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# August 29, 2016: Lionrock Poised to Hit Tohoku, Italy Ignores Quake Risk and Watching the Nankai Trough Very, Very Closely 
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/august-29-2016-lionrock-poised-hit-tohoku-italy-ignores-quake-risk-watching-nankai-trough-closely/
- Published: 2016-08-29T07:33:03.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-29T07:33:03.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Typhoon Lionrock to Hit Japan’s Tohoku, Site of 2011 Tsunami](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-29/typhoon-lionrock-set-to-hit-japan-prompting-early-abe-return-isfhwsp9?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-29/typhoon-lionrock-set-to-hit-japan-prompting-early-abe-return-isfhwsp9?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Lionrock is the 10th typhoon of the season, and is set to be the fourth to make landfall in Japan this year.

### [When The Biggest Earthquake Ever Recorded Hit Chile, It Rocked The World](http://www.npr.org/2016/08/29/490239181/when-the-biggest-earthquake-ever-recorded-hit-chile-it-rocked-the-world?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NPR](http://www.npr.org/2016/08/29/490239181/when-the-biggest-earthquake-ever-recorded-hit-chile-it-rocked-the-world?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

What became known as the Great Chilean Earthquake revealed something new about the planet.

### [Nankai Trough Seabed to Be Constantly Watched](http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003178086?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Japan News](http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003178086?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Japan will constantly monitor seabed movement off the Kii Peninsula from next fiscal year in preparation for a massive quake in the Nankai Trough .

### [The Deep-Sea ‘Weather Bomb’ That Shook the Planet – And What it Reveals About Earth’s Interior](http://www.wired.co.uk/article/s-waves-earth-weather-bomb?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Wired](http://www.wired.co.uk/article/s-waves-earth-weather-bomb?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scientists have detected S waves for the first time, thanks to a ‘weather bomb’ off the coast of Greenland.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Lack of Italy Earthquake Coverage Limits Insurers’ Losses](http://www.reuters.com/article/italy-quake-insurance-idUSL8N1B654U?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/italy-quake-insurance-idUSL8N1B654U?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The new quake raises again the question of compulsory insurance in one of Europe’s most disaster-impacted countries.

### [Quake-Prone Italian Towns Have Not Bothered to Protect Their Buildings](http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21705981-government-offers-incentives-earthquake-proof-homes-few-take-them-up-quake-prone?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Economist](http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21705981-government-offers-incentives-earthquake-proof-homes-few-take-them-up-quake-prone?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The government offers incentives to earthquake-proof homes, but few take them up.

### [In Louisiana, the Political Mess May Outlast the Flood](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/louisiana-flooding-baton-rouge-poiltics-214193?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Politico](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/louisiana-flooding-baton-rouge-poiltics-214193?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A feud over federal relief looms in Washington, but first the country just needs to pay attention.

### [US Election: Nobody is Talking About Climate Change](https://www.ft.com/content/a221c20c-6abb-11e6-a0b1-d87a9fea034f?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](https://www.ft.com/content/a221c20c-6abb-11e6-a0b1-d87a9fea034f?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

People are afraid that doing something about global warming will make them poorer.