State of emergency has been declared at its nuclear plant at Fukushima which is just 160 miles (approx. 256 km) north of Tokyo. According to reports, the cooling system at the nuclear plant was disabled due to electrical outage from the tsunami. Cooling is important to remove any residual heat from the reactors. The wiki page on the Fukushima nuclear plant has the updates. Updates: Report has confirmed that the plant has exploded. Read here.
Transportation such as rail and flights are affected. Electricity disrupted. Can't imagine the actual extent of damages.
Looking at the news, felt a sense of deja-vu. Similar feelings when news of tsunami struck closer to our neighbouring countries during boxing day 26 Dec 2004.
Countries have pledged their readiness to aid Japan, even New Zealand, whom is still dealing with the after-effects of a quake in their own country earlier. Financial markets will inadvertently be affected, but more importantly, the effort to estimate damage, minimize losses and to rebuild a nation has just begun...
Hope all nations will come together and work towards this common humanitarian goal, of rebuilding lives.
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Here's the link to Google's person finder.
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