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Japan faced a potential catastrophe on Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies. Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged people within 30 km (18 miles) of the facility -- a population of 140,000 -- to remain indoors amid the world's most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986.
Officials in Tokyo -- 240 km (150 miles) to the south of the plant -- said only minute levels of radiation had been detected so far in the capital, which were "not a problem." Radiation levels in the city of Maebashi, 100 km (60 miles) north of Tokyo, and in Chiba prefecture, nearer the city, were up to 10 times normal levels, Kyodo news agency said. Foreign experts disagreed on whether this was harmful or not.
Today I got some of the new photographs of the Japan Tsunami.
In a picture taken on March 12, 2011 people evacuate from the flooded airport terminal building of Sendai airport with rubber boats at Natori city in Miyagi prefecture
n a picture taken on March 12, 2011 burnt out vehicles, that were parked for export, are piled in disarray at a port at Tokai village in Ibaraki prefecture after a tsunami
A damaged car is left stranded caused by the. The quake struck offshore at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan.
Local residents return into the restricted area to look at their quake-damaged homes in Miyagi.
A man looks for food amid the empty shelves of a shop in Fukushima on March 13, 2011
Local residents walk and cycle through an area damaged by the tsunami after an 8.9 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan.
People queue up to buy food, drinks and daily necessities outside a supermarket in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011
A large tank sits on a debris covered field in the city of Iwanuma in Miyagi on March 13, 2011 two days after a massive 8.9 magnitude quake and tsunami hit the region
A fishing boat rests surrounded by debrid in the city of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture on March 12, 2011
An aerial view shows floodwater and debris around the terminal building of Sendai airport in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011.
Rescue volunteers carry the body of a victim found in debris in the town of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011 a day after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the region. Japan warned on March 12 that one of its nuclear plants may be in meltdown after the record quake and tsunami wiped out a swathe of the northeast, leaving more than 1,000 people feared dead.
An aerial view shows the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Japanese town of Futaba, Fukushima
LET US PAY HOMAGE TO THE DEAD VICTIMS OF THE TRAGIC EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN
Officials in Tokyo -- 240 km (150 miles) to the south of the plant -- said only minute levels of radiation had been detected so far in the capital, which were "not a problem." Radiation levels in the city of Maebashi, 100 km (60 miles) north of Tokyo, and in Chiba prefecture, nearer the city, were up to 10 times normal levels, Kyodo news agency said. Foreign experts disagreed on whether this was harmful or not.
Today I got some of the new photographs of the Japan Tsunami.
In a picture taken on March 12, 2011 people evacuate from the flooded airport terminal building of Sendai airport with rubber boats at Natori city in Miyagi prefecture
n a picture taken on March 12, 2011 burnt out vehicles, that were parked for export, are piled in disarray at a port at Tokai village in Ibaraki prefecture after a tsunami
A damaged car is left stranded caused by the. The quake struck offshore at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan.
Local residents return into the restricted area to look at their quake-damaged homes in Miyagi.
A man looks for food amid the empty shelves of a shop in Fukushima on March 13, 2011
Local residents walk and cycle through an area damaged by the tsunami after an 8.9 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan.
People queue up to buy food, drinks and daily necessities outside a supermarket in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011
A large tank sits on a debris covered field in the city of Iwanuma in Miyagi on March 13, 2011 two days after a massive 8.9 magnitude quake and tsunami hit the region
A fishing boat rests surrounded by debrid in the city of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture on March 12, 2011
An aerial view shows floodwater and debris around the terminal building of Sendai airport in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011.
Rescue volunteers carry the body of a victim found in debris in the town of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011 a day after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the region. Japan warned on March 12 that one of its nuclear plants may be in meltdown after the record quake and tsunami wiped out a swathe of the northeast, leaving more than 1,000 people feared dead.
An aerial view shows the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Japanese town of Futaba, Fukushima
LET US PAY HOMAGE TO THE DEAD VICTIMS OF THE TRAGIC EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN
