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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Crisis management office at Tokai power station unveiled

MITO, Japan - Japan Atomic Power Co. opens a crisis management office of the Tokai No.2 Power Station to the press in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 18, 2014.

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Safety checks on Tokai No.2 Power Station under way

MITO, Japan - Japan Atomic Power Co. unveils a safety shield of an emergency diesel generator designed to prevent tsunami water from immersing at the Tokai No.2 Power Station in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 18, 2014.

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Japan Atomic Power explains moves on Tokai No. 2 plant

MITO, Japan - Japan Atomic Power Co. holds a meeting in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture on March 17, 2014 to explain to nearby municipal governments about its application with the Nuclear Regulation Authority for a safety review of the Tokai No. 2 Power Station.

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New robot for Fukushima operation

MITO, Japan - Nuclear disaster operation robot ''JAEA-3'' is shown to reporters at the Nuclear Emergency Assistance & Training Center in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. The remote-controlled robot will be used to measure radiation levels at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Tsunami drill at Tokaimura

MITO, Japan - Employees of Japan Atomic Power Co. connect a cable to a power supply vehicle during a disaster drill held under the assumption that all power sources had been lost due to a tsunami at the Tokai No. 2 Power Station (seen in the background), a nuclear power plant, in the village of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 19, 2011.

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(2)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - File photo shows Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station, the country's first commercial nuclear reactor, where demolition work began Dec. 4, 2001.

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(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - A worker locks the valves of the pipes between the nuclear reactor and heat exchangers at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station in the village of Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2001 in preparation for the demolition of Japan's first commercial nuclear reactor built in 1966. The 92.7 billion yen plan for dismantling and decommissioning the reactor is slated for completion in fiscal 2017.

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Railway services suspended

MITO, Japan - Passengers watch a notice of train service suspension put at Mito Station on Oct. 1 following the radiation leak accident at a uranium processing plant in nearby Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, the previous day.

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Hot weather in Japan

People walk in sweltering heat near JR Mito Station in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 27, 2022. The Japanese government called on households and businesses in Tokyo and surrounding areas to reduce their electricity usage between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. the same day due to heightened demand amid soaring temperatures.

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Clarinetist Hanaoka leads practice of all-female jazz band

Eiji Hanaoka (R), a worldly-known clarinet player, leads a practice session by an all-female big band jazz ensemble in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on May 11, 2015. Mito Station Development Co., operator of the JR Mito Station buildings, launched the big band to attract more people to the station area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Members of all-female jazz band practice in Mito

Members of an all-female big band jazz ensemble in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, practice on May 11, 2015. Mito Station Development Co., operator of the JR Mito Station buildings, launched the big band to attract more people to the station area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New robot for Fukushima operation

MITO, Japan - Nuclear disaster operation robot ''JAEA-3'' is shown to reporters at the Nuclear Emergency Assistance & Training Center in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. The remote-controlled robot will be used to measure radiation levels at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami drill at Tokaimura

MITO, Japan - Employees of Japan Atomic Power Co. connect a cable to a power supply vehicle during a disaster drill held under the assumption that all power sources had been lost due to a tsunami at the Tokai No. 2 Power Station (seen in the background), a nuclear power plant, in the village of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 19, 2011. (Kyodo)

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