Saturday, March 12, 2011

Earthquake Disaster In Japan -- News Updates March 12, 2011



Japan Earthquake: Officials Say Nuclear Catastrophe Averted -- Christian Science Monitor

Fears of a nuclear meltdown in Japan have subsided after a reactor that was damaged in Friday’s devastating earthquake reportedly emerged intact from an explosion.

A day after the country was thrown into chaos by a fierce tsunami triggered by the largest earthquake in Japan’s history, the country was, for a few terrifying hours, bracing itself for a possible nuclear catastrophe.

Television cameras captured the moment that smoke poured from what at first appeared to be one of four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, located 150 miles north of Tokyo.

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More News On The Earthquake Disaster In Japan

Japan quake: live report -- AFP
Japan Quake: live report -- Reuters
Kyodo News Wire (Japan) -- Kyodo
NHK News Wire -- NHK
Japan earthquake: Live -- The Telegraph
Japan nuclear alert and earthquake - live coverage -- The Guardian

Scenes of devastation at heart of Japan disaster -- Yahoo News/AP
Blast at Japan nuke plant; thousands missing -- Yahoo News/AP
World sends disaster relief teams to Japan -- Yahoo News/AP
Blast at Japan nuke plant; quake leaves 10,000 missing -- Yahoo News/AFP
Tokyo residents worry, streets deserted after disaster -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Desperation, panic grip Japan after quake -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Swept away by the tsunami: 10,000 people missing in flattened town which bore brunt of killer wave caused by megaquake -- The Daily Mail
As scale of Japanese disaster unfolds, military rushes to rescue victims -- MSNBC
Tokyo in "panic mode" over nuke reactors -- CBS
Japan Searches for Survivors After Monster Earthquake and Tsunami -- ABC News
Japan scrambles to coordinate earthquake rescue and relief efforts -- Christian Science Monitor
Rescuers dig through Japan amid aftershocks -- CBS News
Quake, Tsunami Slam Japan -- Wall Street Journal
Japan Pushes to Rescue Survivors as Quake Toll Rises -- New York Times
Desperation, panic grip Japan after quake, nuclear emergency -- Reuters
URGENT: 9,500 unaccounted for in Miyagi's Minamisanriku: local gov't -- Kyodo News
KYODO reports conflicting death tolls in Japan -- USA Today
Radiation leaks from Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Japan Tries to Cool Unstable Reactor, Avert ‘Three Mile Island’ -- Bloomberg Businessweek
World watches nervously as Japan struggles with nuclear reactors -- CNN
Huge whirlpools form off the coast of Japan as devastating tsunami disrupts currents -- Daily Mail
The tottering towers of Tokyo: Dramatic video footage of the moment the earthquake struck -- Daily Mail

The science of tsunamis
-- L.A Times
How Shifting Plates Caused the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan -- New York Times
Why is California less vulnerable to tsunami? San Andreas fault -- McClatchy News

Devastation and despair: Terrifying pictures reveal full horror of Japan's worst quake -- Daily Mail
Huge blast at Japan nuclear power plant -- BBC Pictures
Pictures on Japan's earthquake disaster -- Christian Science Monitor
Images of Destruction in Japan -- ABC News
Photo Gallery: The Day After the Tsunami -- Spiegel Online

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