Japan Tsunami

Most know about the Tsunami/Earthquake that occurred last year in Tohoku Japan, but not many know specific facts. This blog post will give facts about what happened and what’s happened in Japan since the Tsunami. On March 11, 2011 Japan was hit with a 9.0 magnitude earthquake which then triggered a 23 foot tall tsunami. The waves touched Japan within minutes of the earthquake. The waves swept away cars, homes, buildings, a train, and boats. According to the official toll, the disaster left 15,839 dead, 5,950 injured, and 3,642 missing. According to the World Bank the estimates of the damages are placed around $122 billion and $235 billion. The Japanese estimate costs to reach $309 billion making it the world’s most expensive natural disaster on record. As if that wasn’t enough, cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the Fukushima prefecture on the east coast of Japan failed shortly after the earthquake causing a nuclear crisis. The initial failure was followed by an explosion and partial meltdowns in two reactors, followed by a fire in another reactor which released deadly radioactivity into the atmosphere. Three other nuclear facilities also reported problems, nearly 200,000 residents were evacuated from affected areas. - Source