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UPDATED

Mar 17, 2011 7:54 AM CDT

'48 Hours to Worse Than Chernobyl'

The Japanese have lost control, officials warn

(Newser) - Officials around the world are increasingly concerned that Japan's mounting nuclear disaster is out of control. "It would be hard to describe how alarming this is right now," an American official tells ABC News . He warns that unless Japan can get all of its crippled nuclear plants under...

Pentagon, State Offer to Fly Residents From Tokyo

Pentagon, State
Offer to Evacuate
Tokyo Residents

Mar 17, 2011 3:24 AM CDT

Pentagon, State Offer to Evacuate Tokyo Residents

Evacuation offered to families of US personnel

(Newser) - US authorities have offered to evacuate the family members of State Department and Pentagon personnel from a large area of Japan, including Tokyo. As radiation from stricken nuclear reactors spreads, a travel alert has been issued warning American citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Japan and urging Americans already in...

New Power Line Could Ease Japan's Nuclear Crisis

Radiation Levels 'Extremely
High': US Nuclear Official

UPDATED

Mar 16, 2011 4:04 PM CDT

Radiation Levels 'Extremely High': US Nuclear Official

Watchdog Chief Says Japan Is Understating Dangers

(Newser) - The situation at the Dai-ichi nuclear plant is worse than Japanese officials are acknowledging, says the head of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “We believe that radiation levels are extremely high, which could possibly impact the ability to take corrective measures," Gregory Jaczko told Congress, while advising Americans...

Japan Nuclear Plant: A Second Reactor May Be Leaking Radioactivity

Another Reactor May Be
Leaking Radioactivity

Mar 16, 2011 11:55 AM CDT

Another Reactor May Be Leaking Radioactivity

Japan doubles number of workers inside to 100

(Newser) - The news remains grim from Japan's Fukishima Dai-ichi plant. Two of the six reactors there may now be leaking radioactive steam, reports the New York Times , which again characterizes the official pronouncements as confusing. In the meantime, the 50 emergency workers who were yanked off the site earlier have returned,...

Rush Limbaugh Laughs at Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami Refugees

Rush Laughs
at Japanese
Refugees

Mar 16, 2011 8:58 AM CDT

Rush Laughs at Japanese Refugees

Why would 'Gaia' do this to such an eco-conscious country?

(Newser) - Leave it to Rush Limbaugh to find some levity in the plight of Japanese refugees. Specifically, the radio show host is amused by the fact that one refugee camp is still recycling. A caller on yesterday’s show—after hearing a clip Limbaugh played of a Diane Sawyer report on...

Japan Nuclear Power Plant Crisis: Government Was Warned of Safety Issues in 2008, WikiLeaks Cables Reveal

Japan Was Warned
About Nuke Safety in '08

wikileaks reveal

Mar 16, 2011 7:54 AM CDT

Japan Was Warned About Nuke Safety in '08

WikiLeaks cables also reveal a number of other past concerns

(Newser) - The Japanese government was warned in 2008 that a strong earthquake would be a “serious problem” for the country’s nuclear power stations, WikiLeaks cables reveal. An International Atomic Energy Agency official declared twin concerns at a meeting of the G8’s Nuclear Safety and Security Group: that safety...

Japan's
Emperor:
Don't Give Up

Mar 16, 2011 4:25 AM CDT

Japan's Emperor: Don't Give Up

'I'm deeply concerned about nuclear situation,' says Akihito

(Newser) - In a sign of the increasingly critical nature of Japan's nuclear plant tragedy, the nation's emperor appeared on TV to plead with his countrymen: Don't give up. "I am deeply concerned about the nuclear situation because it is unpredictable," said Emperor Akihito in a rare address to the...

Calif. Student Spots Japanese Family Alive on YouTube

Mar 16, 2011 3:40 AM CDT

Calif. Student Spots Japanese Family Alive on YouTube

She sees sister waving sign that family is safe

(Newser) - Need to check on your family after a tragedy? Tune into YouTube. That's what a University of California student did to find any scrap of information about her family back in Japan. She was thrilled to spot her sister in a 45-second YouTube video waving a placard announcing: "We...

Japan Yanks
Workers at
Crippled
Nuke Plant

updated

Mar 16, 2011 12:05 AM CDT

Japan Yanks Workers at Crippled Nuke Plant

Work suspended, residents flee as radiation surges

(Newser) - Japan suspended operations to keep its stricken Fukishima Dai-ichi nuclear plant from melting down yesterday after surging radiation made it too dangerous for employees to stay. Workers dousing the reactors in a frantic effort to cool them have been ordered to withdraw, a government minister said. "The workers cannot...

