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Japan Weather Agency Warns of Heavy Rainfall in Tokyo and Seven Other Regions | Ratopati

Tokio. Japan’s Meteorological Agency has warned of heavy rainfall in seven regions including the capital Tokyo until Monday.…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Tokyo #Crovanh #floods #heavyrainfall #Landslides #MeteorologicalAgency #riverlevels #seasonalrainsystem #Typhoon #weatherwarning
https://www.europesays.com/japan/86891/

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’
By Andrew Gumbel in Big Sur, California

The coastal community in California had already been devastated by landslides and wildfires before a fatal crash

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism

#California #Overtourism #Californiawildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #USnews #Wildfires #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #AndrewGumbelinBigSur #California

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’
By Andrew Gumbel in Big Sur, California

The coastal community in California had already been devastated by landslides and wildfires before a fatal crash

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism

#California #Overtourism #Californiawildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #USnews #Wildfires #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #AndrewGumbelinBigSur #California

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’
By Andrew Gumbel in Big Sur, California

The coastal community in California had already been devastated by landslides and wildfires before a fatal crash

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism

#California #Overtourism #Californiawildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #USnews #Wildfires #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #AndrewGumbelinBigSur #California

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

The death toll from record rainfall in Chiba has risen to nine, while one man remains missing, according to the prefecture's disaster response team. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/16/japan/chiba-rain-death-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chiba #floods #landslides #death

Authorities are urging residents of Chiba Prefecture to remain alert for landslides and flooding even after emergency warnings were downgraded on Friday after record-breaking rain left at least four people dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/14/japan/heavy-rain-chiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chiba #floods #landslides #tochigi #ibaraki #rail #jr

A Century Of Landslide Records In Calabria, Southern Italy, Looking For Changes And Trends Through A Dynamic Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3077-2026 <-- shared paper / brief communication
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2313-2015 <-- shared 2015 paper that this communication updates/adds-to
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10844-z <-- shared paper
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H/T @StefanoLuigiGariano
“This study updates an article published in NHESS journal in 2015 [link above] and investigates long-term changes in landslide-triggering rainfall conditions in Calabria (southern Italy) over 1921–2020. A catalogue of 3,006 rainfall events associated with landslides (RELs) was reconstructed using 9,530 landslide records and daily rainfall measurements from 318 gauges. Rainfall thresholds were calculated for 15 30-year moving windows to investigate the triggering conditions of the RELs. Results show a marked increase in the number of RELs after 2009, shifts in seasonal occurrence, and decreasing rainfall duration and cumulative amounts. Triggering rainfall shows an overall decreasing trend over the years…”
#Calabria #Italy #massmovement #records #landslides #geology #engineeringgeology #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #trigger #monitoring

Climatology And Trends Of Annual Maximum Sub-Daily Precipitation In The Western United States
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2026.100915 <-- shared paper
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#USWest #western #usa #rainfall #climatology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #spatial #mapping #precipitation #risk #hazard #flood #flooding #soil #slopes #debrisflow #saturated #monitoring #climatechange #extremeweather #monsoon #intensity #California #publicsafety #infrastructure #flashflooding #massmovement #landslides #engineeringgeology #hydrogeomorpholgy #mudslide #topography #elevation #geomorphmetry #extremerainfall #seasonal #thermodynamic

Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
"Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
https://insidelocalgovernment.com.au/temporary-fix-for-waterfall-way-at-gordonville-slip-site/

Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16/geosciences-column-do-roads-mean-landslides-are-more-likely/

Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

"In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

"We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

"Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-021-05199-2

Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

#roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

Detection And Spatial Modelling Of Trends In UK Rainfall Frequency
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2622458 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #extremeweather #rainfall #pluvial #frequency #trends #nonstationarity #extremevalue #model #modeling #monitoring #UnitedKingdom #UK #Britian #England #Scotland #Wales #precipitation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #drainage #monitoring #planning #resilience #naturalhazards #flooding #flood #water #hydrology # #sewerage #sewage #wastewater #waterways #pollution #spills #releases #stormwater #erosion #massmovement #landslides #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #climatic #covariates #raingauges #maximums #duration #winter #NorthernEngland #NorthAtlanticOscillation #NAO #index #metrics #annualmaximum #AMAX #seasonalmaximum #SMAX #peaksoverthreshold #POT #statistics #geostatistics #MetOffice #weather #climate

Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/landslide-and-avalanche-debris-litter-hubbard-glacier/ #NASA #EarthObservatory #Earthquakes #IceGlaciers #JetPropulsionLaboratory #Landslides #NISARNASAISROSyntheticApertureRadar

The mountain is falling off on Waterfall! Way due to traffic overloading

"The road is a key tourism and agricultural route between north-west NSW and the coast, vital for the transport of livestock, dairy and produce over the Great Dividing Range...We've had 150 tonnes coming down over the initial 50 tonnes of material that fell."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/farmers-call-long-term-solution-waterfall-way-landslide/106257220

Landslide susceptibility near highways is increased by 1 order of magnitude in the Andes of southern Ecuador, Loja province
"Mountain roads in developing countries are known to increase landslide occurrence due to often inadequate drainage systems and mechanical destabilization of hillslopes by undercutting and overloading." >>
https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/15/45/2015/nhess-15-45-2015.html

#roads #landslides #slopes #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains #Dorrigo #MidNorthCoast #NSW #tourism #FossilFuels #climate #WaterFallWay

#California Issued Warning Over ‘Onslaught’ of #AtmosphericRivers

By Amanda Greenwood, Dec 17, 2025

"Following last week’s atmospheric rivers—which triggered flooding in the #Cascades and #WashingtonState—the #WestCoast is facing another series of storms, now shifting south. These systems are expected to bring heavy rain and mountain snow to #Oregon and #NorthernCalifornia from Wednesday into the weekend and next week, according to senior meteorologists at The Weather Channel.

"In summary, these meteorologists have forecast that Wednesday could bring heavy rain and high winds to the northwest and far northern parts of California, lessening to showers on Wednesday afternoon.

"Another atmospheric river will then hit #Oregon, Washington, #Idaho, and #Montana on Thursday, bringing snow and rain. By Friday, the system is expected to move into southern Oregon and northern California, particularly affecting areas north of the Bay Area. Over the weekend, there is a concern that northern California will be badly affected by rainfall on Sunday, with locally heavy rain forecast to return to Oregon and Washington.

"They've predicted that the heaviest rainfall is expected to fall over the weekend, in western Oregon and northern California, particularly #Siskiyou and coastal ranges along the California coast, where up to 5 inches of rain is forecast. This is likely to cause #FlashFlooding and possibly even #landslides—especially in areas that have recently experienced #wildfires.

"Already flooded areas in Washington—particularly the Skagit, Snohomish, Green, White, Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Yakima Rivers—could experience secondary crests, a later rise in river levels, from the additional rainfall. Although levels aren’t expected to be as high as last week, it could cause 'major flooding,' especially along the #SkagitRiver."

Read more:
https://www.newsweek.com/california-issued-warning-onslaught-atmospheric-rivers-11225495

#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #USWestCoast #ClimateCrisis

Decades of industrial land clearing in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, may have turned an unusual storm into a catastrophe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/asia-pacific/society/indonesia-cyclone-flood-survivors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #indonesia #floods #typhoons #cyclonesenyar #subiantoprabowo #disasterpreparedness #landslides

Decades of industrial land clearing in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, may have turned an unusual storm into a catastrophe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/asia-pacific/society/indonesia-cyclone-flood-survivors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #indonesia #floods #typhoons #cyclonesenyar #subiantoprabowo #disasterpreparedness #landslides

Decades of industrial land clearing in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, may have turned an unusual storm into a catastrophe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/asia-pacific/society/indonesia-cyclone-flood-survivors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #indonesia #floods #typhoons #cyclonesenyar #subiantoprabowo #disasterpreparedness #landslides

Decades of industrial land clearing in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, may have turned an unusual storm into a catastrophe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/asia-pacific/society/indonesia-cyclone-flood-survivors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #indonesia #floods #typhoons #cyclonesenyar #subiantoprabowo #disasterpreparedness #landslides

Decades of industrial land clearing in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, may have turned an unusual storm into a catastrophe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/asia-pacific/society/indonesia-cyclone-flood-survivors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #indonesia #floods #typhoons #cyclonesenyar #subiantoprabowo #disasterpreparedness #landslides

Tapanuli Orangutan Crisis: Cyclone Senyar’s Devastating Impact

Scientists fear that Cyclone Senyar, which made landfall on November 25, may have swept away a significant number…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #BatangToru #biodiversitycrisis #CycloneSenyar #extinctionrisk #greatapes #habitatloss #Indonesiafloods #landslides #Science #Sumatra #TapanuliOrangutan
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/345018/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/229927/ Tapanuli Orangutan Crisis: Cyclone Senyar’s Devastating Impact #BatangToru #BiodiversityCrisis #CycloneSenyar #Éire #ExtinctionRisk #GreatApes #HabitatLoss #IE #IndonesiaFloods #Ireland #landslides #Science #Sumatra #TapanuliOrangutan #Wildlife

Degradation caused by human activities:
"Indonesian environmentalists blame rapid forest loss in Sumatra for severity of deadly floods."

"Environmental groups say the government is hypocritical and partly to blame for the destruction, given its approval of mining and logging permits. Environmentalists want an official audit of land use in Sumatra and other Indonesian islands, saying extractive industries combined with disasters could produce more devastation."

"...The floods and landslides that have devastated parts of Sumatra have been made worse by extensive deforestation driven by the approval of hundreds of extractive permits... Deforestation and mining activities in Sumatra had intensified the effects of the disaster and led to more deaths."

"Data from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry showed in Sumatra there were at least 1,907 active mining permits covering a total area of almost 2.5 million hectares."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/why-is-indonesia-the-most-severly-affected-by-cyclone-senyar/106095614
#floods #landslides #diy #extractivism #deforestation #mining #energy #LoggingImpacts #PulpPaper #EU #EudR #forests #climate #plantations #extractivism #biodiversity #governance #IndoPacific

More than 30 dead and 14 missing as heavy #rains trigger #landslides and floods in #SriLanka

https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-weather-landslides-floods-ef3a2354448a7ec58cfe4ac5d8f750d1

Sri Lanka has stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and #floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 30 deaths.

New Research Aims To Better Predict And Understand Cascading Land Surface Hazards
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https://phys.org/news/2025-06-aims-cascading-surface-hazards.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp9559 <-- shared paper
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#interconnected #geology #engineeringgeology #landcover #landsurface #GIS #spatial #mapping #landcover #hydrology #water #geomorphology # geomiorphmetry #risk #hazard #extremeweather #climatechange #cascading #cascadinghazards #debrisflow #wildfire #massmovement #landslides #flood #flooding #mudflow #susceptibility #chainreaction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #prediction #management #planning #mitigation #multifactor #sediment #erosion #fluvial #earthquake #fault #faulting #hazardassessment #riskassessment #volcano #vulcanism #sealevelchange #cryosphere #ice #snow #GLOF #humanimpacts #urban #infrastructure #cost #economics #loss #damage #earthobservation #remotesensing #LiDAR #UAV

Landslide Susceptibility Assessment In The Marin Khola Watershed Of The Sub Himalaya, Central Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v30i1.76264 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #engineeringgeology #massmovement #landslides #Nepal #susceptibility #MarinKhola #watershed #InfoVal #Siwaliks #Himalayas #risk #hazard #cost #infrastructure #publicsafety #lossoflife #propertydamage #damage #geomorphology #water #hydrology #geomorphometry #casestudies #spatialanalysis #water #hydrology #factors #topography #geology #soil #landuse #landcover #model #modeling #accuracy

Linking Inca Terraces With Landslide Occurrence In The Ticsani Valley, Peru
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https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences14110315 <-- shared paper
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[takes me back to my engineering geology days in the Southern Hemisphere, including my thesis – with a healthy dose of spatial analysis and modeling – and all with a specific use; what is not to like?]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #landslides #massmovement #Inca #Andes #irrigation #terraces #Peru #SouthAmerica #confusionmatrix #logisticregression #geohazards #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #terracing #water #hydrology #surfaceflow #geomechanical #geotechnical #Ticsani #algorithm #processes #geostatistics #river #slope #agriculture #farming #soils #geology #risk #hazard #publicsafety #fem #model #modeling #rainfall #precipitation #permeability #groundwater #subsurfaceflow #instability #fluvial #erosion

So, it seems the #SeabrookNuclearPlant survived the recent storms without incident, but if there was a problem, there is NO WAY nearby residents would have been able to evacuate. I came across this letter to the #NRC from the group #NoMoreFukushimas expressing their concerns about #ClimateChange and #NuclearPlants in 2012!

Concerns regarding the #SeabrookStation

No More Fukushimas letter to the NRC.

