Japan Quake Death Toll Rising, Thousands Missing As Meltdown Fears Ease latest news update,Japan Quake Death Toll Rising, Thousands Missing As Meltdown Fears Ease;Japanse officials no estimate the death toll from this week's monster quake at at least 1300 but say "thousands" of citizens in certain areas remain unreachable and unaccounted for.The threat of a nuclear meltdown at a damaged nuclear plant about 100 miles from Tokyo seemed to ease Saturday night but had not fully subsided. The New York Times.Japanese news agencies report that an explosion was heard and smoke was seen coming from the Fukushima Dailichi nuclear power plant where internal heat and pressure have raised fears of a full scale meltdownJapan Quake Death Toll Rising, Thousands Missing As Meltdown Fears Ease . It appears that a concrete wall at appears to have been destroyed. Some injuries are reported. The AP further reports: "The walls of a building at nuclear power station crumbled Saturday as smoke poured out and Japanese officials said they feared the reactor could melt down following the failure of its cooling system in a powerful earthquake and tsunami.Officials said late Saturday that leaks of radioactive material from the plant, which began before the explosion, were receding and that a major meltdown was not imminent. But severe problems at two nuclear plants close to the epicenter of the quake forced evacuations of tens of thousands of people from surrounding areas, hampering efforts to search for survivors and forcing Japan’s leadership to grapple with two major crises as the same time.Japan Quake Death Toll Rising, Thousands Missing As Meltdown Fears Ease
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