On Friday March 11^th, Japan was hit with an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 which then lead to a tsunami, the damage was huge. The number missing are 7,558, injured is 1,990, and the dead is 3,373. The death toll is expected to keep raising. Not only has it taken a huge toll physically on the people but it has weakened Japan's economy. Due to the tsunami there has been a few fires and explosions at nuclear plants, the radiation from these explosions is a lot. People have been given iodine tablets, which stops the body from absorbing some of the radiation. At one plant the radiation is 167 times the average annual dose of radiation. One explosion had damaged the core and a fire had sent pieces of radioactive material into the air. Luckily the winds had blown the plume of radioactivity towards the ocean, away from people. Many of the workers at the plant had fled but some had stayed to with want they could, keeping the cores cool and putting out the fire. These problems are expected to continue.

We need to help these people as much as we can. When people start thinking that they can leave it for someone else to do, nothings going to get done. We should raise money and supplies for the people who are suffering from this tragedy in Japan.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/japan-quake-live-blog-fire-erupts-in-fourth-reactor-radiation-warning-issued/?iref=allsearch

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/asia/15nuclear.html?_r=2