The Honorable Allison M. Macfarlane, Chair
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
11555 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852

November 8, 2012

Dear Chairwoman Macfarlane:

We appreciated receiving a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) response to the August 28, 2012, letter that we sent to the NRC concerning Seabrook Station relicensing. The NRC's response (October 17, 2012) came from Dennis Morey, Chief, Project Manager 1, Projects Branch Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (Docket No. 50-443).

In our letter, we highlighted a concern openly discussed NRC meeting April 26, 2012, on Seabrook relicensing held in Hampton, New Hampshire. Data indicates that due to climate change there could be an increase in #SeaLevels and storm surges that would affect the Seabrook plant. Obviously, the flooding of the Seabrook plant campus should be a cause for concern, especially since it the flooding is projected to occur within the timeframe of the relicensing period, 2030-2050.

In his response to our letter, Mr. Morey categorically rejected the idea that this rising sea level information was of any relevance to the relicensing of the Seabrook plant:

"Regarding your concerns about the current design-basis flood level calculations.... please note that these issues are not part of the NRC's review of a license renewal application. A license renewal review is not a re-review of the facility licensing basis; rather, it is focused on managing
the age-related degradation of passive systems, structures, and components to ensure they will fulfill their safety-related functions, as specified in the current licensing basis.

"The NRC has multiple processes to evaluate the adequacy of current plant operations and licensing bases. Should the NRC become aware at any time of information calling into question the continued safe operation of any nuclear power plant, including Seabrook Station, the NRC will take the appropriate actions as part of the agency's ongoing safety oversight, regardless of
whether those plants have sought or are seeking a renewed license."

In the twists and turns of bureaucratic thinking, Mr. Morey may be technically correct that climate-
change-related flooding is not an "age-related" deterioration artifact. But, Mr. Morey seems to brush off the fact that new global climate conditions could completely reconfigure the safety profile of the plant. We believe that whether or not climate-change-related flooding falls within "design-basis flood calculations" is a hairsplitting issue for bureaucrats. However, for those of who live near the plant it's a major safety issue. Therefore, if necessary, we respectfully recommend that NRC modify its relicensing concerns to include global climate change/rising sea levels in its license renewal framework.

Furthermore, Mr. Morey must know that the NRC has identified "alkali-silica reaction (ASR)" as a potential long-term threat to the reliability of the Seabrook plant and that structural degradation due to
#ASR is currently under the NRC's relicensing review. The flooding water will obviously raise levels of saltwater saturation, which will accelerate concrete degradation so, on that basis alone, the flooding should be within the Seabrook relicensing purview.

Finally, since Mr. Morey did not identify the steps the NRC plans to take to address flooding at the Seabrook plant, we surmise that the NRC does not consider flooding due to sea-level rise to be a problem. Our concern has escalated since researchers at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University in an October 31, 2012, piece in the Washington Post reported that they had conducted a study that assessed the vulnerability of #NuclearPlants flooding around the world.

The Stanford researchers collected information on plant height, #SeaWall height and the location of emergency power generators for 89 nuclear plants that lie next to water. They compared this to
historical information on high waves triggered by various sources, such as #earthquakes, #landslides and #hurricanes. The study found that the U.S. plants most vulnerable to inundation are the Salem and #HopeCreek plants on the New Jersey / #Delaware border; the #Millstone plant in Connecticut; and the Seabrook plant in New Hampshire (italics added). We strongly urge you to contact the researchers and obtain this invaluable information from them directly.

That said, we ask the NRC-as we did in our August letter-to review the risk that rising sea levels, #StormSurges or increased groundwater saturation of concrete poses to residents who live in the vicinity of the Seabrook nuclear power plant. As we have stated, we believe it is entirely appropriate to do so within the purview of the license renewal process. But, in the spirit of public safety, which we believe should be paramount-we urge the NRC to use whatever regulatory tools are needed to investigate this critical issue.

Sincerely yours,
Bruce Skud and Joanna Hammond
Co-founders, No More Fukushimas!

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1232/ML12321A328.pdf

#SeaLevelRise #HamptonNH #SeabrookNH #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #ClimateCrisis #Flooding #ClimateCatastrophe #WaterIsLife #AlkaliSilicaReaction #GlobalSeaLevelRise #SeabrookNuclearPlant #MillstoneNuclearPlant #HopeCreekNuclearPlant #NewJersey #Connecticut

NASA Software Catalog Offers Free Programs For Earth Science, More
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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-software-catalog-offers-free-programs-for-earth-science-more <-- shared link to @nasa press release
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http://software.nasa.gov <-- review the #NASA software catalogue
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