Japan quake toll reaches 11,800
In Japan March 11, 2011 OSAKA, Japan — Hundreds of people in Japan have died and large swaths of land are on fire or under water after the country’s biggest earthquake on record struck the northeast coast this afternoon, triggering tsunami waves as high as 33 feet.
The 8.9-magnitude quake rocked buildings hundreds of miles to the south, sending petrified office workers into the streets in search of safety.
Transport services were crippled in large parts of northern Japan, while millions of homes suffered power outages. The self-defense forces said that between 60,000 and 70,000 people had been evacuated to 200 shelters in Sendai.
By IANS:
Tokyo: April 2: The toll in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan has risen to 11,800, with 15,540 people remaining unaccounted, the media quoted National Police Agency here as saying today.
The magnitude 9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated the northeastern region of Japan and also damaged the country's Fukushima nuclear plant.
The search for the missing by Japan and US forces will end Sunday. Thereafter, the country will shift its focus to a daunting reconstruction effort.
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