earthquake that caused the nami also caused a lot of. further discussion of the research and see what all the dissent is worth are in different areas around the world one you produce and if you think about it here and there that is in the tsunami are years that those who are in the vicinity to your or do earthquake and there would be affected fast. and hard and the further away from to know you from the source of tsunami you are the more time you have to respond to. things that are shot from the star seismological center over in london many thanks for speaking to us ok thank you. well in japan the synonyme that's sweeping through the northeast right now the latest information that we have is that the government has confirmed some forty four desk but that number is rising quickly to japan's met office the eight point nine earthquake was the strongest in the country's history at least since records began in the eighteen hundreds it's also the sixth worst ever recorded in the world there is considerable destruction and results of the ten me

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happen now boris eleven tells us to do to be shift sunny's or japan's earthquake the chances of a pizza nami wave. if. you . last we've been saying all day of ages an army has struck northeastern japan sending i ten needs a high reward of water inland which is causing widespread devastation it was caused by an eight nine magnitude quake that struck one hundred and thirty kilometers off the pacific coastline the tremor hit at forty forty six local time that's five forty six am g.m.t. will several aftershocks have since been felt and we now think that's on thirty eight people have been confirmed dead but that number is still expected to rise or three waves of also russians could all islands to the north reportedly around up to three meters high in japan at sea one hundred people have reportedly been washed away with several others missing in japan's sendai is a scene. of the tsunami struck about two hundred fifty miles from the capital tokyo that's four hundred kilometers away but the damage is still being felt in the capital which was all but ground to a halt with injuries why do we reported

right now about the disaster in japan a blast has destroyed part of a nuclear facility and the so nami hit north a twenty kilometer evacuation zone is in place but all thorough she said radiation levels are decreasing it's also understood the explosion was caused by a failure in the cooling system and not the reacted self which was affected or the blast struck the because she number one the nuclear plant some two hundred fifty kilometers and north of tokyo the roof in one of the walls that caved in injuring at least four workers well officials say the reactor is not affected it follows days eight point nine magnitude earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami which caused destruction dozens of kilometers in the end. as the seven hundred people are now confirmed dead. that number has reached more than a thousand well some thirteen hundred people are still missing rescuers have recorded scenes of shocking devastation with entire villages washed away and towns ravaged by the tsunami. well a possible war of radiation leak from the fukushima nuclear plant remains the biggest concern i've h

northeastern japan sending a foreign wall of water inland which is causing widespread devastation nami which is currently under way was caused by an eight point nine magnitude earthquake that struck about one hundred thirty kilometers off the pacific coast several aftershocks have been felt since and so far eighteen people are confirmed dead but that number is expected to rise as the first wave has also reached russia's carrillo i was at a north reportedly with waves around a metre high interest had a two hundred people have reportedly been washed away several others missing on japan's sendai island that is the part of the island on the east that's closest to the epicenter the damage was also felt in tokyo the capital with parson injuries widely reported and international airport has been shut down well there is currently a tsunami warning for the entire pacific region with hawaii preparing to be struck by a destructive wave within the next few hours. of course we will update you on the devastation of what's going on just a quick look at some pictures from the actual quake while it was

pricing is over the last two or three yes engines time to draw nami year and it was clean just going to give me an even harder is very difficult to assess the province or even pick a this state has in the impact will be significant but i hope it's in a nice didn't need to be called. you tossed it in the question because they may go it is just and it locks up tomorrow in the middle east it's going to cost the lives in crisis or boil in other words you know those and also the disgusting going to assimilate these kinds of meeting you think on what we are now being but i'm pretty sure you're not going to cause in the financial crises call cleveland's a sociology professor at temple university in tokyo he told us the japanese people's preparation and reaction as the ground shook beneath them was exemplary. it was pretty compelling i mean this was a great book that was the least two or three minutes and eight and just continued a really strong level we were really quite amazed that the level of the forest going to date just continue and as i looked out the window i could see the trees and

society prepare for such disasters is it even possible for a coastline to protect itself from its nami of. the risk management system that our japanese colleagues have for counteracting such natural disasters both our quakes and tsunami is one of the best in the world they check their emergency alert systems daily every day at a certain time sound signals go off and if they are not heard somewhere people should report this i was at this place and i didn't hear the alarm the japanese also have regular drills practicing emergency procedures for cases like tsunami and earthquakes so a group that includes experts my colleagues people who deal with emergency situations scientists nuclear energy and territorial planning specialists who study seismic effects on continents and violence should work in the framework of the un and come up with serious guidelines for positioning of these facilities this photo knows no borders or customs no matter what kinds of barriers we try to create it crosses all of them so all together we will have to answer the question about what could have been done differ

