Ηφαιστεια - τυφωνες και φυσικες ( και οχι μονο )κατα

[Ivan]

"όταν η φύση επιβάλλεται στον άνθρωπο" :
http://clopyandpaste.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post_9720.html

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[rovespieros]

Ηφαιστεια!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thailandgr]

Μια πλημμύρα από τοξική λάσπη
Την Δευτέρα, 4η Οκτωβρίου, μια μεγάλη δεξαμενή γεμάτη με τοξικη κόκκινη λάσπη στη δυτική Ουγγαρία εσπασε, απελευθερώνοντας περίπου 700.000 κυβικα μέτρα (185 εκατομμύρια γαλόνια) απο μια βρωμερη καυστικη λάσπη, απο την οποια  σκοτώθηκαν πολλά ζώα, τουλάχιστον τέσσερα άτομα, και  τραυματιστικαν πάνω από 120 καθως και πολλοι με  χημικά εγκαύματα.

A Hungarian soldier wearing chemical protection gear walks through a street flooded by toxic sludge in the town of Devecser, Hungary on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

       

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An aerial photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 shows the ruptured wall of a red sludge reservoir of the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in Kolontar, 160 km (100 mi) southwest of Budapest, Hungary. Note the excavators at bottom to give a sense of scale. (AP Photos/MTI, Gyoergy Varga) #

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An aerial view of the broken dike of a reservoir containing red mud from an alumina factory near Ajka, Hungary on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga) #

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An aerial view of the red mud covering streets and neighborhood of Kolontar, Hungary, taken on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga) #

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Cars are piled up in a flooded parking lot in Devecser, Hungary on October 5, 2010. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Aluminum workers leave the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant after the Hungarian authorities suspended its licence in the town of Ajka, Hungary on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

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A crushed off-road vehicle is seen on the banks of the Torna stream in the of village of Kolontar, Hungary on October 4, 2010. (INDEX ATTILA NAGY/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Logs carried in by the flooding toxic mud cover a yard in the town of Devecser, Hungary on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

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An animal lies dead in the toxic mud, which flooded the village of Kolontar, Hungary on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

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A rescue helicopter lands on the road at the edge of the village of Kolontar, Hungary, on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, where several houses were flooded by toxic mud. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

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Local residents are rescued by excavators in Devecser, Hungary, after a reservoir containing red mud of the alumina factory in nearby Ajka broke on October 4, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Lajos Nagy) #

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A shopkeeper squats on the counter of a flooded petrol station in the village of Devecser, Hungary on October 4, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

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An aerial view of the red mud covered streets and debris scattered in Devecser, Hungary, taken on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga) #

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A woman contemplates the damage in Devecser, Hungary on October 5, 2010 after the village was flooded by toxic red sludge. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Janos Kis (left) and Tunde Erdelyi look at their home flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

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Tunde Erdelyi rescues a cat from the toxic sludge in the village of Devecser, Hngary on October 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo) #

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A 34-year old resident checks his new furniture in Kolontar, Hungary on October 6, 2010 after a wave of toxic red mud swept through the small village. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A family photograph is covered by toxic mud in a destroyed home in Kolontar, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

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Local residents are rescued by excavators next to a gas station while firefighters in the foreground wade through the mud in Devecser, Hungary on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Lajos Nagy) #

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A villager passes by a dead dog killed in a flood of toxic mud in Kolontar, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

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The ruptured wall of a reservoir of residue at an aluminum plant in Ajka is seen from the village of Kolontar on October 6, 2010 after a wave of toxic red mud swept through the small village two days ago. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A villager is reflected in a pool of toxic mud, while walking through his backyard in Kolontar, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

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A Greenpeace activist takes a sample of the toxic sludge in a town near Ajkai on October 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Waltraud Holzfeind/Greenpeace) #

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A 76-year-old woman is followed by a journalist as she returns to her home in Kolontar on October 6, 2010. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A dead fish and a corn cob lie stuck to the windshield of a car damaged by the toxic red mud from the damaged reservoir of a nearby Ajka alumina factory in Devecser, Hungary, on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy) #

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An aerial view of a car in a flooded area covered with red mud, in Devecser, Hungary on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga) #

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A man walks in sludge mixed with debris in Kolontar, Hungary on October 6, 2010. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Splashed toxic sludge residue covers the walls and door of residence near Ajkai, Hungary on October 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Waltraud Holzfeind/Greenpeace) #

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A Hungarian Army soldier wearing a chemical protection outfit cleans a street of Devecser on October 5, 2010. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Jozsef Holczer stands in his yard flooded by toxic mud in Kolontar, Hungary on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #

[Ivan]

Προσπαθούσα να φανταστώ αυτή τη τεράστια τοξική δεξαμενή.... νομίζα οτι θα ταν κάτι χτισμένο. Ηταν μια χωμάτινη δεξαμένη λοιπόν και σκέφτομαι ολα αυτά τα τοξικά δεν περνούσαν στη γή, στον υδροφόρο ορίζοντα και τα ποτάμια?

[thailandgr]

Από την αρχική εκρήξη του στις 25 Οκτωβρίου, το ηφαιστειο Merapi  στην ινδονησια συνεχίζει να αποβάλλει θερμα αερία και στάχτη σε υψος 5.000 μέτρων στην ατμόσφαιρα, σπέρνει τον όλεθρο στα γύρω χωριά και αγροκτήματα, και διακόπτει τα αεροπορικά ταξίδια - και περισσότεροι από 140 άνθρωποι έχουν σκοτωθεί από τις εκρήξεις κατά τη διάρκεια των τελευταίων δύο εβδομάδων.
Εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες κάτοικοι εκτοπίστηκαν, πολλοί από αυτούς ζουν σε προσωρινά καταλύματα μέχρι η ινδονησιακή κυβέρνηση να μειώσει την υφιστάμενη 20 χιλιόμετρων «ζώνη ασφαλειας », και να τους επιτρέψει σε αυτους και τα ζώα τους να επιστρέψουν.

A farmer stands in a rice field as volcanic material from Mount Merapi erupts, in Klaten, Central Java on November 4, 2010 near Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Over 70,000 people have now been evacuated with the danger zone being extended to over 15km as the volcano continues to spew ash and volcanic material. (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

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Mount Merapi volcano spews smoke as seen from Deles village in Klaten, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, November 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Dwi Oblo) #

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Houses are in flames as volunteers rescue burned victims of an eruption of Mount Merapi in Argomulyo village early on November 5, 2010. (SUSANTO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Volunteers rescue burned victims of Mount Merapi eruption in Argomulyo village, devastated by deadly hot clouds of volcanic ash early on November 5, 2010. (SUSANTO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Lightning strikes as Mount Merapi erupts, as seen from Ketep village in Magelang, Indonesia's Central Java province November 6, 2010. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) #

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Dead trees and ash cover a damaged house with the erupting Mount Merapi in the background in Sleman, Yogyakarta province, central Java, on November 6, 2010. (BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A pair of shoes sit covered in volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi in the abandoned village of Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) #

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Survivor Sri Sucirathaasri, 18, stands beside her injured sister Prisca in a hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Nov. 5, 2010. The hospital at the foot of Indonesia's most volatile volcano is struggling to cope with victims brought in after the mountain's most powerful eruption in a century. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) #

