This thread is for anyone to post anything related to the ongoing disaster in Japan.
Information is fast flowing...
here are some latest news:
There are reports a tsunami has been spotted off Japan's north east coastline with an evacuation order in Hachinohe.
A tsunami is expected to hit northeast Japan coast in 15 minutes, NHK, Japan's national broadcaster, reported.
An estimated three-metre tsunami has been seen off Japan by a helicopter, Jiji news agency reported.
0236: The wall of a building collapsed as a result of the blast(s) at Reactor 3 - Japanese TV.
0234: Some 2,000 bodies were found today on two shores in Miyagi Prefecture, 1,000 on the Ojika Peninsula and 1,000 at Minamisanriku - Japanese news agency Kyodo.
0232: Update on the explosion(s) at Reactor 3: "We believe it was a hydrogen explosion. It is not immediately known if it affected the reactor" - nuclear safety agency spokesman Ryo Miyake.
0231: No data to suggest a tsunami several metres in height, the monitor adds.
0229: An ashen-faced Japanese quake monitor is live on Japanese TV right now saying no tsunami has been detected.
0227: There were two explosions at Reactor 3, the operator Tepco says - AFP.
0225: Just to remind you: there were fears of a meltdown at Reactor 3 on Sunday. Also: an explosion occurred at Reactor 1 on Saturday but the core was reportedly not exposed.
0224: "Hydrogen blast occurs at Fukushima nuke plant's No 3 reactor" - Kyodo.
0221: Urgent: Explosion at Reactor 3 - AFP.
0220: Sea level has dropped five metres off Fukushima, confirming imminent arrival of tsunami - Japanese TV.
0218: Column of smoke escaping from Reactor 3 at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant - Japanese TV.
0216: Grimmer news on the recovery operation in Minamisanriku: about 1,000 bodies found there, according to Kyodo.
0214: Evacuation order issued in the city of Hachinohe in the north-east - Kyodo
0212: Tsunami feared to reach north-eastern coast "in minutes" - Kyodo.
0210: North-eastern coast on the alert for a 3-metre tsunami - Japan's Jiji news agency.
0208: Even if the better news about the missing people of Minamisanriku is confirmed it is sobering to read on Kyodo this morning that "tens of thousands" of people remain unaccounted for.
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Updated by GlowNZ at Sun Mar 13, 2011, 10:57:12 PM
The BBC is reporting that the new tsunami report "appears to be false".
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Updated by GlowNZ at Sun Mar 13, 2011, 11:28:33 PM
from the BBC:
Seven people are missing and three people have been injured by the explosion at the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant, the AFP news agency reports, quoting an official from Tepco, the company which operates the plant.
Updated by GlowNZ at Mon Mar 14, 2011, 12:00:37 AM
from the bbc:
Full quotes from Yukio Edano on the explosion: "We believe that there is a low possibility that a massive amount of radiation has been leaked. But it is similar to the time when the hydrogen explosion took place in number 1 reactor (which exploded on Saturday). In the case of number 3 reactor, we can see higher level of radiation. We are now collecting information for the concentration of the radiation and the dose."