Sunday, March 13, 2011

Japan: earthquake aftermath - 44 photos

 Japan raced to avert a nuclear meltdown today by flooding a nuclear reactor with seawater after Friday's massive earthquake left more than 600 people dead and thousands more missing. Towns in the country's northeast coast were literally wiped away by an ensuing tsunami, leaving countless people seeking shelter in the aftermath of the quake, which measured 8.9 on the Richter scale and was the country's strongest recorded quake. -- Lloyd Young 44 photos total)http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/japan_earthquake_aftermath.html 

Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html

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