Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii and warnings blanketed the Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast.
Police said 200 to 300 bodies were found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai. Another 88 were confirmed killed and at least 349 were missing. The death toll was likely to continue climbing given the scale of the disaster.
The magnitude 8.9 offshore quake unleashed a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks for hours, many of them of more than magnitude 6.0.
Dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of coastline were shaken by violent tremors that reached as far away as Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the epicenter.
"The earthquake has caused major damage in broad areas in northern Japan," Prime Minister Naoto Kan said at a news conference.
The government ordered thousands of residents near a nuclear power plant in Onahama city to evacuate because the plant's system was unable to cool the reactor. The reactor was not leaking radiation but its core remained hot even after a shutdown. The plant is 170 miles (270 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo.
Trouble was reported at two other nuclear plants as well, but there was no radiation leak at any.
Mein.... I feel for these those people. This is so sad. When i heard it on the news my jaw dropped. It was just too hard to believe all that had happened. The sences was so distructive i couldn't bare watching it. So many killed, so many people/bodies not found...
People we got to thank God for the little of what we have... We never know when we will be next and our lives will be taking away in the blink of an eye...
LIVE UP, BLESS UP!!!
Read up more:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_earthquake
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So tru chica, it is very sad. We need to take a look around us and be a bit more grateful for the love that God has showed us. I mean look at it, disasters have struck places very close home (eg. Haiti! We are truely blessed and I say this because we haven't been hit by a disaster so great as yet. Hence, we should all thank God for sparing out lives and ask Him to continue to protect us as we try to follow His will.
This is very true sis. WE belizeans always complain that God doesnt luv us caz we're suffering in our third-world country. But despite the fact that we are not fortunate to develop our economy as quickly as others, we must keep in mind the fact that God keeps us under his wing. WE rarely experience natural disasters. we never had any really drastic experiences for the past decade or more. He keeps us out of harm's way. Unfortunately, some face these troubles so we must keep them in our prayers as we thank The Heavenly Father for seeing us through this troubled journey called "life". Jah over all! I'm Leonie Magdaleno reporting from SJCJC. Have a blessed week. :)
Lolz... Leonie silly...
Easy deh reporter...
LOL!!! Ah worry... Reporta hehe... Maybe Channel 7 or 5 hire you :-P
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