Miyagi prefecture
• At least 785 people confirmed dead in cities including Kesennuma, Higashimatsubara and Sendai, but local authorities fear more than 10,000 people may have died in the prefecture alone.
• Around 2,000 bodies found on two shores, including those in the town of Minamisanriku and Ishinomaki City.
• Minamisanriku has a population of 17,000, but 10,000 are missing after the tsunami.
Iwate prefecture
• At least 574 people confirmed dead, including those in Ofunato and Rikuzentakata.
• The city of Rikuzentakata, with a population of 23,000 people, was "almost completely wiped out", the fire department says. No information yet on how many survived. More than 80% of the city was flooded.
• In the town of Otsuchi, out of a population of 15,000 people 12,000 are missing.
Fukushima prefecture
• About 420 people, including those in Iwaki and Minamisoma cities, are confirmed dead. Around 1,200 people are missing.
Death toll in other districts
• Tokyo: 7
• Chiba: 15
• Ibaraki: 19
• Aomori: 3
• Tochigi: 4
• Kanagawa: 3
• Hokkaido: 1
• Yamagata: 1
• Gunma: 1
Patrick Fuller of the International Red Cross Federation, described the situation in Otsuchi as "a scene from hell, absolutely nightmarish".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ma ... ceed-10000
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What horrified me (being from a cold country) was seeing snow in Sendai and having the realization that they are now without heat. Truly hell on earth for the poor Japanese people (I shudder thinking of those that somehow survived the tsunami but are trapped and most likely soaking wet).
2011 Sendai Earthquake & Tsunami
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Situation Update No. 32
Posted:2011-03-11, 06:12:37 [UTC]
Ref.no.: EQ-20110311-29849-JPN
Situation Update No. 32
On 2011-03-14 at 12:15:42 [UTC]
Event: Earthquake
Location: Japan Statewide
Number of Deads: >30000 person(s)
Number of Missing: 88000 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 590000 person(s)
Situation:
A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality of its mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis Monday after a calamitous tsunami. Millions of people were facing a fourth night without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures in the devastated northeast. Meanwhile, a third reactor at a nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity, raising fears of a meltdown, while the stock market plunged over the likelihood of huge losses by Japanese industries including big names such as Toyota and Honda. A Japanese police official said 1,000 washed up bodies were found scattered Monday across the coastline of Miyagi prefecture. The official declined to be named, citing department policy. The discovery raised the official death toll to about 2,800 but the Miyagi police chief has said that more than 10,000 people are estimated to have died in his province alone, which has a population of 2.3 million. In one town in a neighboring prefecture, the crematorium was unable to handle the crush of bodies being brought in for funerals. "We have already begun cremations, but we can only handle 18 bodies a day. We are overwhelmed and are asking other cites to help us deal with bodies. We only have one crematorium in town," Katsuhiko Abe, an official in Soma, told The Associated Press.
Friday's double tragedy has caused unimaginable deprivation for people of this industrialized country - Asia's richest - which hasn't seen such hardship since World War II. In many areas there is no running water, no power and four- to five-hour waits for gasoline. People are suppressing hunger with instant noodles or rice balls while dealing with the loss of loved ones and homes. "People are surviving on little food and water. Things are simply not coming," said Hajime Sato, a government official in Iwate prefecture, one of the three hardest hit. He said authorities were receiving just 10 percent of the food and other supplies they need. Body bags and coffins were running so short that the government may turn to foreign funeral homes for help, he said. "We have requested funeral homes across the nation to send us many body bags and coffins. But we simply don't have enough," he told the AP. "We just did not expect such a thing to happen. It's just overwhelming." The pulverized coast has been hit by hundreds of aftershocks since Friday, the latest one a 6.2 magnitude quake that was followed by a new tsunami scare Monday. As sirens wailed, soldiers abandoned their search operations and told residents of the devastated shoreline in Soma, the worst hit town in Fukushima prefecture, to run to higher ground. They barked out orders: "Find high ground! Get out of here!" Several soldiers were seen leading an old woman up a muddy hillside. The warning turned out to be a false alarm.
