PHOTO of the DAY (JAPAN) Typhoon Roke exclusives (Dial up warning)

[AsahinaKimi]

Workers install sandbags on a bank of the Shonai river in Nagoya, central Japan, after the area was flooded due to typhoon Roke approaching, Sept 21, 2011. More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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Workers install sandbags on a bank of the Shonai river in Nagoya, central Japan, after the area was flooded due to typhoon Roke approaching, Sept 21, 2011. More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


Residents walk in a flooded street to evacuate in Nagoya, central Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo Sept 20, 2011. More than a million people in the central Japan city of Nagoya were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached the country, bringing heavy rain. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


A chair is seen on a mud-covered street close to the Shonai river in Nagoya, central Japan, after the area was flooded due to typhoon Roke approaching, Sept 21, 2011. More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


Damaged cars are seen at a factory close to the Shonai river in Nagoya, central Japan, after the area was flooded due to typhoon Roke approaching, Sept 21, 2011. More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


A man walks toward a damaged truck at a factory close to the Shonai river in Nagoya, central Japan, after the area was flooded due to typhoon Roke approaching Sept 21, 2011. More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


Residents are rescued from a flooded area in Nagoya, central Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo Sept 20, 2011. More than a million people in the central Japan city of Nagoya were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached the country, bringing heavy rain. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



A damaged car is seen at a factory close to the Shonai river in Nagoya, central Japan, after the area was flooded due to typhoon Roke approaching, Sept 21, 2011. More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


Evacuees rest at an evacuation center in Nagoya, after the area was flooded due to typhoon Roke approached, central Japan, Sept 20, 2011. More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides. --PHOTO: REUTERS


A woman takes care of her baby at an evacuation center in Nagoya after the area was flooded due to typhoon Roke, central Japan, Sept 20, 2011. More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

[Little Star]

1. Damn! I feel so bad for the people of Japan. k&r

[kentuck]

2. Truly...

They are experiencing a lot of devastation and heartache. They are amazingly strong.

[AsahinaKimi]

3. This has to be the worst

Year ever for Japan.

[Generic Other]

4. Annus Horribilis

Year of horrors.

[AsahinaKimi]

5. Kyofu no toshi = Year of horror.

恐怖の年

[malaise]

7. I'm not sure but it is an awful year

:grouphug:

[AsahinaKimi]

9. Well I am sure the

War years were terrible but as far as Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Typhoons, Mudslides, Nuclear Reactor failure, oh..and that little Volcano down south before any of this happened... It hasn't been a good year in Japan.


Note.. I do wish to mention as a high point, the Women's World Cup Trophy had to be the only great thing this year.

[alfredo]

6. They can't catch a break.

[sabrina 1]

8. Those poor people.

I hope this is the end of these tragedies for them, they need time to recuperate and they are just not getting a break.

:kick:

[AsahinaKimi]

10. The worst part is ...

Typhoon season is far from over, and its already snowing in Hokkaido.