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Japan 8.8 earthquake & Tsunami
- Thread starter Cestbon
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Manholes poke out from the ground due to the liquefaction triggered by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 19, 2011 in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
People walk past a manhole poking out from the ground due to the liquefaction triggered by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 19, 2011 in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. The reclaimed area at Tokyo Bay also suffered the quake. The death toll continues to rise with fears that the official death count could well reach up to 10,000 in 'the most tragic event in Japanese history since World War Two'.
A staff member works next to a sign (L) informing customers that the seafood contained in the sushi and sashimi for sale is not of Japanese origin, at a supermarket in Hong Kong on March 19, 2011. With Japanese engineers currently battling a nuclear crisis at a stricken atomic plant that was severely damaged after a recent earth quake and tsunami, there are fears that elevated radiation levels in Japan could reach the food chain and contaminate raw ingredients, such as raw seafood used in sushi.
Workers try to clean out their place of business at a Suzuki auto-shop in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture on March 19, 2011, following the terrifying March 11 tsunami and earthquake. According to the latest police tally the twin disasters left at least 18,600 dead or missing in Japan's worst natural disaster since 1923. More than 7,300 were confirmed killed -- lost to the tsunami or interred in the wreckage of buildings
Teams of government specialists at the emergency rescue headquarters frantically analyze data from the leaked radiation from the Fukushima nuclear facilities Saturday, March 19, 2011, after a massive earthquake and tsunami knocked out critical electric power and caused physical damage within the plant itself in Fukushima, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. For the first time ever, nuclear engineers are trying to head off a total reactor meltdown in three reactors simultaneously as well as overheating fuel rods in a damaged storage pool at a fourth reactor. While not as sweeping in devastation, the Three Mile Island accident, nevertheless, to this day is the worst U.S. nuclear accident.
Construction workers start building the temporary housing for survivors on the grounds of a junior high school in the city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture on March 19, 2011
Construction workers start building the temporary housing for survivors on the grounds of a junior high school in the city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture on March 19, 2011
People queue up for their coaches at a long distance bus terminal in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture on March 19, 2011. Many people in the area continue to leave the region following the earthquake and tsunami disaster on March 11 which killed thousands along the eastern coast of Japan.
A notice informing customers the shop opens at 1pm due to reduced operating hours due to shortages is seen in the city of Morioka in Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan on March 19, 2011. Crews fighting to cool reactors at a stricken Japanese nuclear plant managed to connect a power line on March 19 as the government revealed that leaking radioactivity had reached the food chain.
People crowd at a market on a narrow street in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture on March 19, 2011 after food such as vegetables and fish started arriving at the biggest city in the tsunami and earthquake-hit area. Crews fighting to cool reactors at a stricken Japanese nuclear plant managed to connect a power line on March 19 as the government revealed that leaking radioactivity had reached the food chain.
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