Monday, March 21, 2011

Rise to seven thousand 197 people killed in Japan quake

The earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March 11 left 197 dead seven thousand, while the missing are 10 000 905, according to the latest balance sheet announced on Saturday by police Japan. The nine-magnitude quake, the strongest ever recorded in the archipelago Japan, triggered a tsunami that reached a height of 23 meters.

The death toll now exceeds those reported after the earthquake that struck Kobe (West) in January 1995 and caused six thousand 434 deaths. The power supply should be restored on Saturday in a reactor, two, five and sieis Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima, and Sunday in the reactors three and four, said the Nuclear Security Agency.

"We plan to restore electricity Saturday in the reactors one and two, and five six reactors, "said an official of the agency." Sunday will reset the current in the reactors three four, "he added. Electricity was cut off automatically at the plant at the time of a magnitude 9 earthquake that struck on March 11, northeastern Japan.

The damage caused by the tsunami in a row then prevented the connection of the electric current running cooling systems irradiated fuel which is within the reactors, as well as stored in cooling pools. The cooling system failure has already caused significant radioactive releases into the atmosphere, which could worsen if the pump is not restored when possible.

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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