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Japan quake: Two rescued 'after nine days
BBC News - Japan quake: Two rescued 'after nine days' A Japanese news team claim they found two people who have survived trapped in their house for nine days since the huge earthquake hit the country. The 80-year-old woman and 16-year-old grandson reportedly survived under the rubble of the kitchen in their house in Ishinomaki by eating yoghurt. |
Japan quake: Health risk to survivors as deaths rise
Japan quake: Health risk to survivors as deaths rise
BBC News - Japan quake: Health risk to survivors as deaths rise 20 March 2011 Last updated at 10:36 Help Hundreds of thousands of survivors living in basic temporary shelters in the cold with little food could be at risk from disease according to the Red Cross. Francis Markus told the BBC's Tim Willcox that the focus of the Red Cross was on providing relief to the evacuation centres and addressing medical problems. Police in Japan say 15,000 people may have been killed in a single prefecture, Miyagi, by the disaster, as the official death toll rose to 8,133, with 12,272 people missing. Tsunami children hunt for parents BBC News - Tsunami children hunt for parents 21 March 2011 Last updated at 19:09 Help More than 8,000 people have been confirmed dead following the earthquake and tsunami, but some 13,000 are still missing. In the town of Rikuzen Takata most of the children were in school when the tsunami struck, ensuring they survived, but many of their parents are missing. Damian Grammaticas reports. New footage: Japan tsunami at sea BBC News - New footage: Japan tsunami strikes at sea New footage of the Japanese tsunami's waves has been released by the country's coast guard. Filmed 5 km (3 miles) off the north-eastern coast of Japan, the images show the waves rolling towards the Matsushima coast guard vessel. The captain steers the boat directly into the waves and the ship crests the enormous swell. Footage courtesy of the Japanese Coast Guard |
Japan Quake Map Available
Japan Quake Map
Japan Quake Map Link - Click This Time-lapse visualisation of the March 11, 2011 earthquake off the coast of Sendai, Japan and its aftershocks. |
Japan Earthquake: Two Weeks Later
Two weeks after northeastern Japan was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami, the cost of the disaster is becoming clearer. The Japanese government has estimated the direct damage at as much as $310 billion, making it the world's costliest-ever natural disaster.
SEE THIS: Japan Earthquake: Two Weeks Later - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic |
03/26・17:45 We broadcast briefing on Japan Quake for foreign press at Prime minister's official residence.
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv44357027 |
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Japan quake: Aid worker's diary
Kathy Mueller is working for the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) in Japan, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on 11 March. This is her account.
BBC News - Japan quake: Aid worker's diary |
Tsunami: British Search & Rescue - CHANNEL 5 DOCUMENTARY
British rescuers come to the aid of the Japanese people.
Channel 5 - 45 Minute Documentary showing the work of the Rescuer's in Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iDA1q0ioZA |
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