Search parties arrived in Soma for the first time since Friday to dig out bodies. Ambulances stood by and body bags were laid out in an area cleared of debris, as firefighters used hand picks and chain saws to clear an indescribable jumble of broken timber, plastic sheets, roofs, sludge, twisted cars, tangled powerlines and household goods. Helicopters buzzed overhead, surveying the destruction that spanned the horizon. Ships were flipped over near roads, a half-mile (a kilometer) inland. Officials said one-third of the city of 38,000 people was flooded and thousands were missing. In addition to the more than 2,800 people who have been confirmed dead, more than 1,400 were missing. Another 1,900 were injured. "I'm giving up hope," said Hajime Watanabe, 38, a construction industry worker, who was the first in line at a closed gas station in Sendai, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Soma. Just then, an emergency worker came over and told him that if the station opens at all, it would pump gasoline only to emergency teams and essential government workers.
"I never imagined we would be in such a situation" Watanabe said. "I had a good life before. Now we have nothing. No gas, no electricity, no water." He said he was surviving with his family on 60 half-liter bottles of water his wife had stored in case of emergencies like this. He walked two hours to find a convenience store that was open and waited in line to buy dried ramen noodles. The government has sent 100,000 troops to lead the aid effort. It has sent 120,000 blankets, 120,000 bottles of water and 29,000 gallons (110,000 liters) of gasoline plus food to the affected areas. However, electricity will take days to restore. According to public broadcaster NHK, some 430,000 people are living in emergency shelters or with relatives. Another 24,000 people are stranded, it said.
Situation Update No. 32
Posted:2011-03-11, 06:12:37 [UTC]
Ref.no.: EQ-20110311-29849-JPN
Situation Update No. 32
On 2011-03-14 at 12:15:42 [UTC]
Event: Earthquake
Location: Japan Statewide
Number of Deads: >30000 person(s)
Number of Missing: 88000 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 590000 person(s)
Situation:
A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality of its mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis Monday after a calamitous tsunami. Millions of people were facing a fourth night without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures in the devastated northeast. Meanwhile, a third reactor at a nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity, raising fears of a meltdown, while the stock market plunged over the likelihood of huge losses by Japanese industries including big names such as Toyota and Honda. A Japanese police official said 1,000 washed up bodies were found scattered Monday across the coastline of Miyagi prefecture. The official declined to be named, citing department policy. The discovery raised the official death toll to about 2,800 but the Miyagi police chief has said that more than 10,000 people are estimated to have died in his province alone, which has a population of 2.3 million. In one town in a neighboring prefecture, the crematorium was unable to handle the crush of bodies being brought in for funerals. "We have already begun cremations, but we can only handle 18 bodies a day. We are overwhelmed and are asking other cites to help us deal with bodies. We only have one crematorium in town," Katsuhiko Abe, an official in Soma, told The Associated Press.
Friday's double tragedy has caused unimaginable deprivation for people of this industrialized country - Asia's richest - which hasn't seen such hardship since World War II. In many areas there is no running water, no power and four- to five-hour waits for gasoline. People are suppressing hunger with instant noodles or rice balls while dealing with the loss of loved ones and homes. "People are surviving on little food and water. Things are simply not coming," said Hajime Sato, a government official in Iwate prefecture, one of the three hardest hit. He said authorities were receiving just 10 percent of the food and other supplies they need. Body bags and coffins were running so short that the government may turn to foreign funeral homes for help, he said. "We have requested funeral homes across the nation to send us many body bags and coffins. But we simply don't have enough," he told the AP. "We just did not expect such a thing to happen. It's just overwhelming." The pulverized coast has been hit by hundreds of aftershocks since Friday, the latest one a 6.2 magnitude quake that was followed by a new tsunami scare Monday. As sirens wailed, soldiers abandoned their search operations and told residents of the devastated shoreline in Soma, the worst hit town in Fukushima prefecture, to run to higher ground. They barked out orders: "Find high ground! Get out of here!" Several soldiers were seen leading an old woman up a muddy hillside. The warning turned out to be a false alarm.
