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cnn news 2014-11-26

CARL AZUZ, cnn ANCHOR: Welcome to cnn STUDENT NEWS. This is the first of two shows we are producing this week before the Thanksgiving holiday. I`m

Carl Azuz.

The Pacific Island nation of Japan sees about 1500 tremors every year, one of them shook the central part of the country on Saturday night. Japan`s

meteorological agency says it was magnitude 6.8. The U.S. Geological Survey put it at magnitude 6.2. Either way, it was strong. The quake

injured dozens of people, at least seven of them seriously. It was centered in a remote area of the mountains, and it seriously damaged or

destroyed several structures at the ski resort.

Also, landslides. They flattened houses, have blocked warped roadways. There have been aftershocks as well, one of them measuring magnitude 4.1.

But now tsunami warnings were given, and 21 people who`ve been trapped in their homes were rescued.

Across the Pacific now, to an American city hit by another natural disaster. Lake effect snow. And if that doesn`t sound disastrous, get a

look at what it did to Buffalo, New York last week. Some spots got 86 inches of snow, a whole year`s worth in just three days. A resident says

people came together to help one another in the city of good neighbors, but there`s another threat now, one that New York`s governor says it worse than

the snow.

ALEXANDRA FIELD, cnn CORRESPONDENT: So much snow out here, in and around the city of Buffalo, but Governor Andrew Cuomo is saying that he is

satisfied with the progress that they are making in the snow removal operation. Now, a number of state officials here in western New York, and

they are preparing for another possibility: severe flooding that governor has warned this area can see more significant flooding than it`s seen in a

very long time.

The forecast calls for the temperature to warm up over the next several days. If it happens as quickly as it`s forecast to do, that`s when you can

see some really serious flooding. Man power is being brought to this part of the state along with resources.

500 National Guards men and women are in place ready to respond if needed. On top of that more than 50 swiftwater rescue boats and crews. There are

also high axel vehicles that could go into several feet of water in order to make rescues if necessary. Hundreds of pumps have been brought in in

the anticipation of potential flooding, and also 176,000 sandbags.

Everyone here is hoping that that temperature rise will happen more gradually, and that officials will be able to get more snow out of the area

before flooding becomes a big problem.

But in the meantime, home owners are working really hard to stay ahead of the game here. There is some rain in the forecast, so people are trying to

get the shovels out, get the snow off the roof. They don`t want that rain to combine with the snow, that`s when you see more roofs collapsing.

Already in the last few days, several dozen roofs have collapsed. We know that if more rain comes, that will put more homes in danger.