strong growth quake off the coast of japan has rocked the already devastated country although with the nami warning that was issued following the new quite has since been counseled the nine that magnitude earthquake in doing synonymy which struck the country during the hopper weeks ago ravaging a whole region is now estimated to have killed well over ten thousand what is also bad. nuclear plant. levels of radioactive. have risen to almost two fouls in time. still struggling with the loss of loved ones. officials are being forced to come up with a new way to cope with the overwhelming number of. a mass grave the japanese always. put where the crematorium is at full capacity. have been turned into a merge and see graveyards. people be buried in contravention to japanese tradition but when there is an opportunity they'll have to be exuma. cremated instead of a priest a town official conducts an impromptu ceremony is only just devised. this is horrible we're just trying to bring these people closure as best as we care. is a traditional fishing town after being struck by the earthquake and the t

another strong quake off the coast of japan has rocked the already devastated country although with the nami warning that was seen huge following the new quake has since been counseled one nine magnitude earthquake in ceilings and all the wood struck the country to a home to go around bitching home. is now estimated to have killed well over ten thousand workers also back from radiation the. severely damaged by the design. that nuclear agency says levels of radioactive iodine plunged have risen to always two thousand times the usual level on a crisis news many is still struggling with the loss of loved ones. but all the reports officials are being forced to come up with new ways to cope with the overwhelming number of dead. instead of a property. a mass grave the japanese always cremate bedad but when the crematorium is at full capacity. have been turned into a merge and see graveyards. these people be buried in contravention to japanese tradition but when there is an opportunity they'll have to be exuberant and cremated instead of a priest a town official conducts an impromptu ceremony is on

team in the applauses to pound battles to prevent meltdown while struggling to lay thousands of the nami victims to rest. a very warm welcome this is live from moscow now there are conflicting reports about just how far west rebels have advanced with the libyan capital tripoli the opposition claims it controls gadhafi his hometown but reporters think the city is still in government hands let's talk to our correspondents in libya for more on this policy is in tripoli. and you can offer is the main goals you for us are first to you paula the rebels surely have their sights on the capital so where you are now how is the city reacting to the latest gains. of the city is in a state of shock the first reports we got in the early hours of this morning monday actually suggested that the rebels had taken over the city of sirte which is not only a strategic city but it has a great symbolic value for the regime this is of course gadhafi is home town it's about six hundred kilometers to the south of tripoli it's about hof weight between the rebel stronghold of benghazi and tripoli not what we're hea

so what is the latest information we're getting from russia somehow in a region well of course also nami watch has been declared throughout the pacific region and that includes the russian federation specifically the region of south korean like you said which includes the real islands of course some of those islands are part of a territorial dispute with japan and how ready recorded sightings have been reported of waves up to three meters a person we're hearing one or two but it has been reported that now waves are being recorded at three meters again some alive and thousand people are being evacuated from the region although there has been no flooding so far a state of emergency has been declared in the region and russia of course is very wary of what's happening i despite that they have said like we heard from other russian president that they're ready to do whatever they can to help to can endure this massive earthquake including already sending orders to countries emergency services the head of the country's. emergency services to start brainstorming about how russia can do whatever

most nami i'll arm sounded in softening region which includes of course the real islands which are very vulnerable in terms of these tsunamis hitting russia's shores already three waves high have hit the poor line is reaching up to three meters high although there's been no damn is no facilities our buildings affected no victims reported authorities are taking this very seriously and are taking very serious cautions a state of emergency has been declared and somehow love and thousand people are being a back who waited to safety to higher grounds in russia suffering region now a state of emergency has been declared by guy said in the russian president has already ordered russia's the head of russia's emergency services to start thinking about what was to come to to in fact also help japan get through its devastation. of course we're ready to help our neighbors in overcoming the effects of these severe earthquake a state of emergency has also been declared on our soil on the coral islands and the whole region is what we're all necessary measures must also be taken to prevent damage or los

made and spent on egypt tunisia libya you know rural schools health care us japan in a tremor up to nami and earthquakes i want to err on the side of caution for you here disaster is exploding around the world one after the other these past months of group all raking news records my guess is that you're ok forcing us networks to cough up the cash the news organizations are crying because they're saying that the spending their entire budget is gone by march their whole annual budget of covering emergencies and crises with the latest from cairo reports suggest big t.v. networks have been spending as much as two million dollars on each of the middle east uprisings one network is said to have spent an entire one and a half million dollars in just one day in japan while this money is ripping away at their annual budgets it's certainly not ripping away at the pockets of the star pundits when you talk about someone like katie couric who for five years reportedly received fifteen million dollars a year you talk about brian williams ten million dollars a year and some reports now if they didn't t