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Japan earthquake death toll estimated at over 10,000
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March 15, 2011
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The official death toll from the devastating Japanese earthquake that
hit on Friday is now nearing 1,900, while police officials say that it
is all but certain the final toll will be over 9000.

Bodies are still being recovered -- 2,000 thus far in the  alone.  The
official count of those missing has now reached 2,300, though in one
town alone, an estimated half of the 17,000 person population is still
unaccounted for.  Approximately 350,000 people have been left without
homes; shelters are providing housing for the moment.

Due to infrastructure damage, survivors in the hard-hit northeast coast
of Japan are coping with limited resources, including food, water and
electricity. In the , a government official stated that the incoming
goods from relief efforts are only about ten percent of what is
necessary.

At the , a second explosion occurred on Monday at the building housing
Reactor 3, following an explosion Saturday at the Reactor 1 building.
Reactor 2 was also reported to have difficulties with its cooling
system.

== Sources == 
* http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/asia/15japan.html?hp
* http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/amid-catastrophe-japan-fights-mayhem-with-order/2011/03/14/ABNa88U_story.html



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