Japan 8.8 earthquake & Tsunami

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An aerial taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows an area destroyed by the tsunami in Sendai in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan.

Houses and infrastructures devastated by earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Monday, March 14, 2011.

Survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami spend time at an evacuation center in Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.

 

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People walk a road between the rubble of destroyed buildings in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.

A family rests in a shelter in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's north east coast. On top of the losses of family and friends and property, evacuees in the area are now faced with the fears of radiation contamination from damaged nuclear facilities near by.

Residents buy food at a temporarily opened supermarket in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 14, 2011. The supermarket set a limit on buying items at five per person. Japan battled on Monday to prevent a nuclear catastrophe and to care for millions of people without power or water in its worst crisis since World War II.

 

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People queue to be screened by a technician in protective gear for signs of possible radiation in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, March 14, 2011.

Evacuees hug each other as they confirm each other's safety at a makeshift shelter in Otsuchicho town, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.

 

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A car sits atop another in an area affected by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate prefecture March 14, 2011.

A man walks along a road lined with debris at Onagawa town in Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011.

A pleasure boat sits on top of a building amid a sea of debris in Otsuchi town in Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011.

 

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People search a boat that was washed inland that lays in the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, March 14, 2011.

Rescue workers look for missing people who were lost in the tsunami, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 14, 2011.

 

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A survivor of the tsunami that swept through his village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, retells the story to a rescue team that arrived to search the area Monday, March 14, 2011. Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed thousands.

Japanese rescue workers carry the body of a tsunami victim in devastated town of Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 are believed to have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.

 

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A Japanese rescue worker walks through a destroyed residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011.

A survivor pushes his bicycle through remains of devastated town of Otsuchi March 14, 2011.

Japanese rescue team members carry the body of a man from the village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns.

 

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Soldiers inspect the devastated area before they use heavy machinery in Noda village, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.

Japanese soldiers urge an elderly woman to move to higher ground during a tsunami warning Monday, March 14, 2011, in the harbor of Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.

A Japanese man walks through a destroyed residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011.

 

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An emergency worker throws disinfectant powder in an area affected by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate prefecture March 14, 2011.

A Japanese rescue team member walks through the completely leveled village of Saito in northeastern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011.

 

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Debris is strewn across a large area of land in Natori City, Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011.

Images provided by GeoEye show an area of Natori, Japan on April 4, 2010, left, and March 12, 2011.

Images provided by GeoEye show the Arahama area of Sendai, Japan on April 10, 2010, left, and March 12, 2011.

Images provided by GeoEye show an area of Yuriage near Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on April 4, 2010, left, and March 12, 2011.

 

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Still images from video footage March 14, 2011, shows the explosion at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex. A hydrogen explosion rocked a crippled nuclear power plant in Japan on Monday where authorities have been scrambling to avert a meltdown following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.

man comforts a woman as she cries in front of her damaged home in the town of Watari in Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011.

 

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Rescue members seek survivors in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.

Rescue workers carry an elderly man found alive by tsunami survivors buried under rubble along a slope of a hill in Minamisanrikucho in Iwate Prefecture Monday, March 14, 2011.

A boy walks through the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, March 14, 2011.

 

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A resident wipes tears as she finds no remains of her home, Monday, March 14, 2011, in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.

People use temporary phones set up for residents at the Natori City Hall in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture on March 14, 2011.

 

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A Japanese Air Self Defence Force Mitsubishi F-2 fighter aircraft is pictured after it was pushed by the tsunami into a building at a base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi prefecture

Officers look at a Mitsubishi F-2 fighter aircraft of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force which was swept by the tsunami into a building at Matsushima base in Higashimatsushima, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011.

 

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City lights and billboards are turned off at Tokyo's Shibuya fashion district on Monday. The shutdown of several nuclear reactors has led to a shortfall in electricity supply and has made power outages necessary.

search and rescue workers look for survivors in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture

A dead woman lies under a blanket near the stairs of her destroyed home in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011

 

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MFA advices Singaporeans to avoid Japan travels
The Japan Metropolitan Agency announced on 13 March that there is a 70% chance of a magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquake. -AsiaOne

Mon, Mar 14, 2011
AsiaOne
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a statement on Monday that strongly urges Singaporeans "to defer non-essential travel to Japan."
The MFA pointed out in its statement that, "The situation in the areas most affected by the earthquake of 11 March 2011 continues to be fluid.
"The Japan Metropolitan Agency announced on 13 March that there is a 70% chance of a magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquake in the same region as the magnitude 9.0 earthquake within the next 3 days.
"This may trigger another tsunami and aftershocks of over magnitude 6.0."
Singaporeans who cannot avoid travelling to Japan at this time are strongly advised to eRegister with the MFA at http://eregister.mfa.gov.sg/.
They should also attempt to avoid to avoid areas that are affected by the earthquake and tsunami as there continues to be many disruptions on the ground.
This will enable MFA and the Singapore Embassy in Tokyo to contact and render Singaporeans the necessary consular assistance in case of emergencies.
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Soldiers of Japan Self-Defense Force and firefighters search for the victims in the rubble on Monday, in Matsushima, Miyagi prefecture.

A woman pushes a bicycle on a street following a massive tsunami that's triggered by a catastrophic earthquake in Tagajo near Sendai

A woman helps her mother get a few belongings as the search and rescue teams continue to look for bodies in the rubble.

 

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Because the roads are cut off or buried, the evacuees are traveling on foot. These peoples walk on a track of Japan Railway's Ofutano Line.

Tsunami survivors leave a devastating area after checking their homes.

 

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A man anxiously waits for the Natori firefighters to pry open his car in a search for the man's missing family members. The firefighters found no one inside.

A woman use a stick to sweep the front walk of her home along the Natori River

A policeman searches for victims in Rikuzentanaka. Tens of thousand people were feared dead after last week's quake and tsunami.