degrees, as well as seoul on our saturday high. another really humid, uncomfortable day for us tomorrow. in this weekend we're seeing beijing at 29 degrees. in the 20s. and that's actually below average for this time of the year. all right. moving over to the americas, you see this cloud formation moving. this is tropical storm daniel which is going to intensify into a hurricane. it's not going to be affecting any land masses. we have a severe area. this is the zone of s

high pressure system that will be dominating the korean peninsula and then moving in towards the western japanegion. so clearing up from the south. but still, the kanto region will be seeing on and off showers due to the low pressure system that will be persisting to linger over east of kanto. southwestern islands of japan and in towards china, this is where the seasonal band will still be persisting to just a linger cresting overhead. dropping heavy amounts of rainfall. the amounts of rainfall here north of chongqing could exceed 250 millimeters on top of very well saturated ground. so further flooding is going to be at very high risk. taking a look at your temperatures. tokyo reaching 30 degrees, as well as seoul on our saturday high. another really humid, uncomfortable day for us tomorrow. in this picture, we're seeing beijing at 29 degrees. in the 20s. and that's actually below average for this time of the year. all right. moving over to the americas, you see this cloud formation moving. this is tropical storm daniel which is going to intensify into a hurricane. it's not going to be affect

number one or number three excuse me at the oil nuclear plant in the fukui peripheral prefecture in western japan was officially flipped on sunday night restarting japan's embrace of nuclear power many other forty nine reactors that have been shut down since last year is scheduled to be turned on again later this month but scientists are warning that the plant still haven't been properly upgraded to withstand strong earthquake and tsunami like the one that took out the fukushima plant which is still in the midst of a nuclear crisis last week record levels of radiation were discovered inside reactor wanted that plant a lethal dose of more than ten thousand millisieverts an hour it was registered in the reactor that's ten times more radiation than in reactors two in three of the operators of the plant tepco workers are unable to enter the site due to the high levels of radiation so is it really wise for japan to be restarting its nuclear plants all the country is still trying to resolve the world's worst what may well be the world's worst nuclear disaster here to offer his take on this is paul gunt

the reactor is in western japan. it is the first to be restarted since the earthquake and the tsunami caused massive meltdowns. protesters have taken to the streets of tokyo to protest the government oppose the decision to restart the reactor. french aviation officials have released a final report blaming human error and technical malfunction for the 2009 air france plane crash which killed all 228 people on board. the judicial report being presented to the victims' families next week's fines if speed sensors froze and failed. the captain failed in his duty of preventing the co-pilot from reacting. the air france flight entered turbulence two hours after takeoff from brazil when the autopilot disengaged and it went down in the south atlantic. the body of the late palestinian leader yasser arafat is likely to be exhumed. his wife requested an autopsy after a swiss lab discovered traces of radioactive agent if on the clothing that he wore in the final days before his death in 2004. french doctors said he died of a mass

. >> massive flooding in western japan where at least 20 people are dead. the flooding swept away cars, trucks and homes. >> dick cheney mosts a fund-raiser for republican mitt romney. on wednesday romney was booed as he addressed the naacp convention in houston whb he said he would repeal president obama's health care reform law. heap said if the goal is to create jobs, the u.s. has to stop spending over $1 trillion a year more than it takesin. >> and so to do that i'm going to eliminate non-essential program i can find. that includes obama care. >> and romney later did get a standing ovation. vice president joe biden meanwhile addresses the same group there today. >> the four-time olympic gold medal winner called the experience incredible and phenomenal. >> the telecope -- telescopes shows that polluteio measures six to eight feet across. let's turn it back to al with a check of your weather. >> today's weather is brought to you by win the day with chobani champions. >> savannah teachers love savannah guthrie. that's very nice. we're not doing back-to-sch

this morning a nuclear reactor in western japan generating electricity again for the first time sincesed by last year's tsunami. the government ordered reactors taken off-line for safety checks after the meltdown at the fukushima daiichi plant north of tokyo. report blames the disaster on mismanagement and bungled response to the damage caused by the tsunami. there's strong public on to restarting the reactors the government says the country needs them to avoid power outages this summer. >>> this morning a world war ii battleship that has been moth balled in the bay area is opened as a museum in los angeles. members of the navy and vets lined the rails of the uss iowa, the only balance ship museum on the west coast yesterday. the navy moved it to the moth ball fleet in sassoon bay the ship underwent repairs in richmond before being towed to l.a. this spring. the iowa museum is expected to be a huge attraction. >>> next, breaking news coverage continues from the bay bridge lanes on the lower deck are still intermittently closed. huge jam now after two police pursuits overnight we are l

