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A decades-old manga has Japan on edge as fresh earthquakes hit the country’s south. Despite scientists stressing that quakes ...
What about Japan? Since August 2020, it has been mandatory to attach a “Hazard Map” to real estate sales and lease contracts. This map shows the risk level for floods and earthquakes of the home, as ...
You can use the map to look up locations where you and your family live, work, or go to school to see if they are within a tsunami hazard area. Tsunamis are rare natural disasters.
The revised statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface are complete and final versions are now available on the Oregon Explorer website, the Oregon Department of ...
This assessment revealed that hazard maps for the U.S. (California), Japan, Italy, Nepal and France seemed to overpredict earthquake damage.
In Japan, death from overwork is an occupational hazard – but that could be changing. ... Japan’s youth are prioritising work-life balance and refusing to accept harsh working conditions.
Yahoo Japan Corp.’s new service offers information on the danger from heavy rains for a local government’s jurisdiction and a detailed hazard distribution map.
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)-- The Problem Solvers were the first to bring you homeowners' concerns about the state's wildfire hazard map last June. La Pine residents tell us they saw a major increase in ...
Editor’s note: This story was updated to add an image of Oregon’s new wildfire hazard map when it was officially released at 8 a.m. Thursday. Correction: This story has been updated.
Years after it debuted on its iOS and Android apps, hazard and delay reporting is now available when Google Maps is connected to CarPlay. One of the most useful features in Apple Maps is how ...
You can use the map to look up locations where you and your family live, work, or go to school to see if they are within a tsunami hazard area. Tsunamis are rare natural disasters.