And as to energy disasters that weren't covered in US news, due to the quake & tsunami:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8997947/dam-breaks-in-japan-washes-away-homes/
A dam broke, washing away homes in Fukushima prefecture and a massive fire broke out in an oil refinery at Iichihara near Tokyo
To put this disaster in the scale of things, the earthquake that devastated Haiti was only 7.3 on the Richter scale. This earthquake was 8.9. The aftershocks are worse than most earthquakes-one that just struck Nagao was 6.2 and before that there was another of 6.1 at Morioka.
Because major earthquakes have major aftershocks, continued damage may occur.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8997947/dam-breaks-in-japan-washes-away-homes/
A dam broke, washing away homes in Fukushima prefecture and a massive fire broke out in an oil refinery at Iichihara near Tokyo
Hours after the quake struck with devastating force, TV images showed huge orange balls of flame rolling up into the night sky as fires raged around a petrochemical complex in Sendai.
A massive fire also engulfed an oil refinery in Iichihara near Tokyo.
To put this disaster in the scale of things, the earthquake that devastated Haiti was only 7.3 on the Richter scale. This earthquake was 8.9. The aftershocks are worse than most earthquakes-one that just struck Nagao was 6.2 and before that there was another of 6.1 at Morioka.
Because major earthquakes have major aftershocks, continued damage may occur.
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