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Villagers gather at the grave of the victims of Mount Merapi eruption for a mass burial at Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) #

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A villager takes a stroll at Ketep village in Magelang, Indonesia's Central Java province, November 6, 2010, as Mount Merapi volcano erupts spewing out towering clouds of hot gas and debris in the background. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) #

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Dead trees and mud clog a river as clouds of hot ash spew from the erupting Mount Merapi in Sleman, central Java, on November 6, 2010. (BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi covers a village in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) #

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A search and rescue team looks for victims at Wukirsari village in Sleman district in the Indonesian Central Java province November 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas) #

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A kitchen is covered by ash in Cangkringan village off the Indonesia's Central Java province, November 6, 2010. (REUTERS/Dwi Oblo) #

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A pet bird, killed during the eruption of Mount Merapi, lies in its cage in the abandoned village of Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) #

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A melted radio-cassette tape recorder sits covered with volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Merapi in the abandoned village of Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Nov. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) #

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Bodies of victims of an eruption of Mount Merapi rest amongst ashes and debris in front of a house in Argomulyo village, Cangkringan, in Sleman November 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Aditia Surya) #

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Rescuers remove the charred remain of the body of a victim of Mount Merapi eruption in Argomulyo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) #

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An Indonesian veterinarian tends to a cow injured after Mouth Merapi's eruption in the village of Umbulharjo, in Sleman, central Java, on October 29, 2010. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Molten lava flows from the crater of Mount Merapi captured in this long exposure photograph taken from Klaten district in Central Java province late on November 2, 2010. (SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Mount Merapi spews lava and smoke as it erupted again on Wednesday as seen from Sidorejo village in Klaten on November 3, 2010. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) #

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Residents ride their motorcycles in Yogyakarta, blanketed by volcanic ash falling from Mount Merapi's latest eruption early on October 30, 2010. (CLARA PRIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A woman wearing a raincoat, rides a bicycle on an ash-covered road after another eruption of Mount Merapi volcano, in the city of Yogyakarta October 30, 2010. (REUTERS/Andry Prasetyo) #

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Villagers flee their homes following another eruption Mount Merapi in Klaten ,Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) #

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Mount Merapi erupts, as seen from Wukirsari village in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, November 4, 2010. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) #

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Stumps are all that remain of trees felled by an eruption of Mount Merapi, at Kinahrejo village in Sleman, Indonesia on October 27, 2010. (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) #

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Residents leave a danger zone as Merapi volcano releases ash clouds above Balerante village, Klaten on November 1, 2010. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Villagers escorted by police carry a suspected looter caught in an abandoned village in Sleman located in Mount Merapi's danger zone on November 1, 2010. (ARYA BIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Indonesian soldiers of Special Force of Kopassus evacuate an elderly woman who refuses to leave her home during an evacuation after a new violent explosion in Umbulharjo, Sleman on October 30, 2010. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A woman prays in a temporary shelter at Maguwoharjo Stadium in Yogyakarta, November 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) #

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Refugees rummage through second-hand clothes that were distributed at a refugee camp in Yogyakarta, Central Java November 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas) #

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A girl weeps at a temporary shelter for those who are affected by the eruption of Mount Merapi in Bawukan, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/AK Hendratmo) #

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Refugees look out from inside a tent during rain at a temporary evacuation center set up as a result of the repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi, in Keputran village, Klaten, Central Java on November 4, 2010. (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) #

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Lava and ash spews from the top of Mount Merapi, viewed from Klaten district in Central Java province before dawn on November 6, 2010. (BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A view from a domestic flight from Denpasar to Yogyakarta that was subsequently diverted to Surabaya airport shows a plume of gas and ash billowing some 10 km (six mi) high from Mount Merapi, during an eruption on November 4, 2010. (CLARA PRIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Search and rescue team members from Yogyakarta carry a victim of Merapi volcano's eruption at the village of Ngancar in Sleman on November 8, 2010. (CLARA PRIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #

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The hand of a victim of the eruption of Mount Merapi, among body bags at a hospital morgue in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi) #

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A farmer walks through his corn field covered in volcanic ash from Mount Merapi eruption in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo) #

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Mount Merapi, viewed from Sidorejo village in Klaten on November 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Beawiharta) #

[thailandgr]

Ισχυρή σεισμική δόνηση έντασης 6,3 βαθμών της κλίμακας Ρίχτερ, εκδηλώθηκε την Τρίτη, στη δεύτερη μεγαλύτερη πόλη της Νέας Ζηλανδίας, την Κρίσττσερτς, για δεύτερη φορά μέσα σε πέντε μήνες.
Με εκατοντάδες εξακολουθούν να αγνοούνται, και 95 νεκρούς που έχουν ήδη επιβεβαιωθεί , οι διασώστες πασχιζουν για να βρουν επιζώντες στο δεύτερο βράδυ μετά απο ένα καταστροφικό σεισμό που  έπληξε το Christchurch, τη δεύτερη μεγαλύτερη πόλη της Νέας Ζηλανδίας .
Κτίρια κατέρρευσαν στους δρόμους μετά το σεισμό των 6,3 R , και οι  γεωλόγοι εξετάζουν  το ενδεχόμενο να ειναι μετασεισμός σε ένα σεισμό 7,1 που δεν προκάλεσε θύματα, τον Σεπτέμβριο.
Ο Σεισμός της Τρίτης ήταν πιο καταστροφικος και θανάσιμος επειδή το επικεντρο ήταν μόνο έξι μίλια από το κέντρο της πόλης και το χτύπημα ηταν κατά τη διάρκεια μιας εργάσιμης ημέρας.
Η κυβέρνηση έχει κυρηξει μια εθνική κατάσταση έκτακτης ανάγκης.

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in the early afternoon Tuesday in Christchurch, prompting New Zealanders to flee into the streets as others rushed to the collapsed buildings in attempts to rescue those trapped in the rubble.   (Iain McGregor/Christchurch Press/Reuters)

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Workers and police converge on the rubble of the CTV building in Christchurch Tuesday to seek victims. The building had housed  the King's Education School; the quake struck in the middle of the school day. As many as 23 Japanese students at the language school were believed to be trapped, according to the Associated Press. (Carys Monteath/Christchurch Press/Reuters)  #

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A man dies on the street, his wife holding his hand.  (Richard Cosgrove/Christchurch Press/Reuters)  #

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As workers assist an injured man, rescuers carefully seek other victims in the rubble Tuesday along Manchester Street in Christchurch. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images) #

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Rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building along Manchester Street minutes after the quake struck. This scene was repeated in pockets of destruction throughout Christchurch. By Wednesday, about 120 people around the city had been pulled alive from the rubble. Hundreds remained missing.  (Martin Hunter/Getty Images) #

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With emergency services overwhelmed by the disaster, a group uses an SUV to rush an injured man to the hospital after being rescued from a collapsed building on Manchester Street Tuesday. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images) #

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Rescuers help an injured woman from the remains of the Pyne Gould Guinness Corp. building in Christchurch Tuesday. The top three floors of the four-story building collapsed.  (Richard Cosgrove/Christchurch Press/Reuters) #

