JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI III

Japan – Vast Devastation

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/japan_-_vast_devastation.html

The vast devastation wrought by the earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, may only be matched by the destroyed lives left in their wake. Few survivors have been found, but families continue to search for their sons, daughters, wives, husbands and friends. Threats of a nuclear reactor meltdown and resulting disaster loom. — Paula Nelson (51 photos total)

Japan: earthquake aftermath 

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/japan_earthquake_aftermath.html

Japan raced to avert a nuclear meltdown today by flooding a nuclear reactor with seawater after Friday’s massive earthquake left more than 600 people dead and thousands more missing. Towns in the country’s northeast coast were literally wiped away by an ensuing tsunami, leaving countless people seeking shelter in the aftermath of the quake, which measured 8.9 on the Richter scale and was the country’s strongest recorded quake. — Lloyd Young 44 photos total)

The Frame: Japan faces spiraling humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis

http://blogs.sacbee.com/photos/2011/03/japan-faces-spiraling-humanita.html

TAKAJO, Japan (AP) — A tide of bodies washed up along Japan’s coastline Monday, overwhelming crematoriums, exhausting supplies of body bags and adding to the spiraling humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis after the massive earthquake and tsunami. Millions of people faced a fourth night without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures along the northeast coast devastated by Friday’s disasters. Meanwhile, a third reactor at a nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity and its fuel rods were fully exposed, raising fears of a meltdown. The stock market plunged over the likelihood of huge losses by Japanese industries including big names such as Toyota and Honda.(38 images)