Search parties arrived in Soma for the first time since Friday to dig out bodies. Ambulances stood by and body bags were laid out in an area cleared of debris, as firefighters used hand picks and chain saws to clear an indescribable jumble of broken timber, plastic sheets, roofs, sludge, twisted cars, tangled powerlines and household goods. Helicopters buzzed overhead, surveying the destruction that spanned the horizon. Ships were flipped over near roads, a half-mile (a kilometer) inland. Officials said one-third of the city of 38,000 people was flooded and thousands were missing. In addition to the more than 2,800 people who have been confirmed dead, more than 1,400 were missing. Another 1,900 were injured. "I'm giving up hope," said Hajime Watanabe, 38, a construction industry worker, who was the first in line at a closed gas station in Sendai, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Soma. Just then, an emergency worker came over and told him that if the station opens at all, it would pump gasoline only to emergency teams and essential government workers.
"I never imagined we would be in such a situation" Watanabe said. "I had a good life before. Now we have nothing. No gas, no electricity, no water." He said he was surviving with his family on 60 half-liter bottles of water his wife had stored in case of emergencies like this. He walked two hours to find a convenience store that was open and waited in line to buy dried ramen noodles. The government has sent 100,000 troops to lead the aid effort. It has sent 120,000 blankets, 120,000 bottles of water and 29,000 gallons (110,000 liters) of gasoline plus food to the affected areas. However, electricity will take days to restore. According to public broadcaster NHK, some 430,000 people are living in emergency shelters or with relatives. Another 24,000 people are stranded, it said.
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Fox news reporting that 3 reactor cores are starting to melt....news is bad....MGC
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Hey! so I made it to NC. Went through Tokyo and wow. I mean I seen the news when a storm or something hits and the airports are shut down and you see people all over but that does no justice when seeing it first hand..there were thousands of people in there alot scrambling to fly out. it was a mad house! couldnt see any damage from the airport or plane though.
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Glad you made it safely to NC, Storming. I've been reading along on this thread, and I had
wondered if you'd made it ok.
wondered if you'd made it ok.
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This whole Japanese earthquake is a very sad and disasterous all around.
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Re: 2011 Sendai Earthquake & Tsunami
Tsunami-ravaged hospitals leave the sick in misery
Thousands of elderly or ill patients without their lifesaving medicines
*snip* updated 3/14/2011 9:39:15 AM ET
TAKAJO, Japan — Within the dark and fetid wards of the Senen General Hospital, some 120 patients lie in their beds or slumped in wheelchairs, moaning incoherently.
"There is no food!" cries an old man in a blue gown, to no one in particular.
Last week's powerful earthquake and tsunami heaped untold new misery on those already suffering — thousands of elderly, infirm and sick people in hospitals that were laid to waste by the violent shaking and the walls of water that followed. There are no figures yet on how many hospitals were ravaged, but few could have escaped unscathed given the scale of the destruction.
Sam Taylor, the spokesman for Doctors Without Borders, an international group that has sent a team to Japan, said there were longer-term concerns about the elderly, many of whom are fragile and may be living on little food and water without their lifesaving medicines.*snip
Rest at link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42069446/ns ... iapacific/
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StormingB81 wrote:Hey! so I made it to NC. Went through Tokyo and wow. I mean I seen the news when a storm or something hits and the airports are shut down and you see people all over but that does no justice when seeing it first hand..there were thousands of people in there alot scrambling to fly out. it was a mad house! couldnt see any damage from the airport or plane though.
I'm glad that you made it safely. I'm sure that your training won't totally prepare you for what you are going to see first hand.
