Tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after massive quake

[xxMATTGxx]

Yeah just seen the explosion, doesn't look good. But we don't know yet for sure.

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The BBC's Nick Ravenscroft was on his way towards ***ushima, but about 60km from the plant was stopped by the police and told it was too dangerous to proceed. He says there is lots of traffic coming in the other direction. Authorities in vehicles with sirens are making public announcements to the crowds.

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Japan's NHK TV says officials measured the level of radiation at the entrance of the ***ushima-Daiichi plant at 1529 Japanese time. If people are exposed to this level of radiation for an hour they'd receive the same amount of radiation they normally would in a year, the report says.

[Jordan]

Japan's NHK TV says officials measured the level of radiation at the entrance of the ***ushima-Daiichi plant at 1529 Japanese time. If people are exposed to this level of radiation for an hour they'd receive the same amount of radiation they normally would in a year, the report says.

[le harry]

bout time australia had a break from these disasters

r.i.p to those who died tho, can't think of many things more terrifying than a tsunami.

[xxMATTGxx]

Japan nuclear plant update: Hourly radiation leaking from ***ushima is equal to amount permitted in one year, official tells Kyodo

[Jordan]

Japan has officially requested help to deal with the aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami

[xxMATTGxx]

Japanese officials order evacuations of several coastal areas and warn that aftershocks may trigger 2-meter tsunami waves

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Japan has officially requested help to deal with the aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami

In regards of that: Japan has asked British government for assistance with rescue operation following earthquake and tsunami

[Jordan]

"This is starting to look a lot like Chernobyl" Walt Patterson, an associate fellow with Chatham House, has told the BBC after seeing pictures of the explosion at the ***ushima-Daiichi nuclear plant. "The nuclear agency says that they have detected caesium and iodine outside the unit, which certainly indicates fuel melting at the very least," he says. "Once you have melting fuel coming into contact with water, that would almost certainly be the cause of the explosion."

[xxMATTGxx]

Japanese authorities are extending the evacuation zone around the two ***ushima nuclear plants from 10km to 20km, according to local media.

[Inseriousity.]

Oh they worked so hard to contain it.

[Jessicrawrr]

poor japan
i see people on here and facebook making jokes about it, sick people.