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Part of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch lies in ruin. (David Wethey/NZPA/Associated Press) #

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Buildings crumbled into the streets after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which geologists consider an aftershock to a 7.1 earthquake that caused no casualties in September. Tuesday’s temblor was more devastating and deadly because it was centered only six miles from the city's center and hit during the middle of a workday.  (Martin Hunter/Getty Images) #

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A man retrieves his bike from the remains of a building in Christchurch Tuesday. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images) #

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Debris partially buries a car in a parking garage Tuesday in Christchurch. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images) #

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Patients are evacuated from a health clinic Tuesday in Christchurch. (New Zealand Herald/Associated Press) #

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In a video image from New Zealand's TVNZ, men carry a wounded man after he is pulled from the rubble.  “They are trapped in cars, crushed under rubble and, where they are clearly deceased, our focus unfortunately at this time has turned to the living,” the city’s police superintendent, Russell Gibson, told Radio New Zealand  Wednesday. “We are getting texts and tapping sounds from some of these buildings, and that’s where our focus is at the moment.”  (TVNZ via Associated Press Television News) #

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Water inundated Bexley, a suburb of Christchurch, after the force of the earthquake pushed thousands of gallons of water and silt into the streets.  (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/Associated Press)  #

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Cars became stuck in the mud Tuesday in the Christchurch suburb of Bexley. (Brett Phibbs/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Rescuers pull a woman from the rubble Tuesday in Christchurch. Around the city, New Zealand's second largest, some victims emerged unscathed from the rubble, while emergency workers had to amputate the limbs of others to free them, the city’s police superintendent, Russell Gibson, told Radio New Zealand. (Iain McGregor/Christchurch Press/Reuters) #

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Debris and dust envelop a Christchurch tram Tuesday. (Martin Hunter/Getty Images) #

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The facade of a building has crushed a car in Christchurch Tuesday. (Kirk Hargreaves/Christchurch Press/Reuters) #

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Collapsed and severely damaged buildings fill the center of Christchurch Tuesday. Mayor Bob Parker declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of the center. “I think we need to prepare ourselves in this city for a death toll that could be significant. It’s not going to be good news, and we need to steel ourselves to understand that,” he said. (Mark Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images) #

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The collapsed Pyne Gould Guinness building trapped dozens of people.  “We’ve been pulling 20 or 30 people out of those buildings right throughout the night,” police Superintendent Russell Gibson said Wednesday morning.     (Mark Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Workers attempt to extinguish a fire at the collapsed building of King's Education School, where a group of Japanese students are reportedly trapped. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/Associated Press) #

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Rescue workers carry an injured person in Christchurch. (David Wethey/NZPA/Associated Press) #

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Rescue workers search for victims in a destroyed building in Christchurch. More than 400 rescue workers were joining the search, including teams from Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, the United States, and Britain. (David Wethey/NZPA/Associated Press) #

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The earthquake caused several icebergs to collapse into Tasman Lake. (Denis Callesen/NZPA/Associated Press)  #

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A group examines one of the many icebergs that calved into Tasman Lake as a result of the 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch Tuesday. (Denis Callesen/NZPA/Associated Press) #

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A schoolgirl cries in Christchurch Tuesday.   (REUTERS/Christchurch Press/Iain McGregor) #

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Office workers look for a way out of a high-rise building in central Christchurch Tuesday. (Simon Baker/Reuters) #

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Moments after being pulled from the rubble, a man is comforted. (Iain McGregor /Christchurch Press/Reuters) #

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Using everything from heavy machinery to bare hands and search dogs, rescuers worked through a rainy night late Tuesday and early Wednesday in search of survivors in Christchurch. (Brett Phibbs/New Zealand Herald/Associated Press) #

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Emergency teams comb the rumble for survivors of the collapsed CTV building, which housed the King's Education School in Christchurch. Parts of the city of 350,000 people lay in ruins after Tuesday's quake; the confirmed death toll Wednesday was 75, but officials said it was sure to climb.  (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Brett Phibbs) #

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Survivors shelter together in Christchurch Tuesday night.  (REUTERS/Christchurch Press/Don Scott) #

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A fuel tanker sits abandoned and blocked by fallen rubble on a main road between Lyttelton township and Christchurch Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Sarah Ivey) #

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Rescue workers pull people out of a building Wednesday.  (REUTERS/Christchurch Press/Carys Monteath) #

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Two men celebrate after being pulled out from a destroyed building in Christchurch Wednesday 24 hours after the earthquake.  (REUTERS/Christchurch Press/John Kirk-Anderson) #

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Kent Manning (left) and his sister Libby react with their father, who asked not to identified, after they were told by police that there was no hope of finding Kent and Libby's mother alive in a collapsed building Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) #

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Murray and Kelly James look at their destroyed house in central Christchurch Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Mark Baker) #

[thailandgr]

JAPAN 8.9 R

Houses swallowed by tsunami waves burn in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11. (Kyodo News/Associated Press)

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A tsumani triggered by a powerful earthquake makes its way to sweep part of Sendai airport in northern Japan on Friday March 11, 2011. The magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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Sendai Airport is surrounded by waters in Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, after a ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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Evacuees stand around Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the Pacific (Reuters) #

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Light planes and vehicles sit among the debris after they were swept by a tsumani that struck Sendai airport in northern Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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Houses are swept by a tsunami in Natori City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-metre tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. (Reuters) #

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A massive tsunami sweeps in to engulf a residential area after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan. (Reuters) #

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Reporters at the Associated Press Tokyo Bureau in Tokyo take shelter under a table while a strong earthquake strikes eastern Japan. (Itsuo Inouye/Assoctiated Press) #

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People take shelter as a ceiling collapses in a bookstore during an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 11. (Reuters) #

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Tsunami swirls near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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Seismologists pose for the media as they display a seismographic graph showing the magnitude of the earthquake in Japan, on a monitor at the British Geological Survey office in Edinburgh, Scotland March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings. (David Moir/Reuters) #

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An energy map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows the intensity of the tsunami caused by the magnitude 8.9 earthquake which struck Japan on March 11, 2011. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. The warning includes Hawaii and extends from Mexico down to South American countries on the Pacific, the center said. (NOAA/Tsunami Warning Center/)#

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This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Global bathymetry map image released on March 11, 2011 shows features of the ocean floor depth (or bathymetry) from a NOAA ETOPO-1 dataset. The image shows the entire Western Pacific basin. Notice how abruptly the Japanese islands rise out of the ocean. Other coastal Asian areas have much more gradual slopes. The islands and mountain ranges throughout the ocean, visible in this imagery, also affect the tsunami travel time and speed. In the open ocean, tsunamis can travel at speeds up to 500 mph (800 kph). This momentum is what creates such a destructive force as the wave moves inland. Tsunami waves rolled thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean after a massive earthquake off Japan and washed ashore in Hawaii early March 11, 2011, but the tourist hotspot appeared to escape major damage. As sirens blared and Hawaiian authorities rapidly evacuated low-lying areas, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported wave changes at Waianae Harbor at around 3:24 a.m. (NOAA/handout)#

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A building is in flames near Sendai airport, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, after a powerful earthquake, the largest in Japan's recorded history, slammed the eastern coasts Friday, March 11. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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A helmeted man walks past the rubbles and a burning building after a powerful earthquake, the largest in Japan's recorded history, slammed the eastern coasts in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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An oncoming tsunami strikes the coast in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings on fire. (Reuters) #

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Earthquake-triggered tsumanis sweep shores along Iwanuma in northern Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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Fishing boats and vehicles are carried by a tsunami wave at Onahama port in Iwaki city, in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. (Fukushima Minpo/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A tsunami, tidal wave smashes vehicles and houses at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan. (AFP/Getty Images) #

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Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (center) reacts he he feels an earthquake as he attends a committee meeting in the upper house of parliament in Tokyo March 11. A massive 8.8 magnitude quake hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo, causing "many injuries", at least one fire and triggering a four-metre (13-ft) tsunami, NHK television and witnesses reported. (Toro Hanai/Reuters) #

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The owner of a ceramic shop checks his damaged wares following the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Tokyo. (Yoshikazu Tsuno AFP/Getty Images) #

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Broken windows of a building are seen after an earthquake in Tokyo , March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. (Reuters) #

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Rescue workers hurry to a building following reports of injuries in Tokyo's financial district after an earthquake hit off the coast of northern Japan. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-metre tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

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An aerial shot shows vehicles ready for shipping being carried by a tsunami tidal wave at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (AFP/Getty Images) #

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This aerial shot shows the tsunami tidal waves moving upstream (left side) in the Naka river at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11. (AFP/Getty Images) #

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Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, after strong earthquakes hit the area Friday, March 11. (Keichi Nakane/Associated Press/The Yomiuri Shimbun) #

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Houses swept by a tsunami smoulder near Sendai Airport. (Reuters) #

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Stranded commuters wrap themselves in blankets bracing for chilly evening at a park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, following a strong earthquake hit eastern Japan on Friday, March 11. (Shuji Kajiyama/Associated Press) #

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A woman checks a map to find a route as she takes a rest at a hotel lobby after subway and train services were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

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Evacuees wait in an evacuation area following an earthquake in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, March 11, 2011. Japan was struck by its strongest earthquake on record, an 8.9-magnitude temblor that shook buildings across Tokyo and unleashed a seven-meter-high tsunami that killed hundreds as it engulfed towns on the northern coast. (Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg) #

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A man looks for supplies in a store in Tokyo that has almost sold out of food and drink as people are unable to return home after an earthquake March 11. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters) #

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Hotel employees squat down in horror at the hotel's entrance in Tokyo after a strong earthquake hit Japan. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press) #

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Stranded commuters watch a TV news on a powerful earthquake at Tokyo railway station as train services are suspended in Tokyo. (Hiro Komae/Associated Press) #

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Residents check the damage done on a road and house in Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture, in northern Japan. (Fukushima Minpo/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Workers inspect a caved-in section of a prefectural road in Satte, Saitama Prefecture, after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in Japan slammed its eastern coast March 11. (Saitama Shimbun/Associated Press/Kyodo News) #

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A station staff directs passengers at Tokyo's Shinagawa train station after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast. (Hiro Komae/Associated Press) #

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Police place roadside flares along the highway on March 11 in Honolulu, Hawaii. An earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale has hit the northeast coast of Japan causing tsunami alerts throughout the Pacific Ocean. Thousands along the coast are evacuating their homes in Hawaii as the state prepares for tsunami waves. (Lucy Pemoni/Getty Images) #

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Puipui Faletoi, of Moiliili, Oahu, background center, rests in his vehicle with his sons Daniel, left, and Fletcher Faletoi in the parking lot of Manoa District Park in Oahu, Hawaii. The site is a volunteer staging area which could turn into a Red Cross shelter if a tsunami arrives. The Faletoi family plan to take shelter here. (Rebecca Breyer/Associated Press)#

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Students hold candles as they pray for Japan's earthquake victims inside their school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 11. (Amit Dave/Reuters) #

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A pedestrian road collapsed in the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Urayasu city, Chiba prefecture on March 11. (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A man sits wrapped in a blanket after he was evacuated from a building in Tokyo's financial district, after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

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Shores are submerged in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, after a ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, slammed Japan's eastern coasts Friday, March 11, 2011. (Kyodo News) #

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Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11. (Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Residents walk through the rubles of residents collapsed by a powerful earthquake in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) image released on March 11, 2011 shows model runs from the Center for Tsunami Research at the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory showing the expected wave heights of the tsunami as it travels across the Pacific basin. The largest wave heights are expected near the earthquake epicenter off Japan. The wave will decrease in height as it travels across the deep Pacific but grow taller as it nears coastal areas. In general, as the energy of the wave decreases with distance, the near shore heights will also decrease (e.g., coastal Hawaii will not expect heights of that encountered in coastal Japan). Tsunami waves rolled thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean after a massive earthquake off Japan and washed ashore in Hawaii early March 11. (NOAA) #

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Buildings burn in Yamada town, Iwate prefecture (state) after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit March 11. (Associated Press/The Yomiuri Shimbun) #

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A resident is rescued from debris in Natori, Miyagi, northern Japan March 12 after one of the country's strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit its eastern coast March 11. (Asahi Shimbun, Noboru Tomura/Associated Press)

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A fishing boat rests surrounded by debri in the city of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture on March 12. (Yomiuri Shimbun/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Rescue workers search for victims from the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, March 13 after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area. (Toru Hana/Reuters) #

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People walk on a muddy road as they evacuate to a shelter in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12. (AFP/Getty Images)  #

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A survivor looks at a board showing names of other survivors at a shelter in a village ruined by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 13. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)  #

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People build a raft on the roof of a building struck by a tsunami and earthquake at Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan March 12. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo/Reuters) #

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Minamisanriku is submerged after Friday's strong earthquake-triggered tsunami in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, March 12.  (Kyodo News) #

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A woman cries after learning that her mother was successfully rescued from a building following an earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12. (Kyodo News/Reuters)  #

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People in a floating container are rescued from a building following an earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12. (Kyodo News/Reuters) #

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An official in protective gear talks to a woman who is from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama March 13. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed on Saturday there has been an explosion and radiation leakage at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

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A helicopter flies past Japan's Fukushima Daiichi No.1 Nuclear reactor March 12. An explosion blew the roof off the unstable reactor north of Tokyo on Saturday, Japanese media said, raising fears of a disastrous meltdown at a nuclear plant damaged in the massive earthquake that hit Japan. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)  #

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Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)  #

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Japanese soldiers make their way atop a wall to get around vehicles swept by a tsunami at Kesennnuma, northeastern Japan March 12. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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A child is held by rescue workers after being rescued from a building at Kesennuma, northeastern Japan March 12. (Kyodo News/Associated Press)  #

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Japanese soldiers carry on with rescue operations as they walk past a damaged building in the city of Rikuzentakada in Iwate prefecture on March 12. (Yomiuri Shimbun/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A man holding a dog walks on a street in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12. (AFP/Getty Images) #

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A man rides a bicycle through a debris-strewn street in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan March 12. (Kyodo/Reuters) #

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A man who was trapped by a tsunami is rescued by a Japan Self-Defense Force soldier in Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan March 12. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo/Reuters) #

