It has been 3 days since the huge earthquake accompanied by a tsunami wounded the country so badly that the prime minister depicted it as Japan’s worst crisis since World War 2.
It is estimated that the number of individuals who died on Friday could pass 10,000. There were entire villages and towns completely destroyed by the massive wall of water racing through them. What it left was devastation and death.
A concern of explosions happening at a nuclear plant. Workers worked as quickly as they could to try and cool the reactors. There were two that were wrecked when workers started pouring in sea water to try keep them cool. There was a warning issued of possibly another explosion, but there was no concern of it being a health concern.
The survivors were now with out homes to return to and facing freezing temperatures.
The tsunami hit the northeastern coastline with a powerful vehemence. Hundreds of miles along the coast was beaten up and destroyed by the tsunami. Rescue teams removed many individuals that had died from mud covered shambles of homes. There were automobiles, uprooted trees tore out of the ground and batches of entangled electrical wires all mixed in the mud.
One of the three areas hit the worst was Miyagi. There it was reported by the police chief that over 10,000 individuals had died.The numbers was an estimate as the number confirmed dead at this time is 400. Miyagi has 2.3 million people living there.
Authorities have stated that over 1800 individuals have been confirmed to have died. 200 of those individuals were found lying along the coast on Sunday. There are still over 1400 people that haven’t been located and another 1900 that were wounded.
There are hundreds of thousands of people who survived gathered in emergency areas. They are hungry, have no electrical power, no help and no water.
Over 1.4 million homes are without water and 1.9 million have had no power since the quake.
The government has sent in twice the number of service members to help in aiding 100,000 survivors. They have sent in 120,000 blankets, 120,000 containers of bottled water and 29,000 gallons of gasoline. They have also sent food to the victims.
As electricity is restored, it will be rationed out to areas at different times. There will continue to be blackouts as other areas are receiving power.
“This is Japan’s most severe crisis since the war ended 65 years ago,” said Prime Minister Naoto Kan .
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