Japan’s Day After
Strong aftershocks kept Japan on edge Saturday, a day after a devastating earthquake and tidal waves battered the country's northeastern coast. Officials estimated the death toll at 1,700, but thousands more are missing.
Strong aftershocks kept Japan on edge Saturday, a day after a devastating earthquake and tidal waves battered the country’s northeastern coast. Officials estimated the death toll at 1,700, but thousands more are missing. –JCL
AS CHAOS UNFOLDS, FIND SOLID GROUND…The Guardian:
4.50 pm: Here’s a late afternoon round-up of events on Saturday in Japan, following the earthquake and tsunami that have devastated the eastern side of the country.
• There has been an explosion at the Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant in north-eastern Japan, close to the epicentre of the quake. Officials say the blast is not a meltdown and radiation levels were low because the explosion had not affected the reactor core container.
• Tens of thousands of people in the areas surrounding Fukushima No 1 and No 2 plants have been urged to evacuate.
• Dozens of aftershocks, some as strong as magnitude 6, struck Japan on Saturday. Japan’s state broadcaster has warned people in coastal areas that there could be further tsunamis.
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The drastic step to lock down about 16 million people for nearly a month comes amid mounting restrictions on events around the globe.
With 17 times as many new infections outside China as in it, Italy and Iran close schools; travel and events are canceled; and markets yo-yo.
The action comes amid a statewide emergency to stave off the spread of the disease after a passenger on earlier Grand Princess voyage died.
Friday's temblor, put at a magnitude ranging from 6.5 to 6.8, and hundreds of aftershocks spark rumors of the country's unpreparedness.
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