Friday, March 18, 2011

Earthquake in japan 2011


Avinash Inarkar-Article 25 


   The 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan around 3pm. Although the epicenter is the northeastern region where is far from Tokyo, the shaking was incredibly strong. It's the biggest earthquake which I've ever heard. And many aftershocks are still following.

The quake damage in Tokyo is not so big. Most building and houses in Tokyo are fine. However, infrastructure completely stopped. All trains and subways stopped. All highways were closed. Cars and buses can't move in roads due to traffic congestion. So people can't go home. All food in every convenience stores are sold out. Cell phones don't work. Most building in Japan, especially new ones, have earthquake-proof structure, but how weak the infrastructure is.

TV news just announced one of the terrible damages, which is that 2 - 3 hundreds bodies were found on the road in an area. who seems to have been swept up by the tsunami.

Now, one of the biggest issues is one of nuclear power-generating plants which is in critical condition. At first, the Japanese government ordered people living within a 3-kilometer radius to evacuate. Then it expanded to 10-kilometer radius, and then, now 20-kilometer radius. I hope nothing happens.
Hope things go right... and Japan can stand again from the disaster.

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