. >>> when nearly two dozen people are killed when massive flooding hits western japan.s of thousands were forced from their home, after less than two feet fell in less than 24 hours. some areas, crushing dozens of homes. the japanese self-defense force has been deployed to help misplaced residents. >>> for the first time since the uprising in syria. mortars hit the outskirts of damascus. video shows black smoke. president bashar assad. this comes after ambassador tours iraq. joining operation forces. he's calling on the military to stop shooting and revolt against the assad regime. >>> britain is calling in troops for additional security. monica villamizar reports for wjz. the private company that it has hired say its can't keep london safe without help. >> reporter: british soldiers are camped out on rooftops of apartment buildings, near the olympic stadium. as the british government announce its is sending an extra 3500 soldiers to guard the games. the move comes after the private firm hired to handle security, called g4s, admitted it may not have enough personnel. fo

the first reactor to go back on line since last year's devastating earthquake this reactor is in western japan the country took all of its nuclear plants offline for maintenance or is the text and now the okie plant produces the country's first nuclear power since may. let's get another check on the traffic at 616 obviously there are lot of people stuck in the mess on the bay bridge. it is in the lower deck of the bay bridge a few just waking up with us city of traveler to the fact in a basically want to avoid the lower deck of the bay bridge so this is what's going on it can see traffic is squeezing by and does that far left lanes of the investigation continues there was an earlier police chase a crash in shooting sell this all started around 130 this morning we've actually seen will enclosures so traffic is getting through the presidency of the very slow crawl it took a reporter about an hour to get from san francisco out toward the oakland side of the bridge since ending is going to lot worse before it gets better wear a hearing thursday to be now that the new estimated time of opening is a

. >>> it's not all that unusual to see guard dogs at museums but a museum in western japan has made anl choice . two poodles were sworn in today as museum guards. they are toy poodles. museum officials say we should not be fooled by the dogs' mild-looking demeanor. they already have plenty of experience. they were certified as official police dogs last year. since then, they've worked on the traffic beat, they've taken part in a safety awareness campaign. probably written up a few tickets. if they drum up a little extra interest in the museum exhibits, well, nobody will complain. how do they get them to wear those silly outfits? >> they look like they're going to lick you to death.

the report comes as a reactor in western japan is back online despite safety concerns. >>> to politicsthe republican national committee raised $100 million in campaign cash just last month. in fact, the second straight month romney has outpaced the president's fund-raising. >> president obama is focusing on the economy on a campaign bus tour. abc's brandi hitt is following the campaign. good morning, brandi. >> good morning. you can tell the election is four months away. mitt romney calling on republican pig shots for help while president obama hits the road. >> reporter: president obama launched his first campaign bus tour of 2012 in ohio, one of the key battleground states. the two-day tour which takes him to pennsylvania will focus on the economy. >> our mission right now isn't just to recover from this economic crisis, although that is job one. our mission is to give back to america, americans all across the country, what's been lost -- that sense of security. that sense of security. >> reporter: his campaign co-chair even went on the attack questioning where mitt romney has invest

only hours before the report was issued, the ohi reactor in western japan came back online-- the first to be restarted since last year's disaster. japan has been running without nuclear power since early may. before the fukushima accident it comprised about 30% of japan's energy mix. combined with the report, ohi's resumption will likely inflame those in the anti-nuclear movement in japan. over the last month, there have been holding weekly demonstrations outside the prime minister's office. for more, i am joined by matthew bunn, an associate professor at harvard university's belfer center for science and international affairs, where he heads the school's main research group on nuclear policy. professor bunn, by taking natural disaster off the table and calling this "profoundly man made," what did the commission conclude that people did wrong? >> well, fundamentally, the issue was not being well enough prepared for the kind of natural disaster that did occur. certainly the earthquake and tsunami ultimately caused the health downs that happened but if they had been well enough prepared,

pull back i can show you that this is going to be an ongoing situation across much of the western half of japan due to this high pressure just sitting over water, bringing all the ample moisture and dumping buckets full of rainfall. now the additional accumulations could be as much as 150 millimeters in the northern kyushu region. kinku has already seen its peak and that's going to be gone. however, short time heavy rain could also be possible in and around these regions. about 50 millimeters in an hour. across much of the eastern and northern japan, we have a high pressure that is lingering around this area bringing a lot of cool air around the ridge this high pressure system. so temperatures are still going to be on the cooler side, especially in kanto region as well. you can see this tropical state farm here. that's a tropical depression as of now but will be intensifying in the next 24 hours as a tropical storm. and that's going to be moving across the luzon area affecting heavily with those downpours especially on the western seaboards of luzon. already 100 millimeters of accumulation has

pull back, i can show you that this is going to be an ongoing situation across much of the western half of japan due to this high pressure just sitting over water, bringing all the ample moisture and dumping buckets full of rainfall. now the additional accumulations could be as much as 150 millimeters in the northern kyushu region. kinki has already seen its peak and that's going to be gone. however, short time heavy rain could also still be possible in and around these regions. about 50 millimeters in an hour. across much of the eastern and northern japan, we have a high pressure that is lingering around this area bringing a lot of cool air around the ridge of this high pressure system. so temperatures are still going to be on the cooler side, especially in kanto region as well. you can see this tropical storm here. that's a tropical depression as of now but will be intensifying in the next 24 hours as a tropical storm. and that's going to be moving across the luzon area affecting heavily with those downpours, especially on the western seaboards of luzon. already 100 millimeters of accumulation

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