Japan: EARTHQUAKE - TSUNAMI Updates - March 16, 2011

Japan: EARTHQUAKE - TSUNAMI Updates

140,000 People Ordered To Seal Themselves Indoors After Series Of Explosions And Fires At Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant - Japanese Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano Reports Fukushima Plant Workers Have Been Withdrawn Following Sudden Rise In Radiation Levels Today

Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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Last updated at 5:15am CDT

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About above photo: A fishing boat crashes against a building after being swept ashore during a massive tsunami that hit the Japanese fishing port of Ofunato, Japan, March 15, 2011. The town was devastated by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that triggered the destructive tsunami. U.S. service members have been assisting in relief efforts in the country.

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Bradley

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Japanese Officials Scramble to Contain Nuclear Power Plant Crisis

* Fox News brings us the following troubling news out of Japan today...

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* CBS News has this update on the news... Workers reportedly return to tsunami-stricken plant after evacuation order; Officials tell CBS it was never totally abandoned

Radiation spike hinders work at Japan nuke plant

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* CNN has the following report posted up on their website early this Wednesday morning and it starts off like this... Japan's Emperor addressed the nation Wednesday -- a rare event that only occurs in times of war or national crisis... Emperor Akihito's speech underlined Prime Minister Naoto Kan's earlier assertion that the country was going through its worst crisis since World War II. And it came on the same day that white smoke and a new blaze at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear plant added to radiation concerns in a country grappling with a nuclear crisis...

Read the rest at link below...

Japan's emperor addresses nation in crisis

Find LOTS of videos at above link too...

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PHOTO ESSAYS:

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* Japan earthquake and tsunami aftermath at nuclear reactor and in search and rescue: March 16, 2011

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* Japan earthquake: Photos of the devastation and recovery efforts

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Today’s Videos:

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Survivors Search For Hope Among The Rubble

About this video: The town of Otsuchi was not only hit by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami but a fire also ravaged the place. Most survivors have a stunned and lost look about them... There are some happy reunions, two women who knew each other from childhood found one another after thinking each was dead... One man searching through the debris said, "I have no idea what is going to happen. The whole town has gone, the town next door is gone... it's as if I am living in a dream."

This video posted on YouTube by Euronews

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Japan Abandons Nuke Plant Over Radiation

About this short news video: Japan suspended operations to prevent a stricken nuclear plant from melting down Wednesday after a surge in radiation made it too dangerous for workers to remain at the facility. (March 15th)

This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress

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Tsunami in Japan [HD] 3/11 first person FULL raw footage

About this video: This is the full raw footage filmed by some Japanese people on Friday March 11th, 2011, during the tsunami which occurred in northern Japan, following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake... According to the video, it was filmed in the Miyagi Prefecture in the city of Kesennuma which has 74,000 inhabitants.

- View many more videos/pictures Here -

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“It's not Impossible”

This Music Video posted on YouTube by ConceptUnderground

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Radiation Forces Pullout Around Japan Plant

About this video: Emergency crews were forced to retreat from Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Wednesday after a spike in radiation. The pullback cost precious time in the fight to prevent a nuclear meltdown. (March 16th)

This news video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress

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You GOT to click this one out...

Ultimate Loyalty:

Japanese Dog Refuses to Leave Injured Friend Behind

Emerging coverage from Japan offers a moving example of ultimate dog loyalty, and clearly illustrates the challenges faced by animal victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

This video posted on YouTube by LNeilB2

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Much more to come...

AubreyJ.........
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Japan: EARTHQUAKE - TSUNAMI Updates - March 13, 2011

Japan: EARTHQUAKE - TSUNAMI Updates

Japanese Officials Estimate Death Toll More Than 10,000 -

 NOW a Volcano Erupts...

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Last updated at 06:15pm CDT

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About above image: Tsunami Wave Height Model Shows Pacific-Wide Impact Model runs from the Center for Tsunami Research at the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory show the expected wave heights of the tsunami as it travels across the Pacific basin.

Image credit: NOAA

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* CTV News brings us the following update and their report starts off like this... Japanese officials raised the estimated death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast to more than 10,000 Sunday, as hundreds of thousands of survivors salvaged what belongings they could and sought food and water at emergency centres... Friday's quake and tsunami damaged key nuclear plants and left entire cities demolished in their wake. Police in the northeastern Miyagi prefecture, one of the worst affected by the disaster, estimated Sunday that more than 10,000 people had been killed in the region, which is home to about 2.3 million people. So far, the number of confirmed dead is 1,400, which includes about 200 bodies that were found along the coast on Sunday. But thousands more are still missing...

Read the full report at link below...

