Fukushima Leaks Massive Amount Of Radioactive Water – And 82 Contaminated Waste Bags Swept Away – After Typhoon Etau Hits Japan

12 September 2015

- Flooding caused by Typhoon Etau has sent hundreds of tons of radiation contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean after rain overwhelmed the site’s drainage pumps. At least 82 bags full of radioactive contaminated materials from the Fukushima plant were also washed away by the flood, officials say.

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated and thousands of properties destroyed, after rare torrential rains saw a major river burst its banks north of Tokyo in Japan on Thursday.

A further 800,000 people across eastern Japan have been advised to evacuate after officials issued pre-dawn warnings of unusually harsh rainfall to 5 million people.