Fire Flares at Nuclear Plant;
2 Workers Missing

Mar 15, 2011 5:25 PM CDT

Fire Flares at Nuclear Plant; 2 Workers Missing

Japan still on brink on nuclear meltdown

(Newser) - Yet another fire appears to have erupted at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, reports Reuters . Details remained sketchy, and it's possible this fire is a flare-up from an earlier fire at the building that houses reactor No. 4. That earlier fire blew a hole in the building and emitted radiation,...

Dog Sticks By
Injured Friend
After Tsunami

Mar 15, 2011 4:28 PM CDT

Dog Sticks By Injured Friend After Tsunami

Video illustrates challenges of animal victims, says blog

(Newser) - This one looks to be going viral on BuzzFeed : A video from Japan shows one dog sticking by the side of another dog who's apparently been injured in the tsunami. It's not just for an aw-shucks moment, adds the LifeWithDogs blog , which has the video posted on site. "Yesterday,...

50 Japan Workers Risk Lives Trying to Avert Meltdown

Mar 15, 2011 3:18 PM CDT

50 Japan Workers Risk Lives Trying to Avert Meltdown

They remain in plant amid fire, explosions, and dangerous radiation levels

(Newser) - Japan has evacuated roughly 170,000 people from a 30-mile radius around the Fukishima Dai-ichi plant and even instituted a no-fly zone around it, but at least 50 people aren't going anywhere. That's how many technicians remain inside the plant, writes Dana Kennedy at AoL News , and it's no exaggeration...

2 New Quakes Rattle Tokyo

Mar 15, 2011 11:07 AM CDT

2 New Quakes Rattle Tokyo

Aftershocks measured 6.2 and 6.0

(Newser) - Japan has been rattled by a couple of aftershocks within minutes, causing buildings in Tokyo to sway. The first, measuring 6.2 in magnitude, struck tonight off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, 200 miles northeast of Tokyo and near where the massive quake hit last Friday. Three minutes later, a...

Baby Pulled From
Rubble in Japan

and more miracle rescues

Mar 15, 2011 9:20 AM CDT

Baby Pulled From Rubble in Japan

Elderly woman also rescued from house after five days

(Newser) - From the devastation in Japan, a few miracles: Most notably, a 4-month-old baby pulled from the rubble in the coastal town of Ishinomaki, where she had been wrenched from her parents’ arms when the tsunami hit three days before. Soldiers, whose mission had turned from rescue to recovery after finding...

For Japan's Elderly,
Crisis Echoes WWII

Mar 15, 2011 8:11 AM CDT

For Japan's Elderly, Crisis Echoes WWII

Tsunami survivors tell stories of heroism, selfishness

(Newser) - Younger Japanese aren’t familiar with the level of destruction wrought by the tsunami—but those who lived through World War II have seen it once before. Older residents of tsunami-hit areas long ago grappled with radiation risks and mass destruction. “I lived through the Sendai air raids,”...

Japan Nuclear Crisis:
'We Are on the Brink'

Mar 15, 2011 7:39 AM CDT

Japan Nuclear Crisis: 'We Are on the Brink'

Experts say worst-case scenario could be upon us

(Newser) - Now that Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station has experienced its third explosion in four days and radiation is spreading , “We are on the brink. We are now facing the worst-case scenario,” says one expert. In an extensive New York Times piece detailing the timeline and series...

Japan's Earthquake
Upgraded to 9.0

Mar 14, 2011 12:00 PM CDT

Japan's Earthquake Upgraded to 9.0

That's 1.5 times stronger than original estimate of 8.9

(Newser) - The US Geological Survey has upgraded the magnitude of Friday's deadly earthquake in Japan to 9.0. The move comes after Japan's Meteorological Agency did the same. US government scientists originally put the Japan quake at 8.9. The change to 9.0 means that the quake was about 1....

Terrifying
Videos Show
Japan Tsunami

Mar 14, 2011 10:02 AM CDT

Terrifying Videos Show Japan Tsunami

Videos show wave carrying away everything in its path

(Newser) - Videos released over the weekend give a better idea of just how terrifying and destructive the Japan tsunami was. Pat’s Papers points to two in particular, one showing a street-level view of the wave in Kesennuma City, another showing the tsunami slamming into and over Miyako City’s seawall....

Japan Earthquake:
How You Can Help

Mar 14, 2011 9:22 AM CDT

Japan Earthquake: How You Can Help

Seven ways to donate and spread awareness

(Newser) - If the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has you feeling helpless, turn to Mashable . The site rounds up seven ways you can do something—even if you’re broke:

Like a page: For each person that “likes” the “Dog Bless You” Facebook page for search and rescue

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2K Bodies Found in
Battered Region of Japan

Mar 14, 2011 6:30 AM CDT

2K Bodies Found in Battered Region of Japan

Adds to confirmed quake toll of 1,597

(Newser) - Some 2,000 bodies were found today on the coast of Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, adding to the confirmed quake death toll of 1,597, with 1,481 people confirmed missing. More than 1,000 bodies drifted ashore in the area, and another thousand were found in the town of...