Death toll estimates hit 10,000 after Japan quake

Awesome, raw video footage at above link, photos too...

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* AP brings us this take on the economy hit to Japan... The Bank of Japan stood ready to prop up the financial system amid fears the Tokyo stock market will nosedive when trading opens Monday following the disasters that killed thousands and devastated the country's northeast... Preliminary estimates put repair costs from the earthquake and tsunami in the tens of billions of dollars — a huge blow for an economy that lost its place as the world's No. 2 to China last year, and was already in a fragile state...

Read the rest at link below...

Japan quake, tsunami take dire toll on economy

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* CNN Reports...

Hard-hit town recalls tsunami: 'I couldn't watch anymore'

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Mount Shinmoedake Volcano

Earthquakes, tsunami, near nuclear power plant meltdowns too... as though the people of Japan didn't have enough to cope with... NOW a volcano begins to erupt this Sunday, sending hundreds of folks running...

This video posted on YouTube by hitosi49

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Videos:

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Here’s some raw video footage I found on the BBC.co.uk website that shows Friday's tsunami sweeping through Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture, north-eastern Japan...

Click it out at link below...

Tsunami sweeps through Kesennuma City in Japan

- LOTS of videos can be seen of Friday’s tsunami at above link -

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Japan Races to Avert Multiple Nuclear Meltdowns

About this News Video: Japan's nuclear crisis intensified Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns and more than 170,000 people evacuated the northeastern coast where fears spread over possible radioactive contamination. (March 13th)

This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress

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- DoD Japan Web Special HERE -

Find lots of info/videos/photos and more from DoD at link above

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More to come...

AubreyJ.........

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ALERT: 8.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE - TSUNAMI HITS JAPAN

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- ALERT -

8.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE -

TSUNAMI HITS JAPAN

Friday, March 11, 2011

1:45am CST

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Tsunami Warnings for most of Pacific -- Hawaii, California...

Urgent Action should be taken

Could hit Hawaii as early as 3:00am Hawaii Time

Check local news for up-to-date info for your local area/situation

(Waves have said to be as high as 33 feet in Japan)

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- Above links to NOAA official website -

Image Credit NOAA

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- USGS REPORTS -

Magnitude 8.9 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011 March 11 05:46:23 UTC

Read their full report HERE

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* BBC.co.uk reports...
A massive earthquake has hit the north-east of Japan, triggering a tsunami that has caused extensive damage... Japanese television showed cars, ships and even buildings being swept away by a vast wall of water after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake... Officials said the wave could be 10m (33ft), and numerous casualties are feared...

Read the full report/

WATCH LIVE COVERAGE

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Powerful video footage in this report

This video posted on YouTube by AlJazeeraEnglish

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Incredible Video:

Massive Wall of Water Sweeps Ashore in Japan

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* MercuryNews.com posted this report up on their website a little after noon PST and it starts off like this... One person is missing in the Klamath River and one of the docks and several boats at the Santa Cruz harbor were destroyed today as tsunami waves generated from a powerful earthquake in Japan hit Northern California and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people from the coast... The Eureka Times Standard is reporting the U.S. Coast Guard is currently searching for a man swept out to sea while taking photos of incoming tsunami waves near the mouth of the Klamath River...

Read this preliminary report in full at link below...

Tsunami: Santa Cruz harbor dock destroyed, man swept out to sea near Klamath River

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* LATimes.com reports the news this way... Eight-foot waves from the Japan tsunami destroyed much of Crescent City harbor, battered boats, closed the 101 Freeway and left one person missing... Local KDRV-TV reported that four people were washed out to sea Friday. Three were hurt and one is feared dead... Local residents reported that about three dozen boats were "crushed" in the harbor and that surging waters significantly damaged or destroyed most of the docks. Ocean water surging up Elk Creek north of the harbor reportedly lapped up to front doors of the community's cultural center... The Associated Press reported that the Coast Guard was searching for a man swept out to sea while taking pictures of the tsunami...

Read the rest at link below...

Crescent City harbor destroyed; 4 people swept into sea, 1 feared dead

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- Photos: Scenes from the earthquake

- Videos of the earthquake

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Much more to come...

AubreyJ.........

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America Rebuffs Claims Russian Jets Buzzed Pacific Military Base

America Rebuffs Claims Russian Jets Buzzed Pacific Military Base
Friday, August 10, 2007

America has rebuffed claims by Russia that two of its warplanes buzzed a US military base on the Pacific island of Guam, claiming the bombers were at least 300 miles away... Russia claimed yesterday that US fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the two Tupolev-95 warplanes as they resumed the Cold War era practice of flying over Western offshore military installations...
Read story in full at Telegraph.co.uk