Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts

Sunday, March 11, 2012

3.11

"Japan memorialized the more than 190,000 people who were killed one year ago when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck the northeastern coast and triggered a devastating tsunami that crippled the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. Emperor Akihito led millions of citizens in a minute's silence at a ceremony in Tokyo's National Theatre...
According to official data, more than 340,000 people are still living in temporary homes. The quake struck at 2:46 pm on March 11 last year and triggered a tsunami that was 128 feet tall at its highest point, laying waste to entire towns as it came ashore." (Bloomberg News)