Saturday, March 19, 2011

Increases to four thousand 134 the death toll in Japan

The authorities of Japan increased four thousand 134 dead and 606 missing eight thousand of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 in the northeast of the country, said today the last count of the police. However, it is believed that the final number of victims may increase even in some municipalities of the provinces most affected, and Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, where thousands remain without being located.

More than 100 thousand Japanese soldiers and reservists, aided by foreign volunteers in rescue specialists, combing the devastated areas for survivors trapped under debris or swept out to sea by the tidal wave of ten meters. Rescuers struggle against the bitter cold north of the island of Honshu and the enormous destruction caused by the quake.

So far it has rescued about 26 thousand people, according to government data. Furthermore, in the province of Fukushima is alarmed by the situation in the nuclear plant, where at least four reactors are unstable and fears it could result in a massive radiation leak. Nearly 80 thousand buildings and houses were destroyed and more than half a million evacuees living in about two thousand 500 temporary shelters, many of whom have no running water or electricity.

The magnitude of the tragedy led Thursday to Emperor Akihito to go on television to the public for the first time in its 22 year reign to call for calm and supervivientesLa prayers for the Red Cross is appealing for money from the account. For the time will not be installed collection centers for donations in kind by the high cost would represent the movement of goods to the affected areas in Japan.

Beware of websites that provide mechanisms for donations. Security agencies warn that could result in fraudulent campaigns. The Mexican Red Cross is the only institution authorized by the Embassy of Japan to manage aid to daminificados by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that killed thousands in China.

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