Rescue arrives as Japan struggles

Agencies Published March 13, 2011
Stranded passengers prepare to spend the night at the arrival lobby of Narita airport in Tokyo.–AFP Photo
Stranded passengers prepare to spend the night at the arrival lobby of Narita airport in Tokyo.–AFP Photo
A man holds his baby as they are scanned for levels of radiation in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture.–AP Photo
A man holds his baby as they are scanned for levels of radiation in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture.–AP Photo
A rescue team from China arrives at Tokyo's international airport at Narita before heading to disaster areas in northeastern Japan.–AP Photo
A rescue team from China arrives at Tokyo's international airport at Narita before heading to disaster areas in northeastern Japan.–AP Photo
Children and other evacuees from the area near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant receive food in Tamura in Fukushima Prefecture (state).–AP Photo
Children and other evacuees from the area near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant receive food in Tamura in Fukushima Prefecture (state).–AP Photo
Rescue workers lift the body of a victim from the rubble in Rikuzentakata.–Reuters Photo
Rescue workers lift the body of a victim from the rubble in Rikuzentakata.–Reuters Photo
A sofa remains on the rice paddy flooded by tsunami following Friday's earthquake in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.–AP Photo
A sofa remains on the rice paddy flooded by tsunami following Friday's earthquake in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.–AP Photo
Residents carry supplies as they navigate over damaged vehicles outside a shop at Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture.–AFP Photo
Residents carry supplies as they navigate over damaged vehicles outside a shop at Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture.–AFP Photo
Rescue workers evacuate a resident by helicopter in Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture.–AFP Photo
Rescue workers evacuate a resident by helicopter in Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture.–AFP Photo
A soldier pulls a rubber boat carrying evacuated people at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture.–AFP Photo
A soldier pulls a rubber boat carrying evacuated people at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture.–AFP Photo
A woman lies under a blanket near the stairs of her destroyed home in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.–AP Photo
A woman lies under a blanket near the stairs of her destroyed home in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.–AP Photo
A member of the Japanese Red Cross feeds a baby, a survivor of an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, at the Ishinomaki Red Cross hospital.–AP Photo
A member of the Japanese Red Cross feeds a baby, a survivor of an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, at the Ishinomaki Red Cross hospital.–AP Photo
A car sits on top of a small building in a destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, Japan.–AP Photo
A car sits on top of a small building in a destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, Japan.–AP Photo

The quake and tsunami have damaged or closed down key ports. Some airports shut in the immediate aftermath have since reopened, but transport infrastructure has been crippled along parts of the northeastern coast.

Japanese officials were struggling with a growing nuclear crisis and the threat of multiple meltdowns, as more than 170,000 people were evacuated from the quake and tsunami-savaged northeastern coast.

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sandeep
Mar 13, 2011 11:29pm
very informative
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Raj
Mar 15, 2011 05:52am
I hope nuke-loving people are following the story of Japan's problems with reactors. If a rich and advanced country like Japan can have such serious problems, imagine what would happen in Pakistan, another earthquake-prone land.
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