The number of victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has exceeded 13 thousand people

Previously reported 12.985 thousands of victims. Management reports on 14.608 thousand missing. Over 150 thousand people are still refugees. An earthquake measuring 9.0 occurred in northeastern Japan on March 11, prompting a tsunami height of more than ten meters. After the earthquake on the plant "Fukushima-1" was recorded a series of accidents caused by failure of the cooling system. As a result of incidents at nuclear power plants revealed several leaks of radiation, forcing authorities to evacuate people from the 20-kilometer zone around the plant. She later appeared information about the discovery in some parts of Japan, the radioactive elements, including isotopes of iodine and cesium in the air, sea and drinking water, as well as in products. Earthquake in Japan: all news