The latest news in anxiety, we learn that the devastating earthquake of magnitude 8.9 hit Japan this morning is creating concern for effects on nuclear activity in the country.
A ship carrying 100 people was swept away by the tsunami that struck the north east of the country. The UN International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, announced that the four Japanese nuclear power plant closest to the epicenter were blocked successfully and are now collecting information su quali Paesi e strutture nucleari possano essere a rischio per lo tsunami scatenato dal sisma.
Il governo giapponese ha dichiarato lo stato di emergenza per la centrale nucleare di Onagawa nella prefettura di Miyagi e ha fatto anche sapere che il processo di raffreddamento di uno dei reattori non sta procedendo come previsto, dopo che un inizio di incendio era stato segnalato in un edificio che ospita una turbina nella stessa centrale. Secondo stime dei media, il terremoto, uno dei piu' violenti da quando viene misurata la magnitudo dei sisma ha causato almeno 42 morti ma si teme che il bilancio possa aumentare dato che una nave con circa 100 persone a bordo รจ stata travolta by the tsunami.
In addition, a 10-meter high wall of water reached the city of Sendai, Honshu Island in northeast Japan, where the sea has gone up to five kilometers in the prefecture of Fukushima , where - according to initial information alemno - focuses the May number of victims. How TV shows images that recall those of the disastrous tsunami that struck Indonesia in December 2004 causing at least 130,000 dead. The first shock, followed by others of a settlement, was recorded at 14:46 local time (6:46 in Italy) and a tsunami alert was declared across the ocean except for the continental United States and Canada. In particular, into force in Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. While earlier the alarm and 'was lifted for Taiwan and New Zealand.
Evacuations were ordered in Hawaii and in several coastal areas of other countries. In the Japanese capital, Tokyo Tower's antenna, the symbol of the city 'and Japan's post-war reconstruction, it is bent. Among other things, a huge fire broke out in an oil refinery in Iichihara. The Japanese Foreign Minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, has announced that the country will accept 'international aid:
Even several hours after the earthquake, the fixed and mobile telephony was virtually impossible in the Tokyo area, instead it has withstood the Internet. The earthquakes have hit the Japanese capital today in full working day, when the population of about 13 million people doubles with the arrival of commuters, who are now trying to return home on foot.
BENT ANTENNA TOWER TOKYO - The antenna on top of Tokyo Tower, the symbol of Japan's capital and the post-war reconstruction, it is bent due to earthquakes in the afternoon. The TV report the Nipponese.
TSUNAMI 10 METERS IN THE CITY ' SENDAI - A 10-meter tsunami reached the city of Sendai, while in the prefecture of Aomori, the northern island of Honshu always, they would have had waves even higher. The report Fuji Television.
VIRTUALLY ALL PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING - The tsunami alert was declared in the Pacific except for the continental United States and Canada. The countries in which an alert is in effect are especially Russia, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. For the moment there's no evidence of serious tsunami also outside of Japan.
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