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10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« on: March 14, 2011, 08:55:05 AM »
By JAY ALABASTER and TODD PITMAN, Associated Press – Sun Mar 13, 4:05 pm ET





SENDAI, Japan – The estimated death toll from Japan's disasters climbed past 10,000 Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns and hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food and water. The prime minister said it was the nation's worst crisis since World War II.

Nuclear plant operators worked frantically to try to keep temperatures down in several reactors crippled by the earthquake and tsunami, wrecking at least two by dumping sea water into them in last-ditch efforts to avoid meltdowns. Officials warned of a second explosion but said it would not pose a health threat.

Near-freezing temperatures compounded the misery of survivors along hundreds of miles (kilometers) of the northeastern coast battered by the tsunami that smashed inland with breathtaking fury. Rescuers pulled bodies from mud-covered jumbles of wrecked houses, shattered tree trunks, twisted cars and tangled power lines while survivors examined the ruined remains.

One rare bit of good news was the rescue of a 60-year-old man swept away by the tsunami who clung to the roof of his house for two days until a military vessel spotted him waving a red cloth about 10 miles (15 kilometers) offshore.

The death toll surged because of a report from Miyagi, one of the three hardest hit states. The police chief told disaster relief officials more than 10,000 people were killed, police spokesman Go Sugawara told The Associated Press. That was an estimate — only 400 people have been confirmed dead in Miyagi, which has a population of 2.3 million.

According to officials, more than 1,800 people were confirmed dead — including 200 people whose bodies were found Sunday along the coast — and more than 1,400 were missing in Friday's disasters. Another 1,900 were injured.

For Japan, one of the world's leading economies with ultramodern infrastructure, the disasters plunged ordinary life into nearly unimaginable deprivation.

Hundreds of thousands of hungry survivors huddled in darkened emergency centers that were cut off from rescuers, aid and electricity. At least 1.4 million households had gone without water since the quake struck and some 1.9 million households were without electricity.

While the government doubled the number of soldiers deployed in the aid effort to 100,000 and sent 120,000 blankets, 120,000 bottles of water and 29,000 gallons (110,000 liters) of gasoline plus food to the affected areas, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said electricity would take days to restore. In the meantime, he said, electricity would be rationed with rolling blackouts to several cities, including Tokyo.

"This is Japan's most severe crisis since the war ended 65 years ago," Kan told reporters, adding that Japan's future would be decided by its response.


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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2011, 02:57:18 AM »
This is s a travesty. May God Bless Japan.

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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2011, 10:26:24 AM »
10K and counting?..Lord have mercy   ::)

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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2011, 10:34:48 AM »
Mag-ampo lang jud ta nga way nuclear meltdown...



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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2011, 10:57:17 AM »
Mag-ampo lang jud ta nga way nuclear meltdown...


Bitaw, it will be more disastrous kon maapektahan ang ubang  mga nasud,  hinaut dili na mahitabo

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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2011, 11:33:48 AM »
Bitaw, it will be more disastrous kon maapektahan ang ubang  mga nasud,  hinaut dili na mahitabo

At least ang Japan nag-una sa disaster preparedness...



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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2011, 07:58:45 AM »
Workers try to cool Japan's overheated reactors
By ERIC TALMADGE and MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press – 23 mins ago


YAMAGATA, Japan – Emergency workers seemed to try everything they could think of Thursday to douse Japan's most dangerously overheated nuclear reactors: helicopters, heavy-duty fire trucks, even water cannons normally used to quell rioters. But they couldn't be sure any of it was easing the peril at the tsunami-ravaged facility.

Three reactors have had at least partial meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where wisps of white steam rose from the stricken units Friday morning. But Japanese and U.S. officials believe a greater danger exists in the pools used to store spent nuclear fuel: Fuel rods in one pool were believed to be at least partially exposed, if not dry, and others were in danger. Without water, the rods could heat up and spew radiation.

It could take days and "possibly weeks" to get the complex under control, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jazcko said. He defended the U.S. decision to recommend a 50-mile evacuation zone for its citizens, a much stronger measure than Japan has taken.

A senior official with the U.N.'s nuclear safety agency said there had been "no significant worsening" at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant but that the situation remained "very serious." Graham Andrew told reporters in Vienna that nuclear fuel rods in two reactors were only about half covered with water, and they were also not completely submerged in a third.

If the fuel is not fully covered, rising temperatures will increase the chances of complete meltdowns that would release much larger amounts of radioactive material than the failing plant has emitted so far.

Low levels of radiation have been detected well beyond Tokyo, which is 140 miles (220 kilometers) south of the plant, but hazardous levels have been limited to the plant itself. Still, the crisis triggered by last week's earthquake and tsunami has forced thousands to evacuate and drained Tokyo's normally vibrant streets of life, its residents either leaving town or holing up in their homes.

The official death toll from the disasters stood at 5,692 as of Friday morning, with 9,522 missing, the national police agency said.

President Barack Obama appeared on television to assure Americans that officials do not expect harmful amounts of radiation to reach the U.S. or its territories. He also said the U.S. was offering Japan any help it could provide. He reaffirmed America's commitment to nuclear power and said he was asking for a comprehensive safety review.


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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2011, 12:53:43 PM »
Dire sa Pilipinas daghan na ug chain messages nga moabot kano ang radioactive materials fallout. Ambot, daghan ug paranoid.

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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2011, 02:03:28 PM »
Mga way lingaw ug medyo wa kasabot...

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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2011, 02:21:10 PM »
May uban pud nga magpirme ug jawjaw nga end of the world na kano.

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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2011, 02:40:59 PM »
Kining end of the world, kapila na kaha ni i-predict. Naay mo-predict unya kon di madayon, usbon na pud ang date... :P




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Re: 10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2011, 02:42:52 PM »
kasagaran ubang tawo na nag nag-usab....kay ang nag predict nangatigbak na...

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