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SOMA, Japan – Radiation is spewing from damaged reactors at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The prime minister has warned residents to stay inside or risk getting radiation sickness.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Tuesday that a fourth reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex was on fire and that more radiation was released
Prime Minister Naoto Kan warned that there are dangers of more leaks and told people living within 19 miles (30 kilometers) of the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex stay indoors.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_ear ... 5ld3JhZGk-
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Tuesday that a fourth reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex was on fire and that more radiation was released
Prime Minister Naoto Kan warned that there are dangers of more leaks and told people living within 19 miles (30 kilometers) of the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex stay indoors.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_ear ... 5ld3JhZGk-
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BBC News:
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0207: Addressing the nation, Prime Minister Naoto Kan says that "there is a high risk of futher radioactive material coming out".
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0210: The premier also urges people within 19 miles (30km) of the Fukushima complex in the area "to remain indoors".
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0241: And Mr Kan also confirms earlier reports that a fire has broken out at Fukushima's reactor 4.
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0303: Radiation is 400 times the annual legal limit near Fukushima's reactor 3, the Kyodo news agency reports.
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0306: Winds over the stricken nuclear plant are blowing slowly towards the Kanto region, which includes Tokyo, Reuters reports.
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0309: Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says: "Now we are talking about levels that can impact human health. I would like all of you to embrace this information calmly. These are readings taken near the area where we believe that the release of radioactive substances is occurring. The further away you get from the power plant or reactor the value should go down".
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0207: Addressing the nation, Prime Minister Naoto Kan says that "there is a high risk of futher radioactive material coming out".
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0210: The premier also urges people within 19 miles (30km) of the Fukushima complex in the area "to remain indoors".
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0241: And Mr Kan also confirms earlier reports that a fire has broken out at Fukushima's reactor 4.
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0303: Radiation is 400 times the annual legal limit near Fukushima's reactor 3, the Kyodo news agency reports.
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0306: Winds over the stricken nuclear plant are blowing slowly towards the Kanto region, which includes Tokyo, Reuters reports.
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0309: Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says: "Now we are talking about levels that can impact human health. I would like all of you to embrace this information calmly. These are readings taken near the area where we believe that the release of radioactive substances is occurring. The further away you get from the power plant or reactor the value should go down".
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I'm still here in Okinawa, Japan...Just wondering what the thoughts are, since many here specialize in meteorology, about the wind patterns. We are to the south-west of the main Japanese island. I have wives calling me and panicking. Our husbands are all deployed (actually, they're all with the relief efforts right now). Will the wind patterns keep us safe or do you think evacuating is the smartest thing we could do if we can get out of here? The U.S. news seems to be hysterical compared to the calm of the Japanese media outlets. I'm not sure what to think, right now! 
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Re: 2011 Sendai Earthquake & Tsunami
Some headlines early this morning
RT @MarketWatch: Japan shares crash on nuclear fears; Nikkei Average ends down 10.6%, worst drop since 2008
BreakingNews: 'Minute levels' of radiation are detected in Tokyo, Kyodo reports - Reuters
BreakingNews: Radiation levels rise in Russian city of Vladivostok, 500 miles northwest of Japanese nuclear plant, but stay within normal levels - Reuters
RT @MarketWatch: Japan shares crash on nuclear fears; Nikkei Average ends down 10.6%, worst drop since 2008
BreakingNews: 'Minute levels' of radiation are detected in Tokyo, Kyodo reports - Reuters
BreakingNews: Radiation levels rise in Russian city of Vladivostok, 500 miles northwest of Japanese nuclear plant, but stay within normal levels - Reuters
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I think the US media is frothing at the mouth to see a melt down. If we weren't all panicking over this story right now after all, cable news ratings would have already fallen off to near their pre-quake levels. I hate to be cynical about it but I've been watching current events long enough to know this.
I think that if this were to become a large enough disaster that harmful amounts of radioactivity reach Okinawa, then it's pretty much in the jet stream and you won't be any safer in the United States, so unfortunately there's no real use in worrying about it.
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I think that if this were to become a large enough disaster that harmful amounts of radioactivity reach Okinawa, then it's pretty much in the jet stream and you won't be any safer in the United States, so unfortunately there's no real use in worrying about it.
The following post is NOT an official forecast and should not be used as such. It is just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological/radiological/geological/psychiatric data. It is NOT endorsed by any professional institution including storm2k.org. For official information, please refer to, well, nobody seems to have any idea what's going on honestly!
