Japan tsunami and earthquake - Live coverage

• Up to 10,000 feared dead in Miyagi prefecture alone
• Cooling system fails at a second nuclear plant
• Japan PM: "worst crisis since WWII"
• 190 people exposed to radiation
• Original quake upgraded to magnitude 9
• Over 250 aftershocks so far

Japan tsunami and earthquake - Live coverage

According to Associated Press, Japan's weather agency says a volcano in southern Japan has resumed eruptions of ash. The Meteorological Agency issued a warning saying that Shinmoedake volcano had resumed shooting out gas, boulders and ash after a couple weeks of inactivity. The mountain is on the other side of Japan from the epicenter of Friday's magnitude 8.9 earthquake and resulting tsunami, which devastated much of the country's northeast coast. It was unclear if the eruptions were linked to quake.


Japan tsunami and earthquake - Live coverage

Here's a live stream of NHK-TV. Lots of dramatic pictures of the tasunami aftermath and interviews with survivors.

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Tokyo has doubled the number of rescuers to 100,000 and is still struggling to control the crisis at two nuclear power stations.

The developments today:

• Up to 10,000 people may have died in Miyagi prefecture, a police official there has told broadcaster NHK. Miyagi was the area worst-hit by the double disaster. The previous estimate of the death toll was around 1,800, although police had said they were unable to make contact with 9,500 people in the devastated town of Minamisanriku.

• Japan is still struggling to control the crisis at two nuclear power plants damaged in Friday's huge earthquake and tsunami. The emergency cooling system has failed at another reactor.

• As many as 190 people may have been exposed to radiation. Potentially unsafe levels have been detected in 22 people.

• Aftershocks also continue to hit the region, with two tremors of 6.2 magnitude earlier today.

• Millions remain without power and drinking water and reports from the disaster zone suggest many survivors are struggling to find food.

• International rescue teams are arriving in Japan.

Japan before and after the earthquake, tsunami

Japan radiation leaks force 140,000 indoors

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NHK Japanese says that the military is now spraying with a truck that is provides more protection to the workers, as opposed to the police riot vehicles that tried to spray and were pulled back.

20 people have not fallen ill. 17 of them had low levels of radiation on their faces but were not sent to the hospital.

Kyodo reports that TEPCO and Electric Power Development Co. (part-owned by TEPCO) will discontinue construction of new nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture.

Per IAEA directly International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Earthquake in Japan 1 person suffered significant exposure and was transported to hospital, 19 others have suffered low levels of exposure and were decontaminated.

Kyodo is reporting the Japanese trade minister as saying there is unlikely to be a large-scale power blackout in Tokyo on Thursday.

NHK reports that the emergency crew has begun spraying reactor 3 by water cannon. About 20 minutes ago NHK had reported that spraying had been temporarily called off due to high radiation levels.

At least 20 people have fallen ill due to possible radiation contamination - in addition to 19 injured and two missing at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported.

Distinction should be made between the effects of direct radiation and the inhalation of radioactive contaminants. You can easily move away from a direct radiation source to safety, but inhaling radio action contamination is a different matter. once in your lungs it stays with you.

THE Japanese owner of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant falsified safety data and "dishonestly" tried to cover up problems there. The Australian | The Australian Homepage | TheAustralian

Reuters.. the broken link I reported earlier but wasnt fixed, its the following one "Here's an interesting analysis from Kate Kelland, our Health and Science Correspondent - Japan radiation fears mask worse threats to health Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com

The real-world comparison is quite disquieting, the measurement in the city 65km away, outside the exclusion zone, would expose one to the equivalent of one stomach x-ray per hour, 24 hours per day. Exposing a patient to that amount of radiation would be considered dangerously unacceptable and outrageous in my profession.

@foobar - here's the webpage for the U.S. Department of Defense news releases The Official Home of the Department of Defense .

Spiking levels of radiation at Fukushima caused by the failing reactors can clearly be seen in this ccc graph.koh takeuchi's photos | Plixi

NHK is reporting that the emergency crew at reactor 3 has temporarily called off spraying the reactor by water cannon due to high radiation levels.

Disaster in Japan may affect sushi supplies in Israel. Israel News: Ynetnews








A man cries next to his destroyed house where his dead mother is still buried in the rubble in Onagawa town in Miyagi Prefecture March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Yomiuri Shimbun



Rescue workers lower a body from a damaged house in Yamada, Iwate



A aerial view of the Fukushima Daiichi plant from today. Reactors 1 to 4 are seen

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