RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL
Situation Update No. 30
Posted:2011-03-11, 12:38:52 [UTC]
Ref.no.: NC-20110311-29877-JPN
Situation Update No. 30
On 2011-03-15 at 04:41:15 [UTC]
Event: Nuclear Event
Location: Japan Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Nucelar Power Plant
Number of Deads: 2 person(s)
Number of Injured: 33 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 170000 person(s)
Situation:
1. A fire at the fourth reactor of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant resulted in a leak of highly concentrated radiation, the Japanese premier said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Naoto Kan called on the citizens residing within the 20-km (13 miles) distance from the reactor to immediately leave this zone and those living more than 20-30 km (13-17 miles) from the NPP to stay in their houses, but to shut windows and doors. "I sincerely ask all citizens within the 20-km distance from the reactor to leave this zone," he said in a televised address.
2. A blast caused by the build-up of hydrogen hit the 4th reactor of the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan on Tuesday. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said earlier that the fire at the 4th reactor resulted in the leak of highly concentrated radiation and urged all people residing within the 20-km (13 miles) distance from the reactor to immediately leave the zone.
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RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL
Situation Update No. 33
Posted:2011-03-11, 06:12:37 [UTC]
Ref.no.: EQ-20110311-29849-JPN
Situation Update No. 33
On 2011-03-15 at 04:19:12 [UTC]
Event: Earthquake
Location: Japan Statewide
Number of Deads: >30000 person(s)
Number of Missing: 88000 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 590000 person(s)
Situation:
Rescue operations have begun but some areas are still cut off by road damage and flood waters. There are 70,000 people that have been evacuated to shelters in Sendai, one of the towns hardest hit by the tsunami and earthquake. Forty-two survivors have been pulled from the rubble in the flattened town of Minami Sanrik, where up to 10,000 people are feared to have perished. Around half the town's 18,000 residents are still missing. Search and rescue teams are still working desperately through the rubble to try and find more people. In addition, police are also trying to stop people from returning to their homes. According to CNN, despite the first tsunami warning being issued to the town that lies two miles from the coastline, some residents decided to stay in their homes instead of fleeing - leading to the high number of missing people. Two thousand bodies were reportedly found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture. Around 1,000 people were washed up on the shores of Ojika Peninsulain Miyagi, while another 1,000 were seen in the town of Minamisanriku, Kyodo News reported. Authorities have been unable to contact 10,000 people in Minamisanriku - more than half of the population living there. Officials are hopeful that many of the town's residents were uncountable because they had been evacuated to nearby Tome city, Kyodo reported. In Minami Sanriku alone, 10,000 people could have died - more than half of the city's population. Some of the aftershocks have been as powerful as 6.8-magnitude, and it is feared that if an aftershock of a magnitude over 7 occurs, it could cause another tsunami. According to the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, Japan has experienced between 12 and 15 aftershocks per hour since Friday's quake, and it is not known when they will stop. To add to the already insurmountable problems, there has been a spate of panic buying as most gas stations and supermarkets are out of service. At least a million households had gone without water since the quake, and food and gasoline were quickly running out across the coastal regions hit by the tsunami.