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RL3AO wrote:What is going on with these reactors? Now four of them are having problems. Why can't they get water in there? Thats all they need is water and everything will be fine.
I do not know, RL3AO. I was expecting them to fix this with seawater as well and I don't understand why this is all going so wrong. It seems like all the focus was on Reactor #1, and when they cooled it it may have set off the hydrogen explosion through a chemical (non-nuclear) reaction. Then it was #3, and I know for sure that #2 wasn't having any issues whatsoever until yesterday so I don't know why that cooling system failed. It seems like the officials are being reactive rather than proactive about this, trying not to sacrifice any more expensive reactors than they absolutely must. But it still doesn't explain to me why the cooling fixes are failing. Seawater should have ended the meltdown threat, so why is radiation still leaking?
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1000: A Japanese nuclear safety official has confirmed reports that the water inside the waste fuel storage pool for the number 4 Fukushima reactor may be boiling, AP reports. Hidehiko Nishiyama refused to comment on the potential risks from the rising temperatures caused by a failure of cooling systems and said the plant's operator was considering what to do about theproblem.
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This whole situation in Japan is so horrific, I don't even know what to say anymore.
Here are the latest updates I have so far:
RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL
Situation Update No. 30
Posted:2011-03-11, 12:38:52 [UTC]
Ref.no.: NC-20110311-29877-JPN
Situation Update No. 30
On 2011-03-15 at 04:41:15 [UTC]
Event: Nuclear Event
Location: Japan Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Nucelar Power Plant
Number of Deads: 2 person(s)
Number of Injured: 33 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 170000 person(s)
Situation:
1. A fire at the fourth reactor of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant resulted in a leak of highly concentrated radiation, the Japanese premier said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Naoto Kan called on the citizens residing within the 20-km (13 miles) distance from the reactor to immediately leave this zone and those living more than 20-30 km (13-17 miles) from the NPP to stay in their houses, but to shut windows and doors. "I sincerely ask all citizens within the 20-km distance from the reactor to leave this zone," he said in a televised address.
2. A blast caused by the build-up of hydrogen hit the 4th reactor of the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan on Tuesday. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said earlier that the fire at the 4th reactor resulted in the leak of highly concentrated radiation and urged all people residing within the 20-km (13 miles) distance from the reactor to immediately leave the zone.
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Situation Update No. 33
Posted:2011-03-11, 06:12:37 [UTC]
Ref.no.: EQ-20110311-29849-JPN
Situation Update No. 33
On 2011-03-15 at 04:19:12 [UTC]
Event: Earthquake
Location: Japan Statewide
Number of Deads: >30000 person(s)
Number of Missing: 88000 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 590000 person(s)
Situation:
Rescue operations have begun but some areas are still cut off by road damage and flood waters. There are 70,000 people that have been evacuated to shelters in Sendai, one of the towns hardest hit by the tsunami and earthquake. Forty-two survivors have been pulled from the rubble in the flattened town of Minami Sanrik, where up to 10,000 people are feared to have perished. Around half the town's 18,000 residents are still missing. Search and rescue teams are still working desperately through the rubble to try and find more people. In addition, police are also trying to stop people from returning to their homes. According to CNN, despite the first tsunami warning being issued to the town that lies two miles from the coastline, some residents decided to stay in their homes instead of fleeing - leading to the high number of missing people. Two thousand bodies were reportedly found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture. Around 1,000 people were washed up on the shores of Ojika Peninsulain Miyagi, while another 1,000 were seen in the town of Minamisanriku, Kyodo News reported. Authorities have been unable to contact 10,000 people in Minamisanriku - more than half of the population living there. Officials are hopeful that many of the town's residents were uncountable because they had been evacuated to nearby Tome city, Kyodo reported. In Minami Sanriku alone, 10,000 people could have died - more than half of the city's population. Some of the aftershocks have been as powerful as 6.8-magnitude, and it is feared that if an aftershock of a magnitude over 7 occurs, it could cause another tsunami. According to the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, Japan has experienced between 12 and 15 aftershocks per hour since Friday's quake, and it is not known when they will stop. To add to the already insurmountable problems, there has been a spate of panic buying as most gas stations and supermarkets are out of service. At least a million households had gone without water since the quake, and food and gasoline were quickly running out across the coastal regions hit by the tsunami.
