The Prime Minister of Japan said that it will take more months to solve the crisis at the nuclear plant since radioactive water continued to leak in the sea.

On Monday, the workers at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima Daiichi did not stop the seeping out of radioactive water from running in the sea. The officials of Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (TEPCO) think that the leak has been approaching from an eight inches break in the concrete well that holds the power cables close to reactor number two.

TEPCO stated that it will utilize a dye to try to locate the location of the leak. The levels of radiation in the well water are an approximated to be 1,000 millisieverts every hour, a high but not instantly a deadly dose. The engineers also projected to start adding nitrogen gas into the reactors number one, two and three in an effort to avoid probable blasts from the swelling of hydrogen gas.

Outbursts at the three reactors in the preliminary four days after an earthquake with magnitude 9 and following a tsunami last March 11, imperfectly dented the reactor constructions and stopped the cooling pumps that gave water to it. The officials of the government state that it may take several months to completely bring back the cooling systems of the nuclear plant.

On Sunday, the official mortality toll of Japan from the recent mishap reached 12,000, as almost 25,000 Japanese and U.S. troops completed a thorough recovery effort for three days. The search operation found 78 bodies, but over 15,000 individuals are still missing. In addition, almost 160,000 survivors stay in shelters. On the other hand, the Central Community Chest and Red Cross of Japan have gathered over $1 billion, but they still not distributed it directly to the victims.

The recent hydra-headed nuclear catastrophe that occurred in Japan was added to a long list of records of the nuclear disasters all over the world.

It also makes the industry of nuclear power plant as the largest bone of controversy. The initial recorded case of mishap in nuclear power plant can be dated for the past six decades at a rural Canadian nuclear compound, whose nuclear reactor fell short to close off power that led to a quantity of hydrogen blasts in the end.

Since then, a number of nations have seen disasters at their own stations of nuclear power, including the United States, the ex-Soviet Union, Spain, Japan, Hungary, Germany, Greta Britain, France, and Argentina and among others. Still, none of the earlier nuclear power plant mishaps were caused by a quake following tsunami, like what had happened to Japan, which put the radiation control group of the country in a latest and more hazardous condition.

The nuclear crisis in this country has encouraged the world to consider what nuclear threats their own nations are supervising and ignited a wave of complaints against the use of nuclear energy. On the other hand, the speech of President Barack Obama at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. made it clear that the United States will not cut back its dependence on using nuclear energy.

At present, the nuclear power plant in Fukushima has become the center of attention globally as indications of radioactive debris have been spotted as far as Florida. Workers have discovered 20 centimeters break in the hole on Saturday, from which high-radioactive water released were 4,000 times the authorized cap for evacuation. For the moment, specialists of international nuclear are personally observing the weakened nuclear plant and keeping informed in all details they find.

Authorities declared a state of emergency Friday in three Balkan countries and evacuated hundreds of people after a heavy rainfall causing severe flooding along the Drina River.

More than one thousand people evacuated from their homes following a heavy rainfall in countries like Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro, which caused the worst flooding along the Drina River in almost 104 years. However, the floodwaters ebbed significantly overnight in Bosnia, leaving a trail of mud and debris in many areas.

On the other hand, many flights from airports across the rest of northern Europe, including the Charles de Gaulle in Paris, Schipol in Amsterdam, Tegel in Berlin and the airports in Edinburgh and Vienna, were all cancelled on Friday. Northern Europe endured the grip of arctic weather after a week of blinding snow, biting winds and plummeting temperatures.

In Northeastern Poland, the temperature dropped to minus 27 degrees, shutting down electric supply in Czestochowa, a city in the south, wherein as much as 150,000 people spend a night without power supply. Authorities announced that 30 people died in Poland over the past three days, wherein most of them were homeless people who spend the night outside, freezing.

In Scotland, the temperature fell to minus four degrees Fahrenheit, while at Leeming air force base in North Yorkshire, the temperature dropped to minus one degree Fahrenheit, which was considered the lowest in 55 years since record-keeping began. Other deaths that were reported include four in the Czech Republic, three in Germany and at least two in northern England.

Meteorologist said that the frigid weather is expected to last through the first half of next week. They said that a blocking pattern high pressure system has set up over Greenland and Iceland, basically leading to an atmospheric traffic jam. This high pressure is steering Atlantic warmth away from Europe and instead directing Arctic cold down from the North.

Vice President Elias Jaua of Venezuela announced Tuesday that the death toll from flooding and landslides reached 21, while 5,600 people fled their homes.

The death toll has risen up as authorities verified that an additional eight deaths were reported in Caracas and nearby states. Governor Henrique Capriles decreed for a state of emergency in Miranda state, which includes parts of the capital, aiming to speed aid to flood victims.

In a television station in Venezuela, Capriles called on President Hugo Chavez to declare a state of emergency in the state. The president, on the other hand, has already declared a state of emergency in the western state of Falcon, which has been particularly hard hit. As a result, the Venezuelan military has been dispatched to help the victims.

