2 Weeks Pass Since Disaster, Death Toll Tops 10,000

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Nikkei

TOKYO (Kyodo)--Two weeks passed Friday since the devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunamis hit Japan but around 250,000 people are still taking shelter across some 1,900 evacuation centers, while the official death toll has topped 10,000.

Damage to houses and roads is estimated at least at 16 trillion to 25 trillion yen, while radiation leaks at the quake-crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant has caused widespread public anxiety.

According to the National Police Agency, more than 27,000 people were confirmed dead or remain unaccounted for as of 10 a.m. -- 10,019 deaths and 17,541 missing.

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[uppityperson]

1. k&r :(

[Art_from_Ark]

2. I visited most of the worst-hit areas a few years ago

I took a car trip that took me from Miyako (Iwate Prefecture) down the beautiful Sanriku Coast and through Miyagi, Fukushima, and northern Ibaraki prefectures. It is particularly hard for me to imagine how a lot of those places, especially in Iwate and Miyagi, could be nearly obliterated is just a matter of minutes :cry: