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1、TheJapaneseEarthquakeJapanesesakurastillbloomthisyearBut…Thisyear…QuakeandTsunamiLeaveWakeofDestructionAcrossNorthernJapanOnFriday,at2:46p.m.Tokyotime,thequakestruck.Firstcametheroarandrumbleofthetemblor,shakingskyscrapers,topplingfurnitureandbucklinghighwa
2、ys.Thenwavesashighas30feetrushedontoshore,whiskingawaycarsandcarryingblazingbuildingstowardfactories,fieldsandhighways.BySaturdaymorning,Japanwasfilledwithscenesofdesperation,asstrandedsurvivorscalledforhelpandrescuerssearchedforpeopleburiedintherubble.Anof
3、ficialinNatoriCity,oneoftheareashithardestbythetsunami,saidthatseveraldistrictsinanareaneartheSendaiairporthadbeenannihilated.AfreshexplosionatJapan'squake-strickennuclearpowerplanthasdamagedtheroofaboveitsoverheatingnumber2reactor.Tuesday'shydrogenblastroc
4、kedFukushimaNumber1nuclearpowerplantat6:10a.m.localtime.AuthoritiessayradiationlevelshaverisenfourfoldinneighboringIbarakiPrefecturesincetheexplosion.LocalTelevisionstationsreportedsteamcouldbeseenrisingfromthecomplex.Theplant'sowner,TokyoElectricPower,said
5、theexplosionoccurrednearthesuppressionpoolinthereactor'scontainmentvessel.Thepoolwaslaterfoundtohaveadefect.Whatwasworse:Japan'snuclearcrisisisalsocausingconcernsinChina.Shoppershavespurredarunonsaltinmanycities,withthefalsebeliefthatitcanguardagainstradiat
6、ionexposure.Thegovernmentistakingmeasurestoguaranteesufficientsupplyandtostabilizethemarket.Italsodismissedthenuclearrumors,sayingthenuclearfalloutisunlikelytoreachthecountry,andthatsaltdoesnothelptowardoffradiationpoisoning.Worriedshoppersrushedtostoresand
7、supermarketsinthecountryforsalt,withthebeliefthatitmayprotectthemfrompotentialnuclearradiationspreadingfromJapan.Andmeasuresarebeingtakentopreventpanicbuying.Healthauthoritiesandexpertshavebeguninformingthepublicthattherumorofsalt'sprotectionagainstradiatio
8、nis"totallyunfounded".ThepublicisbeingurgedtobemorerationalwhenbuyingsaltItisreportedthataboutseventhousandandonehundredninetysevenpeoplehaddiedintheearthquakeandevenmorethantenthousandpeoplewerestillm
