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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Kyushu Electric considers decommissioning Genkai No. 1 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. is considering decommissioning the No. 1 reactor (front), seen in this photo taken in June 2013, at its nuclear plant in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture, on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu.

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Imperial couple visit earthquake-stricken islanders on Genkai

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (C) speak to local residents during a visit to the earthquake-stricken Genkai island off Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 30. The imperial couple traveled to the island, about 18 kilometers off Fukuoka, by boat and about 450 people -- virtually the entire population of the island -- turned up at the quay to welcome the imperial visitors. An earthquake with its epicenter near the island struck on March 20, 2005, damaging 150 houses on the island, and at one point all the islanders were evacuated to the mainland.

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Emperor, empress visit Fukuoka quake victims at prefab housing

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito meets with earthquake victims who have been living in prefab housing in Fukuoka since a powerful earthquake destroyed their houses on Genkai island off the Fukuoka coast in 2005. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Oct. 29 visited the temporary housing complex in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward where 32 people from the earthquake-stricken area are still living.

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Residents observe quake-hit island in Fukuoka from ferry

FUKUOKA, Japan - Some of the residents who evacuated from quake-hit Genkai Island, Fukuoka Prefecture, observed the island from a ferry boat at sea March 27. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit northern Kyushu March 20.

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(3)Koizumi visits quake-hit Genkai Island

FUKUOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi answers reporters' questions at a gymnasium in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward after examining damage on Genkai Island on March 26. The island was hard-hit by the strong earthquake March 20. (Pool photo)

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(2)Koizumi visits quake-hit Genkai Island

FUKUOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) encourages people evacuated from Genkai Island at a gymnasium in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on March 26. The island was hard-hit by the strong earthquake March 20. (Pool photo)

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(1)Koizumi visits quake-hit Genkai Island

FUKUOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is briefed March 26 by residents of Genkai Island, Fukuoka Prefecture, on the damage caused by the strong earthquake March 20.

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(5)Strong quake damages 800 houses, forces 2,800 to evacuate in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Residents of Genkai Island take shelter at a gymnasium in Fukuoka on March 21, the day after a powerful earthquake that hit northern Kyushu, leaving about 800 houses damaged and forcing some 2,800 people to evacuate from their homes.

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(4)Strong quake damages 800 houses, forces 2,800 to evacuate in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Residents of Genkai Island in Fukuoka Prefecture stand near their houses on March 21 to check the damage caused by a powerful earthquake that hit northern Kyushu the previous day. The quake left about 800 houses damaged and forced some 2,800 people to evacuate from their homes.

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(1)Strong quake damages 800 houses, forces 2,800 to evacuate in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - An injured person is moved to a stretcher on arrival at Hakata port late March 20 from Genkai Island, a tiny islet hardest hit by a powerful earthquake that hit northern Kyushu earlier in the day. The quake left about 800 houses damaged and forced some 2,800 people to evacuate from their homes.

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(2)Koizumi visits quake-hit Genkai Island

FUKUOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) encourages people evacuated from Genkai Island at a gymnasium in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on March 26. The island was hard-hit by the strong earthquake March 20. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Residents observe quake-hit island in Fukuoka from ferry

FUKUOKA, Japan - Some of the residents who evacuated from quake-hit Genkai Island, Fukuoka Prefecture, observed the island from a ferry boat at sea March 27. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit northern Kyushu March 20. (Kyodo)

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(3)Koizumi visits quake-hit Genkai Island

FUKUOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi answers reporters' questions at a gymnasium in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward after examining damage on Genkai Island on March 26. The island was hard-hit by the strong earthquake March 20. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(1)Koizumi visits quake-hit Genkai Island

FUKUOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is briefed March 26 by residents of Genkai Island, Fukuoka Prefecture, on the damage caused by the strong earthquake March 20. (Kyodo)

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(5)Strong quake damages 800 houses, forces 2,800 to evacuate in

FUKUOKA, Japan - Residents of Genkai Island take shelter at a gymnasium in Fukuoka on March 21, the day after a powerful earthquake that hit northern Kyushu, leaving about 800 houses damaged and forcing some 2,800 people to evacuate from their homes. (Kyodo)

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(1)Strong quake damages 800 houses, forces 2,800 to evacuate in

FUKUOKA, Japan - An injured person is moved to a stretcher on arrival at Hakata port late March 20 from Genkai Island, a tiny islet hardest hit by a powerful earthquake that hit northern Kyushu earlier in the day. The quake left about 800 houses damaged and forced some 2,800 people to evacuate from their homes. (Kyodo)

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(4)Strong quake damages 800 houses, forces 2,800 to evacuate in

FUKUOKA, Japan - Residents of Genkai Island in Fukuoka Prefecture stand near their houses on March 21 to check the damage caused by a powerful earthquake that hit northern Kyushu the previous day. The quake left about 800 houses damaged and forced some 2,800 people to evacuate from their homes. (Kyodo)

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Imperial couple visit earthquake-stricken islanders on Genkai

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (C) speak to local residents during a visit to the earthquake-stricken Genkai island off Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 30. The imperial couple traveled to the island, about 18 kilometers off Fukuoka, by boat and about 450 people -- virtually the entire population of the island -- turned up at the quay to welcome the imperial visitors. An earthquake with its epicenter near the island struck on March 20, 2005, damaging 150 houses on the island, and at one point all the islanders were evacuated to the mainland. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Fukuoka quake victims at prefab housing

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito meets with earthquake victims who have been living in prefab housing in Fukuoka since a powerful earthquake destroyed their houses on Genkai island off the Fukuoka coast in 2005. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Oct. 29 visited the temporary housing complex in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward where 32 people from the earthquake-stricken area are still living. (Kyodo)

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Kyushu Electric considers decommissioning Genkai No. 1 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. is considering decommissioning the No. 1 reactor (front), seen in this photo taken in June 2013, at its nuclear plant in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture, on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu. (Kyodo)

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Murder of 82-year-old woman on remote island in Japan

Investigators get on a ferry in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on April 30, 2020, bound for Genkai Island after an 82-year-old woman was found dead with head and neck injuries at a school building on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Murder of 82-year-old woman on remote island in Japan

Photo taken April 30, 2020, shows a school building on Genkai Island off Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, where an 82-year-old woman was found dead with head and neck injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taka Island near Genkai nuclear power plant

The Takashima Hizen Ohashi bridge, seen in this photo taken on Dec. 21, 2017, is the only road out of Nagasaki Prefecture's Taka Island (background), linking it to the city of Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, which is near Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant. But this means in the event of a nuclear disaster at the plant, residents fleeing the island by car will be heading toward the plant instead of away from it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken in December 2016 shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (foreground) in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Taka Island (background) is one of 20 inhabited islands within a 30-kilometer radius of the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo