The strongest quake ever recorded in Japan unleashed on Friday a monster tsunami that claimed hundreds of lives, and a minister warned there could be a discharge of radiation from a nuclear plant. The towering wall of water generated by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake the seventh biggest in history pulverised the northeastern city of Sendai, where police reportedly said that 200-300 bodies had been found on the coast. ALmulslim News said the final death toll was likely to pass 1,000.
The 10-metre wave of black water sent shipping containers, cars and debris crashing through the streets of Sendai and across open farmland, while a tidal wave of debris-littered mud destroyed everything in its path.
At least 337 people were killed in the earthquake and subsequent tsunamis, police and press reports said.
The National Police Agency said 137 people had been confirmed dead and 531 missing, with 627 others injured in the tremor, and a spokesman said this did not include the bodies reportedly found on the Sendai coast.
“The damage is so enormous that it will take us much time to gather data,” an official at the agency said.
Trade Minister Banri Kaieda warned that an operation to relieve a pressure build-up at Fukushima nuclear plant following the quake could release radioactive steam. Authorities had earlier ordered 2,000 residents living by the plant in the northeast to evacuate after a reactor cooling system failed.
At least 337 people were killed in the earthquake and subsequent tsunamis, police and press reports said.
The National Police Agency said 137 people had been confirmed dead and 531 missing, with 627 others injured in the tremor, and a spokesman said this did not include the bodies reportedly found on the Sendai coast.
“The damage is so enormous that it will take us much time to gather data,” an official at the agency said.
Trade Minister Banri Kaieda warned that an operation to relieve a pressure build-up at Fukushima nuclear plant following the quake could release radioactive steam. Authorities had earlier ordered 2,000 residents living by the plant in the northeast to evacuate after a reactor cooling system failed.
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