Here are the latest updates I have so far:
RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL
Situation Update No. 30
Posted:2011-03-11, 12:38:52 [UTC]
Ref.no.: NC-20110311-29877-JPN
Situation Update No. 30
On 2011-03-15 at 04:41:15 [UTC]
Event: Nuclear Event
Location: Japan Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Nucelar Power Plant
Number of Deads: 2 person(s)
Number of Injured: 33 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 170000 person(s)
Situation:
1. A fire at the fourth reactor of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant resulted in a leak of highly concentrated radiation, the Japanese premier said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Naoto Kan called on the citizens residing within the 20-km (13 miles) distance from the reactor to immediately leave this zone and those living more than 20-30 km (13-17 miles) from the NPP to stay in their houses, but to shut windows and doors. "I sincerely ask all citizens within the 20-km distance from the reactor to leave this zone," he said in a televised address.
2. A blast caused by the build-up of hydrogen hit the 4th reactor of the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan on Tuesday. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said earlier that the fire at the 4th reactor resulted in the leak of highly concentrated radiation and urged all people residing within the 20-km (13 miles) distance from the reactor to immediately leave the zone.
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RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL
Situation Update No. 33
Posted:2011-03-11, 06:12:37 [UTC]
Ref.no.: EQ-20110311-29849-JPN
Situation Update No. 33
On 2011-03-15 at 04:19:12 [UTC]
Event: Earthquake
Location: Japan Statewide
Number of Deads: >30000 person(s)
Number of Missing: 88000 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 590000 person(s)
Situation:
Rescue operations have begun but some areas are still cut off by road damage and flood waters. There are 70,000 people that have been evacuated to shelters in Sendai, one of the towns hardest hit by the tsunami and earthquake. Forty-two survivors have been pulled from the rubble in the flattened town of Minami Sanrik, where up to 10,000 people are feared to have perished. Around half the town's 18,000 residents are still missing. Search and rescue teams are still working desperately through the rubble to try and find more people. In addition, police are also trying to stop people from returning to their homes. According to CNN, despite the first tsunami warning being issued to the town that lies two miles from the coastline, some residents decided to stay in their homes instead of fleeing - leading to the high number of missing people. Two thousand bodies were reportedly found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture. Around 1,000 people were washed up on the shores of Ojika Peninsulain Miyagi, while another 1,000 were seen in the town of Minamisanriku, Kyodo News reported. Authorities have been unable to contact 10,000 people in Minamisanriku - more than half of the population living there. Officials are hopeful that many of the town's residents were uncountable because they had been evacuated to nearby Tome city, Kyodo reported. In Minami Sanriku alone, 10,000 people could have died - more than half of the city's population. Some of the aftershocks have been as powerful as 6.8-magnitude, and it is feared that if an aftershock of a magnitude over 7 occurs, it could cause another tsunami. According to the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, Japan has experienced between 12 and 15 aftershocks per hour since Friday's quake, and it is not known when they will stop. To add to the already insurmountable problems, there has been a spate of panic buying as most gas stations and supermarkets are out of service. At least a million households had gone without water since the quake, and food and gasoline were quickly running out across the coastal regions hit by the tsunami.
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I have not seen any reports of deaths at the reactor site, and the 88,000 missing has been determined to not be true. The alleged 30,000+ dead is also ridiculously exaggerated. Where are you getting these from?
Latest from BBC:
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1012: The UN's weather agency says Japanese winds are dispersing radioactive material over the ocean, and there is no danger for Japan or the region for now, Reuters reports.
Latest from BBC:
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1012: The UN's weather agency says Japanese winds are dispersing radioactive material over the ocean, and there is no danger for Japan or the region for now, Reuters reports.
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