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Displaced vehicles are seen at Sendai Port in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 12. (Koji Sasahara/Associated Press #

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Cars of a train lie overturned in Shinchi March 12 after being washed away by an earthquake-triggered tsunami. The powerful tsunami created by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded swept away Japan's east coast. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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A vessel sits after it was washed away by tsunami into urban area in Kesennuma, Miyagi, northern Japan March 12. (Kyodo News/Associated Press)  #

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Burned-out cars are pictured at Hitachi Harbour, Ibaraki Prefecture in northeastern Japan March 12. (Kyodo/Reuters) #

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Cargo containers are strewn about in Sendai Japan March 12. Japan launched a massive military rescue operation Saturday after a giant, earthquake-fed tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland, while authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor. (Itsuo Inouye/Asociated Press) #

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A man walks outside a two-story house, with its first floor structure destroyed by the tsunami in Natori March 12. (Kyodo News/Associated Press)  #

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Vehicles and rubble cover a road in Kesennuma Japan March 12 after being washed away by an earthquake-triggered tsunami. (Miho Iketani/Associated Press/The Yomiuri Shimbum) #

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Rescue workers carry a quake victim on a stretcher in Miyako March 12. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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Vessels washed away by the tsunami sit on land in Minami Soma, Fukushima, northern Japan March 12. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) #

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Cracks are seen on the snow-covered ground in woodlands near the earthquake and tsunami-devastated town of Sendai March 12. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)  #

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A vehicle is half submerged at a crossroad in Sendai, northeastern Japan, March 12. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)  #

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Smoke rises from a burning factory in Sendai March 12. (Kyodo/Reuters) #

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An aerial view shows tsunami damage and flooding in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12. (Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Buildings are covered with mud in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, March 12. (Naoki Ueda/The Yomiuri Shimbum/Associated Press) #

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A man and child look out over destroyed homes March 12, a day after the tsunami and earthquake hit northeastern Japan. (Kyodo/Reuters) #

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A volunteer firefighter searches for victims of the tsunami at Rikuzentakada, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan March 13. (Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press)   #

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People walk on debris scattered across the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture on March 12. (Yomiuri Shimbun/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Pictures left in a destroyed building in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12. (Kyodo/Reuters)  #

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People evacuated from a nursing home located in the evacuation area around the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant, rest at a temporary shelter in Koriyama, March 13. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed on Saturday there has been an explosion and radiation leakage at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

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People evacuate to higher ground during a tsunami warning after the area was struck by an earthquake and tsunami in Iwate prefecture March 12. (Kyodo/Reuters)  #

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A soldier carries an elderly woman on his back as people are evacuated to a shelter at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture on March 12. (Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Evacuees hold blankets as they stand in a line to enter a temporary shelter after radiation leaked from an earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor, in Koriyama, northeastern Japan March 12. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters) #

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People who were isolated at an elementary school, head for a safe place in Sendai, northern Japan Saturday, March 12. (Asahi Shimbun, Shiro Nishihata/Associated Press)  #

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A resident is rescued by a self-defense force helicopter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, northern Japan March 12 after one of the country's strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit its eastern coast on March 11. (Asahi Shimbun, Shiro Nishihata/Associated Press) #

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People wait to be rescued atop a building with the letters "SOS" in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture March 12. (Yomiuri/Reuters)   #

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A man prays in front of a house devastated by tsunami in Minami Soma, Fukushima, northern Japan after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast March 11.   #

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Japan: Hopes fade for finding more survivors

Sixty-six-year-old Yoshikatsu Hiratsuka cries in front of his collapsed house with his son still missing, possibly buried in the rubble, at Onagawa town in Miyagi prefecture on March 17. The official number of dead and missing after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan's northeast coast is approaching 15,000, police said.  (Yomiuri Shimbun/AFP/Getty Images)

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A sign showing the tsunami evacuation route sits partly covered by debris in the city of Kesennuma, in Miyagi prefecture on March 17.  (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)  #

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A muddied family photograph sits in an apartment block on March 17 in Kensennuma. Residents were allowed back to their homes today and began the massive cleanup operation.  (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)  #

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Personal photos sit in the rubble of a house March 17 in Minamisanriku.  (Paula Bronstein /Getty Images) #

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A child's photograph sits on the underside of a mattress March 17 in Kensennuma.  (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) #

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A personal photo sits in the rubble of a house March 17 in Minamisanriku.  (Paula Bronstein /Getty Images) #

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Mitsuyo Murakami sifts through the rubble outside her apartment on March 17 in Kensennuma.  (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) #

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A woman takes care of a dog at an evacuation center for pets and their owners near an area devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma March 17.  (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

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Elderly women wait for rice to be given out at an evacuation center on March 17 in Kensennuma.  (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) #

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A couple eats rice and vegetable handouts at an evacuation center on March 17 in Kensennuma.  (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) #

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An elderly Japanese tsunami survivor lies in a bed as a woman sorts medicine tablets at a shelter for earthquake victims in Kesennuma on March 17.  (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Survivors check a message board at a shelter for earthquake victims in Kesennuma on March 17.  Half a million evacuees struggled to stay warm as rescuers said their efforts to help the devastated population were at risk, almost a week after the 9.0 magnitude quake and massive tsunami hit.  (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A picture released by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) shows elderly people at the high school evacuation center in Ostuchi on March 14. (HO/AFP/Getty Images) #

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People check secondhand clothes at a shelter for earthquake survivors at Minamisanriku city in Miyagi Prefecture on March 17.  (Yomiuri Shimbun/AFP/Getty Images)  #

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People line up for noodles and soup at an evacuation center on March 17 in Kensennuma.  (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) #

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People fill containers at a water distribution point in Ofunato on March 16.  (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A stuffed toy is seen amidst rubble in Kesennuma March 17.  (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

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An emergency worker cycles past debris in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture March 17.  (Aly Song/Reuters) #

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A family walk through the tsunami and earthquake damage under snowfall in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture on March 17.  Thick snow covered the wreckage littering quake-hit Japan, all but extinguishing hopes of finding anyone alive in the debris.  (JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Rescue workers salute next to a body they retrieved from the rubble in Rikuzentakat March 17.  (Damir Sagolj/Reuters) #

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A Japanese Self Defense Force soldier prays before removing the body of a tsunami victim found in the debris in the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture on March 17.  (Takashi Noguchi/AFP) #

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A Japanese Self Defense Force soldier wades through water as he checks for bodies in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture on March 17.  (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP) #

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A dog receives a radiation exposure scanning in Koriyama March 17.  (Koichi Nakamura/Yomiuri Shimbun/AP) #

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Vehicle headlamps illuminated a disaster area in Yamada town in Iwate prefecture on March 16.  (STR/AFP/Getty Images)  #

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A couple cross a large intersection in front of blacked out light displays in Tokyo's Ginza district March 17.  In the famous shopping mecca - and elsewhere in the nation's capital - public apprehension over a brewing nuclear disaster is draining the streets and stores of the crowds that normally define this dynamic, densely packed city. (Gregory Bull/AP) #

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Passengers sleep on the floor as they wait for their flight at Narita airport, east of Tokyo March 17.  Public trust in the Japanese government faces its biggest test since World War Two over the handling of the nation's nuclear crisis.  (Issei Kato/Reuters) #

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A couple hugs each other before one of the pair will board a flight at Narita international Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo March 17.  (Issei Kato/Reuters) #

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Japan: One week later

Momoko Onodera prays at an evacuation center as she talks about her husband who died in the tsunami on March 18 in Kesennuma, Japan.  A potential humanitarian crisis looms as nearly half a million people who have been displaced by the disaster continue to suffer a shortage of food and fuel as freezing weather conditions set in.  (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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An elderly woman and a relative are reunited at a center for displaced persons in the devastated town of Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture on March 18 one week after a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the northestern coast of Japan's main island of Honshu.  (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)  #

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A two-month old baby evacuated along with his parents from the town of Okuma, Fubata district in Fukushima prefecture where the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is given a bath by a volunteer, Junko Sakamoto in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture on March 18.  (Go Takayama/AFP/Getty Images)  #

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Victims from an evacuation center relax as they take their first bath since an earthquake and a tsunami hit the area in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture on March 18.  The bath house was reopened, offering free baths to people.  (Reuters/Kyodo) #

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A man looks for a relative at a community center used as a shelter in the tsunami-damaged town of Otsuchi on March 18.  (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A man checks lists of evacuees at an evacuation center in Rikuzentakata March 18.  (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) #

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Evacuees eat instant noodles for lunch at a shelter in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture on March 18.  (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Evacuees rest in a shelter, 60 km from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, in Koriyama on March 18.  (Ken Shimizu/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A man takes a look at pages from his own family photo album that he discovered in the wreckage a week after the disasters hit Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture on March 18.  (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A man collects water from a canal in the tsunami-devastated town of Otsuchi on March 18.  (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) #

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People queue to buy gasoline at a destroyed village in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture March 18. The shutdown of a fifth of Japan's nuclear power capacity and nearly a third of its refining capacity following last week's killer quake and tsunami has resulted in a fuel shortage in the country.  (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters) #

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Japan Defense Forces officers and survivors roll drums of heating oil in Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, March 18.  (Reuters/Kyodo) #

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Aiko Musashi carries personal belongings from her destroyed home on March 18 in Kesennuma.  (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) #

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People cook outside their home in the tsunami-damaged town of Otsuchi on March 18.  (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)  #

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A woman walks across a bridge in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture on March 18.  (Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A survivor walks through debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture March 18.  (Aly Song/Reuters) #

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Dozens of coffins are pictured on the floor of a hall in the town of Rifu in Miyagi prefecture on March 18.  The official number of dead and missing after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan's northeast coast a week ago has topped 16,600, with 6,405 confirmed dead.  (JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Radiation scanning crews check each other's levels as they change their work shift at a screening center in Koriyama in Fukushima prefecture, 60 km west of TEPCO's striken Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, on March 18.  (Go Takayama/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Officials scan people for radiation, 60 km west of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, in Koriyama on March 18.  (Ken Shimizu/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A rescue worker walks through rubble in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture on March 18.  (Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A rescue worker searches through debris in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture on March 18.  (Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images) #

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An airline staff member attempts to calm people rushing to buy flight tickets at a ticket counter in Narita International Airport on March 18 in Narita.  (Koki Nagahama/Getty Images) #

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Lights are turned off during rolling blackouts in Misato City, Saitama Prefecture on March 18. Tokyo Electric Power Co has announced rolling blackouts after its power generation was cut due to damage to its Fukushima Daiichi power plant, where it is struggling to prevent reactor meltdowns.  (Reuters/Kyodo) #

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A satellite image shows damage to the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant at the town of Okuma in Futaba district in Fukushima. Teams of Japanese workers and troops on March 18 battled to prevent meltdown at the quake-hit nuclear plant as alarm over the disaster grew with more foreign governments advising their citizens to flee.   (DigitalGlobe/AFP/Getty Images)  #

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Residents walk on a road past debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, March 18.  (Aly Song/Reuters) #

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Wildfire threatens nuclear facility

Η  πυρκαγιά στο Las Conchas στο Νέο Μεξικό εχει εξαπλωθεί επικίνδυνα κοντά στο Los Alamos National Laboratory αυτή την εβδομάδα, προκαλώντας την εκκένωση της πόλης και την παύση της λειτουργίας του εργαστηρίου, το οποίο είναι η έδρα για την αμερικανική στρατιωτική έρευνα.
Το εργαστήριο δημιουργήθηκε κατά τη διάρκεια του Β 'Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου για την ανάπτυξη της πρώτης ατομικής βόμβας για το Manhattan Project και αποθηκες με εξαιρετικά ευαίσθητα υλικά.
Ως προληπτικό μέτρο, οι επιστήμονες εχουν  την παρακολούθηση της ραδιενέργειας στον αέρα.
Η φωτιά είναι η μεγαλύτερη πυρκαγιά στην ιστορία της πολιτείας, που καλύπτει πάνω από 100.000 στρέμματα

A vicious wildfire burns near the Los Alamos Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M., on June 28, 2011. The Las Conchas fire spread through the mountains above the northern New Mexico town, driving thousands of people from their homes as officials at the government nuclear laboratory tried to dispel concerns about the safety of sensitive materials. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

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Ella Gaffney, 7, and her mother. Jenni, listen to Los Alamos Police Chief Wayne Thorpy give details about the Las Conchas fire. They were in the Red Cross evacuation center set up at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola, N.M., on June 28, 2011. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)  #

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New Mexico National Guard member Pia Romero holds a map of the Las Conchas fire during a news conference in Los Alamos, N.M., on June 29, 2011. The wildfire 12 miles southwest of Los Alamos was 3 percent contained after burning across nearly 61,000 acres or 95 square miles. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) #

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A NASA image taken by a crew member aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 235 statute miles on June 27, 2011, shows the Las Conchas fire in the Jemez Mountains of the Santa Fe National Forest in north-central New Mexico. The fire is just southwest of Los Alamos National Laboratories. (NASA/Associated Press) #

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A helicopter carrying water flies over the Los Alamos Laboratory as smoke rises from the Las Conchas fire in Los Alamos, N.M., on June 28, 2011. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)#

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Carissa Pittman consoles her daughter, Emily, 15, while her husband, Pete, in the car, and son, Allen, 21, prepare to leave Los Alamos, N.M., because of the wildfire on June 27, 2011.  Thousands of residents calmly fled Monday from the mesa-top town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire. (Jane Phillips/The New Mexican via Associated Press)  #

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Flames from the Las Conchas fire burn in Los Alamos, N.M. in the Jemez Mountains on the morning of June 28, 2011. Fire managers said it was a "make or break day" for ensuring flames from the wildfire don't race into the northern New Mexico town that is home to a government nuclear laboratory that stores sensitive materials. (Eddie Moor/Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)  #

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Los Alamos residents Ross Van Lyssel, left, and Steve Bowers watch flames from the Las Conchas fire in Los Alamos, N.M., on June 28, 2011. The vicious wildfire spread through the mountains above the northern New Mexico town, driving thousands of people from their homes as officials at the government nuclear laboratory tried to dispel concerns about the safety of sensitive materials. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)  #

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Wind battered flags located at a fire station at Diamond and Range roads in Los Alamos, N.M., flap in the breeze on June 27, 2011, after the fast-moving wildfire broke out in New Mexico and forced officials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory to close the site as residents nearby evacuated their homes. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/The Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press) #

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A tree burns near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 29, 2011, as crews fight to keep the wildfire from reaching the country's premier nuclear-weapons laboratory and the surrounding community and as scientists sample the air for chemicals and radiological materials. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)  #

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Los Alamos, N.M., residents, evacuating due to an approaching wildfire, line up along Diamond Drive on June 27, 2011. (Adolphe-Pierre Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)  #

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Smoke from the Las Conchas fire turns the setting sun red over the Jemez Mountains behind the town of Los Alamos, N.M., on June 28, 2011. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)  #

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A firefighter walks through heavy smoke from the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 29, 2011. As crews fight to keep the wildfire from reaching the country's premier nuclear-weapons laboratory and the surrounding community, scientists are busy sampling the air for chemicals and radiological materials. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) #

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Smoke from the Las Conchas fire fills the sky near the Los Alamos Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M., on June 28, 2011. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)   #

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A wave of smoke billows and fills a canyon as the Las Conchas, N.M. fire creeps into the canyon. The wildfire threatening the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratory and a community in northern New Mexico was poised Thursday to become the largest fire in state history. (Morgan Petroski/Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)  #

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Firefighter Chris Teters of Portland, Ore., mops up hot spots in Pajarito Mountain ski area near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 28, 2011. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)  #

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Hotshot crew members walk in line as they prepare to mop up in Pajarito Mountain ski area near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 28, 2011. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)  #

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The top of a plume of smoke from the Las Conchas wildfire in the Jemez Mountains billows in the clouds, as seen from miles away in Rio Rancho, N.M., on June 26, 2011. Fire officials say the Las Conchas fire charred more than 3,500 acres since starting Sunday afternoon. Voluntary evacuations were issued for Los Alamos and White Rock. (Susan Montoya Bryan/Associated Press)  #

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Fire trucks patrol the western area of Los Alamos, N.M., a day after an evacuation order was issued because of the encroaching Las Conchas wildfire on June 28, 2011. New Mexico fire managers scrambled on Tuesday to reinforce crews battling a third day against an out-of-control blaze at the edge of one of the nation's top nuclear weapons production centers. (Craig Fritz/Reuters)  #

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A time exposure taken late Monday night, June 27, 2011, shows the Las Conchas fire outside Los Alamos, N.M. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)#

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The bridge that separates the town of Los Alamos, N.M., from Los Alamos National Laboratory is shrouded in smoke from the Las Conchas wildfire on June 28, 2011. (Craig Fritz/Reuters)  #

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The Morrison family, Dee, top left, Taylor, 4, right, Bob, and Jeni, center, pack up their belongings following a mandatory evacuation ordered for Los Alamos, N.M., as the rapidly growing Las Conchas wildfire approaches on June 27, 2011. The blaze, which began Sunday, had already destroyed 30 structures south of Los Alamos and forced the closure of the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory. (Craig Fritz/Associated Press) #

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Gary Thayer takes out a cooler of food as he prepares to leave following the mandatory evacuation of Los Alamos, N.M., on June 27, 2011. Thousands of residents calmly fled the town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory as the rapidly growing wildfire approached, sending up towering plumes of smoke, raining down ash and charring the fringes of the sprawling lab's property. (Craig Fritz/Associated Press) #

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The Las Conchas Fire burns through a canyon on June 29, 2011 in Los Alamos, N,M. The government sent a plane equipped with radiation monitors over the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory as a 110-square-mile wildfire burned at its doorstep, putting thousands of scientific experiments on hold for days. (Morgan Petroski/The Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)   #

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Firefighter Abraham Diaz of Apple Valley, Calif., sprays water on a hot spot while battling the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 29, 2011. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)  #

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Threatened by the Las Conchas wildfire, residents wind their way by car along Diamond Drive following an evacuation order for Los Alamos, N.M., on June 27, 2011. Thousands of residents calmly fled the town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory as a rapidly growing wildfire approached, sending up towering plumes of smoke, raining down ash, and charring the fringes of the sprawling lab's property. (Craig Fritz/Associated Press) #

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Felina Trujillo, from Los Alamos, left, and her daughter Jenna Trujillo, 15, who both evacuated Las Alamos on Sunday, look for groceries in the donated food at the Food Depot in Sante Fe, N.M. on June 29, 2011. The Food Depot is making direct donation to evacuees. (Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican via Associated Press)  #

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The sun filters through thick smoke from a wildfire burning near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 27, 2011. Thousands of residents calmly fled the town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory as a rapidly growing wildfire approached, sending up towering plumes of smoke, raining down ash and charring the fringes of the sprawling lab's property. The blaze, which began Sunday, had destroyed 30 structures south of Los Alamos and forced the closure of the lab. (Susan Montoya Bryan/Associated Press) #

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Alex Lopez plays baseball with his sister Sugey while smoke generated by the Las Conchas fire covers the sky in Espanola, N.M. on June 29, 2011. As crews fight to keep the wildfire from reaching the country's premier nuclear-weapons laboratory and the surrounding community, scientists are busy sampling the air for chemicals and radiological materials.  (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)  #

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Michael Morgan hangs out in the Red Cross evacuation center set up at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola, N.M., on June 28, 2011, after evacuating from Los Alamos because of the Las Conchas fire. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)  #

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The Las Conchas fire burns trees and grass near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 29, 2011. As crews fight to keep the wildfire from reaching the country's premier nuclear-weapons laboratory and the surrounding community, scientists are busy sampling the air for chemicals and radiological materials. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)#

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A helicopter flies through the smoke from the Las Conchas fire in Los Alamos, N.M. on June 29, 2011. As crews fight to keep the wildfire from reaching the country's premier nuclear-weapons laboratory and the surrounding community, scientists are busy sampling the air for chemicals and radiological materials.  (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) #

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Firefighters Tim Adams, right, and Abraham Diaz, both of Apple Valley, Calif., carry a fire hose while battling the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 29, 2011. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)  #

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The sun shines through smoke from the Las Conchas wildfire near the Los Alamos National Laboratory., on June 29, 2011. Thousands of residents calmly fled the town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory as the rapidly growing wildfire approached, sending up towering plumes of smoke, raining down ash, and charring the fringes of the sprawling lab's property. The blaze, which began Sunday, had already destroyed 30 structures south of Los Alamos and forced the closure of the lab. (Eric Draper/Reuters)  #

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Hurricane Irene

Billy Stinson comforts his daughter Erin Stinson as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood on August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, N.C.  The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Stinson has owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. "We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset," said Erin afterward.  (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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In this handout image provided by NOAA,  Hurricane Irene churns of the coast of the Carolinas on August 26, 2011.  (NOAA via Getty Images)  #

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A man wades through a flooded street after hurricane Irene hit Naguabo, Puerto Rico on August 22, 2011.  (Ricardo Arduengo/AP)  #

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A resident rides a horse through a flooded neighborhood after the passing of Hurricane Irene in Nagua, Dominican Republic on August 23, 2011.  Hundreds were displaced by flooding in the Dominican Republic, forced to take refuge in churches, schools or relatives' homes. Electricity also was cut in some areas. (Roberto Guzman/AP) #

