Japan's Disaster.

                                                      Japan's moment of destruction

           In the afternoon of Friday, March 11, 2011, Japan faced one of the most destructive natural disasters in history. An earthquake of magnitude 8.9 hit, which triggered a tsunami of 23 feet. This occurred in northeast Japan in Sendai. Hundreds and hundreds were killed as the big wave dragged them as well as ships, cars, and homes. Many fires were triggered when the wave tore Sendai apart. Areas around the nuclear power plants had to be evacuated and millions are now left homeless.

          Japan is struggling to return everything back to how it was but that won’t be easy. They are dealing with this problem in many ways. Japan is having outside help from places like the United States, Columbia and Mexico. Workers in Japan are trying to lower the heat of the nuclear power plant by using water. People are also organizing rescue teams to go find missing people, clean ups, and returning people to their country of origin.

          The nuclear power plants are one of the main concerns right now. The problem is that nuclear power plants are releasing radiation that is harmful to both humans and the environment.  A cooling system has failed and can’t cool them down. People that are in the surrounding areas have been evacuated at least 2 miles away. They are focused on returning everything to normality. 


  Information was found in:
 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/11/major-tsunami-damage-n-japan-after-89-earthquake/?page=1