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1、目录QUAKEANDTSUNAMILEAVEWAKEOFDESTRUCTIONACROSSNORTHERNJAPAN1JAPANORDERSEVACUATIONNEAR2NDNUCLEARPLANT5JAPAN’SSTRICTBUILDINGCODESSAVEDLIVES9QUAKEANDTSUNAMILEAVEWAKEOFDESTRUCTIONACROSSNORTHERNJAPAN12JAPAN’SINDUSTRIALHEARTESCAPESHEAVIESTBLOWS16March11,2011QuakeandTsunamiLea
2、veWakeofDestructionAcrossNorthernJapanBy MARTINFACKLERTOKYO—RescuersstruggledtoreachsurvivorsonSaturdaymorningas Japan reeledafteranearthquakeandatsunamistruckindeadlytandem.The8.9-magnitudeearthquakesetoffadevastatingtsunamithatsentwallsofwaterwashingovercoastalcities
3、inthenorth.Concernsmountedoverpossibleradiationleaksfromtwonuclearplantsneartheearthquakezone.Thedeathtollfromthetsunamiandearthquake,thestrongesteverrecordedinJapan,wasinthehundreds,butJapanesenewsmediaquotedgovernmentofficialsassayingthatitwouldalmostcertainlyrisetom
4、orethan1,000.About200to300bodieswerefoundalongthewaterlineinSendai,aportcityinnortheasternJapanandtheclosestmajorcitytotheepicenter.Thousandsofhomesweredestroyed,manyroadswereimpassable,trainsandbuseswerenotrunning,andpowerandcellphonesremaineddownintheregion.Whilethel
5、ossoflifeandpropertymayyetbeconsiderable,manyliveswerecertainlysavedbyJapan’sextensivedisasterpreparednessandstrictconstructioncodes.Japan’seconomywassparedamoredevastatingblowbecausetheearthquakehitfarfromitsindustrialheartland.JapaneseofficialsonSaturdayissuedbroadev
6、acuationordersforpeoplelivinginthevicinityoftwoseparatenuclearpowerplantsthathadexperiencedbreakdownsintheircoolingsystemsasaresultoftheearthquake,andtheywarnedthatsmallamountsofradiationcouldleakfrombothplants.OnFriday,at2:46p.m.Tokyotime,thequakestruck.Firstcamethero
7、arandrumbleofthetemblor,shakingskyscrapers,topplingfurnitureandbucklinghighways.Thenwavesashighas30feetrushedontoshore,whiskingawaycarsandcarryingblazingbuildingstowardfactories,fieldsandhighways.BySaturdaymorning,Japanwasfilledwithscenesofdesperation,asstrandedsurvivo
8、rscalledforhelpandrescuerssearchedforpeopleburiedintherubble.KazushigeItabashi,anofficialinNatoriCity,oneoftheareashi
