Monday, March 14, 2011

"Coming aftershocks by 7 degrees" nuclear fear, alarm in three central

ROME - The disaster in Japan does not have a budget. But the numbers already fearful of the disaster changes every minute, and left the hell of the waves and the earthquake are added those of the personal lives of those who escaped the devastation. The dead were found to be three thousand - according to the national police - but a well founded fear is that there are many more, even over ten thousand by the number of missing people in all affected areas first and then by the tsunami.

There are 700 000 IDPs, the Government has requested the construction of 30 000 temporary houses in the affected areas. At least 46 000 buildings that were destroyed or damaged, 5700 those flattened by the earthquake or the tsunami swept away, including one in 3056 and 2413 in the Iwate prefecture of Fukushima.

The earthquake in Japan could cost up to $ 35 billion to insurance and the estimate does not take into account the damage caused by the tsunami. For the displaced is the emergency hypothermia, which threatens the lives of older people left homeless. Because of the difficulty in energy supply, the government announced power cuts planned: they will be of three hours, the only area excluded the center of Tokyo.

They are still coming in gas supplies from Russia. VIDEO: BEFORE AND AFTER main alarm communications, on the Japanese Meteorological Agency launched today. The agency warned that in the coming days are possible aftershocks of a magnitude that could reach 7 degrees, which will shock, according to some assessments concentrated mainly in the ocean.

The tsunami warning was downgraded to "alert", a minimum relief in a scenario that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has described the tragedy as "the most difficult time for Japan after the Second World War." Nuclear fear. In Fukushima, 240 kilometers north of Tokyo, news of the corruption of three reactors at the power station was added late in the evening to a fault in the cooling of a reactor in another central, Tokai, just 120 miles away.

Warning then partially reversed: the three cooling systems, two were damaged and one functional. In the country is palpable fear of a nuclear disaster, and a growing number of foreigners leaving Japan. Many have decided to start families, especially those with children. The flights departing from Narita and Haneda airports are full.

Reservations are still more numerous in the weekend, a signal interpretation as a tendency to follow the evolution of the situation in the coming days, and then eventually decide to leave the country. Even the capital fears complications on the nuclear front: fuoriscite any gas may produce toxic clouds that could reach Tokyo in a few hours, depending on the speed and direction of the wind, together with the risk of contamination.

Meanwhile, Masashi Goto, a former designer of nuclear power plants has accused the Japanese government of not telling the whole truth on the situation of atomic plants damaged by the earthquake. In a press conference in Tokyo, Goto said that one of the reactors of the Fukushima-Daiichi is "highly unstable" and that the consequences of a possible merger would be "tremendous." So far, the Japanese government said that any merger would not lead to the release of significant amounts of radioactive material.

Italians came back: "Scary." It 's the word most often repeated today by the first Italians returned to Rome from Tokyo. About twenty of them, mostly tourists but also business people traveling on business, told to 'arrival at Fiumicino airport the terrible moments experienced during the earthquake.

"When there was the first shock we were in Akiabara, the technological district of Tokyo - said Marianna Santoni, Foligno. Fortunately, at that time we were on the road. We saw buildings sway in a truly impressive. You could hear clearly the noise of the buildings which they moved. Luckily infrastructure held up.

" But some Italians are still missing: the Italian Embassy said it had not yet made contact with five of the 29 Italians living in the northeastern prefectures affected by the tsunami. In a statement, the embassy recommends to "follow the instructions that the Japanese authorities have issued quarter by quarter for the eventuality of an emergency" and "keep at home drinking water and food for some days." The stock exchanges of Tokyo and Okinawa back in operation.

The Japanese stock market will resume normal operation from tomorrow. Shozaburo Jimi, the finance minister, said in a statement that the authorities will monitor the lists to prevent speculation in the wake of the earthquake. The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Okinawa will be the usual operating hours, while the Bank of Japan said that its management and control systems function properly and ensure the availability of liquidity for financial transactions.

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