TOKYO - Japan continue to grapple with the impact of the tsunami two days ago. The number of victims who reported to have reached 2,000 people and the crisis of rising in one of two nuclear power plants affected.
Local government pleaded not able to contact tens of thousands of people, and at least 20,820 units of the building has been completely or partially damaged in the earthquake area. While more than 300 thousand people were evacuated in six prefectures.
On the other hand, as many as 180 thousand people began to evacuate within a radius of 20 kilometers from the Fukushima reactor 1, a day after one of the reactor that melted.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan issued instructions to increase the number of Japanese military who are sent to areas affected by the quake to 100 thousand people.
''I asked for maximum effort to save the lives of as many people as possible,''Kan said. ''We will make all efforts to save people who have been isolated.''Japan has sent 65,000 military personnel to evacuate since Saturday. About 4400 people remained isolated since Saturday night in schools, hospitals, and inns in the town of Onagawa and Ishinomaki. In Minamisanriku, about 10,000 people, more than half the population of the city, still has not been found.
In Iwate Prefecture, northern Miyagi, many bodies were found Sunday morning in the rubble. In Otsuchi, the city government offices were swept by the tsunami while mayor officials and employees inside the building. A nursing home that accommodates 30 people were also swept away in the old town Ofunato.
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