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  • With the news out of Japan about the potential effect of radiation on the population following the earthquake/tsunami's impact on their nuclear power plants, Americans are starting to ask themselves some tough questions.

    Marcia G. Yerman: Moms Clean Air Force -- Fighting for the Environment Marcia G. Yerman 2011

  • With the news out of Japan about the potential effect of radiation on the population following the earthquake/tsunami's impact on their nuclear power plants, Americans are starting to ask themselves some tough questions.

    Marcia G. Yerman: Moms Clean Air Force -- Fighting for the Environment Marcia G. Yerman 2011

  • He described the damage as "huge".2.32am: This graphic and list from the US geological survey demonstrate the relentlessness with which shocks continue to pummel the quakezone.2.20am: A new official death toll gives a clear idea of the scale of the tsunami's destructive reach.

    Japan tsunami and earthquake - live coverage 2011

  • She is swept up in the tsunami's leading edge and slammed about cars, building debris, trees, and the like, until she is whacked on the head unconscious.

    Michael Shermer: The Eternally Boring Hereafter Michael Shermer 2010

  • Kesennuma city, a fishing community of 74,000 people in northern Miyagi, appears to have suffered the tsunami's worst damage, as Friday's quake and waves were followed by a fire that tore through residential and commercial blocks.

    In the Northeast, Fire, Water and Ruin Yuka Hayashi 2011

  • A "hill of hope" built from the rubble left by the tsunami's destruction would serve both as a memorial of the natural disaster and protection against future tsunamis, he said.

    Tax Increases Are Expected for Rebuilding George Nishiyama 2011

  • The efforts began in earnest as radiation levels dropped to a level where police felt comfortable sending in search crews, who were told to move from the zone's north—where the tsunami's devastation was greatest and radiation readings lower—toward the south.

    Search Moves Deep Into Radiation Zone Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • NAMIE, Japan—Nearly five weeks after search teams first combed northeastern Japan's tsunami-devastated shorelines for victims, they have ventured to the coastal town of Namie—once a hamlet of 20,000 people, now a time capsule of the March 11 tsunami's destruction situated less than five miles from the badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

    Search Moves Deep Into Radiation Zone Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • Now, it's a time capsule of the March 11 tsunami's destruction.

    The Search in Namie 2011

  • She is swept up in the tsunami's leading edge and slammed about cars, building debris, trees, and the like, until she is whacked on the head unconscious.

    Michael Shermer: The Eternally Boring Hereafter Michael Shermer 2010

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