On Monday, officials announced that the storm has caused a power outage that discontinued the operations at the Cardon oil refinery in Falcon. Moreover, similar problems shut down some units at the adjacent Amuay refinery. The state oil company said that it had sufficient supplies on hand and the problems will not affect shipments that are scheduled this month.

Aside from business operations shut down, the flooding rivers and mudslides blocked the coastal highway in Vargas. However, Governor Jorge Carneiro said the state television that the crews are currently working to reopen the road. Officials said that the heavy rains during November, which have continued past the usual end of the wet season, have caused hazards for more than 50,000 people nationwide. Carneiro said that those killed in coastal Vargas near Caracas included the head of a local municipal council and a police inspector.

People from Indonesia continue to struggle after the Tsunami incident and a volcano eruption.

Rescuers continuously battle rough seas to reach inaccessible Indonesian islands after being pounded by a 10-foot tsunami resulting in numerous infrastructure damages and 113 confirmed casualties. Authorities said that they are expecting more reports and information of missing people as well as fatalities due to this phenomenon.

Due to only few are able to get to the islands, fishermen are among of the people who volunteered to help in search for the remaining alive survivors. According to Edison Salelo Baja, Mentawai district chief, corpse can be spotted everywhere due to there were not enough manpower as well as equipment to make a graveyard for them.

Authorities said that the fault that caused the island of Sumatra to shatter on Monday was the same fault that caused the earthquake and the killer Indian Ocean Tsunami that took 230,000 lives to many countries in 2004.

This incident was followed by the eruption of Indonesia’s most unpredictable volcano, Mt. Merapi. According to report, the volcano eruption took at least 18 lives, which includes a 2-month-old baby. A video footage was aired on the private Metro TV station showing the smoke poured out of Mt. Merapi. In the video, police and volunteers will be seen carrying ash-covered corpses towards a waiting vehicle.

Some scientists say that the on-going activity to Mt. Merapi could predict a much more destructive eruption for the next few days, weeks, or months. According to volcanologist Gede Swantika said that the 9,737-foot-high mountain seemed to be releasing some pressure building up beneath its lava dome.

“It’s too early to know for sure,” Swantika said, “But if it continues like this for a while, we are looking at a slow, long eruption.”

With the flood still not subsiding in Pakistan, reports of protestor and looters intensified the sense of desperation across Punjab Province.

Flood survivors took the task of searching aid for themselves, swimming to dry places, and finding food for people still stranded and waiting to for rescue.

8.5 million Of Punjab’s population is affected, and hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage is expected, the chief minister Shahbaz Sharif told reporters. Provincial cabinet of Punjab met Tuesday and ordered the use of developmental fund for emergency aid.

The floods caused an enormous and lasting damage to roads and other infrastructures, livestock, and agriculture. The World Bank promised to redirect $900 million from other projects on Pakistan to help in recovery and reconstruction efforts.

Floodwaters across southern Punjab reached as high as five feet. People seeking food and aid for their own as they remained isolated by floodwaters is an everyday scene since the start of the flooding.

“Water is still on the rise, and we are in a helpless situation,” said Muhammad Usman, a district administrator.

Abdul Ghafoor, a resident of Muzaffargarh described how he and 50 people survived while being stranded on the roof of a concrete house. “Each day, one person would set out, floating on tires and rubber tubes, to seek food and water for the group.

“We have been calling army and government people, but nobody listens to us,” he said. “Our children are dying of hunger.”

A member of the Parliament of Muzaffargarh Jamshaid Dasti, said that thousands of people were left to find ways to evacuate the area after floodwaters rushed into Ali Pur and other villages.
“Drinking water and food are the major issues,” Mr. Dasti said. “People are looting and snatching food from trucks because they are hungry and there is no system for relief.

“The law and order is not good and it will be worsening,” he said.

According to a group of scientists, 80% of leaked oil form British Petroleum (BP) remains in the Gulf of Mexico.

Five scientists including Samantha Joye, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Georgia in Athens concluded in a memo made public August 16, 2010 that most of the oil that leaked from BP’s Macondo well from April 20 to July 15 is still beneath the water’s surface of the gulf.

This may challenge the Obama administration assessment that the crude is largely gone or rapidly disappearing.

The Obama administration reported last August 4 the almost three-fourths of the bacteria that leaked is gone or soon will be eaten by bacteria. Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that at least half of oil that leaked is now “cpmpletely gone”.

Chemist Dana Wetzel said the administration’s conclusion felt like the “closing credits of a movie.”

“It’s like they were saying ‘the end,’” Wetzel, program manager at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, said in an interview last week. “I’d say we have just gotten through setting up the plot.”

The government and independent scientists involved in the administration’s report “have been clear that oil and its remnants left in the water represent a potential threat, which is why we continue to rigorously monitor, test and access short- and long-term ramifications,” Justin Kenney, a NOAA spokesman, said yesterday in a statement. He also challenged the calculations used by the administration critics.

A University of Georgia marine scientist and one of the five researchers said that plumes of oil dispersed underwater remains a threat.

“One major misconception is that oil that has dissolved into water is gone and, therefore, harmless,” he said in a statement released yesterday. “The oil is still out there, and it will likely take years to completely degrade. We are still far from a complete understanding of what its impacts are.”

Tropical Storm Bonnie already wreaked havoc in Puerto Rico, wherein a boy was drowned into the outpouring river that resulted to his death and also in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Almost 500 people were removed from their homes during a flood that devastated many rice fields in the Dominican Republic.

Winds speeds up to 35 miles per hour were at the core of the storm’s depression confirmed only several minutes. The sky was all black through the storm in Turkey and Caicos and the Bahamas Islands and a heavy outpour of rain have struck the islands.

The tropical depression shaping up in the Atlantic may lead to a storm, according the U.S. forecasters. Agencies stated that the tropical depression has maximum sustained winds of about 35 miles per hour (55 kilometers per hour) about noon Thursday.

The south part of the Bahamas and Turkey and Caicos were devastated, leaving people with insufficient supplies of food and water. The island chain serves as a suitable harbor for many storms. Meanwhile, a business establishment reopens and came back to normal but classes on all schools are suspended and some schools are, at this point, still close.

Johanny Lightbourne, a director at a certain store in the Providenciales Island, located at Turkey and Caicos said that there are ample lightning and thunderstorms that surges the sky. However, he also added that it is just the same way every time they will experience storm. Another native at Providenciales named Donna Musgrove said that it is raining hard on one part of the island to another, adding that the sky is really dark.

Meteorologists from National Hurricane Center in Miami said that the storm could possibly divert, which already brought havoc Thursday on Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. They added up that by Saturday, the storm will arrive at the Gulf of Mexico.

Calculation of the BP oil company has then reached the total amount of millions of gallons that spills in Gulf of México.
Last April 20, 2010 BP oil exploded in Gulf where it spills million of gallons into the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Protection Agency first states that there are billion gallons of water for every gallon of oil that spills into the Gulf of Mexico and added more billions  gallons of water for every five minutes according to mighty Mississippi. Before the oil that spill calculated was just tiny, and as of now as Tony Hayward, chief executive officer of BP claimed that it was big as the ocean. Now there is new number of oil spills calculated under the floor of the sea which gave the bay more contaminated. There are billions of oil leak that has spread into the Gulf and if it still the problem, there are more two years of oil dripping into the Gulf of Mexico to be exact, as Hayward continue to calculate oil spilled.
This disaster has killed wildlife and threatened the lives of every fisherman and specially the oil industry workers from Texas to Florida. Engineers now are monitoring if there are signs of leak in the capped-off well or if this will blow another leak everywhere else in the well. If the well do so, cap will be opened again and allow oil to spill back to the ocean. The cap is designed to stop oil from flowing into the sea, capturing it and piping it to ships in the surface.
BP was spending millions of gallons lobbying to assigned official federals for every gallon that spilled. In money percentage there were about 78 percent that was already spent. And the calculation of oil spilled will have the average of more than $161 million that spread all over the bay.

According to Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, about 16 individuals that include some kids were killed on Friday following the sudden rainfalls sweeping the isolated area of Arkansas camping sites after a flash flood. About 42 individuals are already confirmed dead on the vacation island of Portuguese.
Emergency workers, another two dozen hospitalized, rescued approximately 60 campers, which the Associated Press reported, cite authorities. There are still dozens who are missing and feared that they are already dead.

Crystel Hofer relates some of the experiences she has during the heavy rains saying that around 1:32 a.m., they began hearing kids and women who are crying and screaming, where she was asleep inside her cabin when the flash flood hit the area. Adding that they went to the door as well as opened the door and attempted to climb up the hill where their cabin is located to elude the rushing water.

The spokesperson of Arkansas Governor Matt Decample stated that, “It’s a terrible tragedy and we’re doing all we can to hopefully find some folks and bring some people back who are stranded out there,” adding, “We’ve got a lot of state and local folks pulling together. This is an unprecedented tragedy out in this part of the state. It’s a very rural but close-knit portion of Arkansas.”

Until now, the area is still submerged with water and they expect that the searching will end in two more days.

The Little Missouri and Caddo rivers, which are the two usually gentle waterways, rose by 20 feet high overnight, submerging the campers and hikers who were devoting the night in the tents adjacent to the rivers in the remote Ouachita Mountains.

In addition, Hofer told the ABC News that, “Within ten minutes the water had rose and campers were floating down,” she added, “If they didn’t get out of their camper within five, ten minutes, they weren’t getting out.”

The 54-unit camping ground was rapidly engulfed with water that rises as fast as 8 feet per hour. The floodwater was so destructive that it knocked down the RVs and stripped the asphalt off the roads.

Capt. Mike Fletcher of the Arkansas State Police Department affirmed that there were several destructions in the area adjacent to the river like the overturned vehicles and cabins washed off their infrastructures.