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Bill Olney, an electronics technician aboard a P-3 Orion turboprop named "Kermit", prepares a dropsonde to be sent into Hurricane Irene as the crew observes the storm. (Chris Urso/Tampa Tribune/AP) #

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Jamie Rhome, storm surge specialist (left) and Don Brown, senior hurricane specialist, study a map at the National Hurricane Center in Miami on August 24, 2011 as Hurricane Irene passes near the Acklins and Crooked Islands in the Bahamas.  (J Pat Carter/AP) #

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Cory Ritz braces himself as a wave bursts onto a pier at the Boynton Beach inlet on August 25, 2011 in Boynton Beach, Fla.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #

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Hardware store employees Richard Howell (left) and Farid Elattar load up emergency generators in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene in Virginia Beach, Va. on August 26, 2011.  (Steve Helber/AP) #

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Sentara Nursing Center Currituck residents are evacuated in response to a mandatory order in Barco, N.C. on August 26, 2011.  (Jim R. Bounds/AP) #

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A shopper looks for bottled water at a store in Rockaway Beach, N.Y. on August 26, 2011. (Allison Joyce/Reuters) #

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Tybee Island Ocean Rescue lifeguard Andrew Robinson watches surfers with a pair of binoculars after closing the water to swimmers from the pier in Tybee Island, Ga. on August 26, 2011. (Stephen Morton/AP) #

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Hotel workers put outdoor furniture in a pool to keep it from blowing away in preparation for Hurricane Irene on August 26, 2011 in Ocean City, Md. Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan has ordered a mandatory evacuation for thousands of residents and visitors.  (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) #

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A resident in a Battery Park City high rise apartment building tapes his windows ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene on August 26, 2011 in New York City.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #

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A family runs to make a connection at Union Square station as New York City's entire mass transit system shuts down at noon on August 27, 2011 to prepare for Hurricane Irene.  (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)  #

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Jackie Sparnackel has to abandon her van and her belongings near the Frisco Pier after she drove up to see how the storm-battered structure was doing on August 27, 2011 in Frisco, N.C.  (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer/AP) #

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A group of sailors run through the streets of the nation's capital during pouring rain in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011 in Washington, DC.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images) #

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People shield themselves from blowing sand and rain as they look over the beach during Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011 in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.  (Scott Olson/Getty Images) #

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Noy Chanthasri and her mother Suksan Chanthasri, who is visiting from Thailand, play "rummy" in the Norview High School shelter on August 27, 2011, in Norfolk, Va.  (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot/AP) #

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Workers walk in a nearly-deserted Grand Central Terminal in New York on August 27, 2011. (Marjorie Anders/NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority/AP) #

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Pedestrians struggle against a blast of wind and rain from Hurricane Irene in downtown Washington, D.C. on August 27, 2011. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) #

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Two men paddle a boat down a street flooded by Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011 in Manteo, N.C.  (John Bazemore/AP) #

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Hockey players from Vancouver play an impromptu game in Times Square in New York on August 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene approaches.  (Chelsea Matiash/AP) #

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A surfer passes the broken end of the Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle, N.C. on August 28, 2011.  Hurricane Irene spent 12 hours scouring the coast, killed at least five people, brought pockets of flooding that required rescues along the sounds, and left nearly a half-million customers without power. (John Rottet/The News & Observer/AP) #

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Branches litter an alley after Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011 in Virginia Beach, Va.  (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)  #

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A deer wades through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011, in Lincoln Park, N.J.  Irene was just the third hurricane to come ashore in New Jersey in the past 200 years.  (Julio Cortez/AP) #

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Henry Walker (right) plays around with friends Keron Roundtree (left) and Barry Gurley as rapidly rising floodwaters covered in leaking kerosene fill a neighborhood in the South Ward district of Trenton, N.J. on August 28, 2011.  (Chip East/Reuters) #

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Roads flood in Hatteras Island, N.C. on August 28, 2011after Hurricane Irene swept through the area cutting the roadway in five locations.  (Jim R. Bounds/AP) #

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Steve Egbert of Des Moines, Iowa reads from his journal at a shelter set up in Portland, Maine as Hurricane Irene made its way into the state on August 28, 2011. Egbert had been camping in western Maine for a week and was trying to get home, when both his bus and plane reservations were cancelled. (Pat Wellenbach/AP) #

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B.J. Cahoon (left) helps Ivan Ireland wash down Ivan's daughter's bedroom in hopes of salvaging the house the day after they survived Hurricane Irene on Goose Creek Island on August 28, 2011 in Lowland, N.C.  (Sara D. Davis/Getty Images) #

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Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette looks at a collapsed bridge on Route 9 in Woodford, Vt. on August 28, 2011.  (Austen Danforth/Bennington Banner/AP) #

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A man and his daughter scramble across the shoreline after being hit by a wave on August 28, 2011 in Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.  (Mike Dembeck/The Canadian Press/AP) #

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A man walks on a wall next to a flooded highway in New Brunswick, N.J. on August 28, 2011.  (Mel Evans/AP) #

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Janie Gibbs helps clean up a friend's destroyed home on August 28, 2011 after it was hit by Hurricane Irene in Columbia, N.C.  (John Bazemore/AP) #

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Nick Siragusa works on keeping the sump pump unplugged as he helps remove the water from the flooded lobby of the Allegria hotel as Hurricane Irene swept through on August 28, 2011 in Long Beach, N.Y.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #

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McKenzie Joyce (left) and Teresa Desmond play in the wind on the Scituate, Ma. shoreline south of Boston as Hurricane Irene moves through the area on August 28, 2011.  (Michael Dwyer/AP) #

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People look over the damage to Sue and Jack Holloway's home in the Nassau Station development in Lewis, Del. on August 28, 2011.  (Suchat Pederson/The News Journal/AP)#

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A man walks across a nearly-deserted 42nd Street in Times Square in New York on August 28, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the city.  (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Mark Wade chases his friend Craig Busick as he surfs a large puddle in front of the Board of Education in Centreville, Md. on August 28, 2011.  (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Rescue workers help a woman off a floating dock they feared was going to break loose during Hurricane Irene in New Bedford, Ma. on August 28, 2011.  (Winslow Townson/AP)#

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People sleep at Penn Station in New York on August 28, 2011 as Hurricane Irene approaches the region. Public transportation in New York shut down around noon on Saturday.  (Chelsea Matiash/AP)#

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A man surveys the damage around a friend's home as a sailboat is washed ashore as Hurricane Irene arrives on August 28, 2011 in Southampton, N.Y.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)#

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Casey and Denise Robinson clear out their destroyed beach home in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Va. on August 28, 2011, the day after Hurricane Irene moved through. Officials speculate that a tornado swept through the area. (Steve Helber/AP)#

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Melvis LaBrecque of Boston takes advantage of Irene's winds to ride his skateboard with a homemade parasail on August 28, 2011.  (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff)#

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Susie and over 75 other pets are checked into the Red Cross center at Indian River High School to ride out Hurricane Irene in Dagsboro, Del. on August 27, 2011.   (Suchat Pederson/The News Journal/AP)#