Wednesday 16 March 2011

Japan's Earthquake




Just this Friday ( March 12, 2011) at about 2:30 pm local time, a devastating earthquake hit Japan. With the magnitude of 8.9 this was the biggest earthquake in Japan ever recorded, even though Japan is a very tremors area. But, this was nothing compared to the 10 meter tsunami which came a bit later. It wiped away whole villages and destroyed parts of many big cities and towns. Lot's of buildings are displaced and moved, and tons of others are just ruble which might have people laying motionless beneath them. there are 8,000 people missing and nearly 4,000 confirmed deaths. almost half a million people were left homeless after this tragedy. And all of Japan is suffering even the parts that weren't hit by the tsunami. There is no Electricity, and there's a huge shortage of food petrol. People have to stay in queue's to get these products. The problem right now is the nuclear power plant Fukushima which is closer and closer to having a meltdown. It was originally rated a 4 out of 7 for danger, but as each hour passes they think it's much more serious, right now there is more than the normal level of radiation, which is a huge problem.

But this is not only Japan's problem. Japan is the 3 leading economy of the world, and produce most of are technology, this will affect the world's economy greatly, and even the world if there is a meltdown, lot's of people are homeless and foreigners need to try to help by donating money. Help Japan! this might happen to you!

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