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 10:09 AM, Apr 12, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERThe Washington Post reports:
Japanese authorities on Tuesday raised the severity rating of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant to the highest level on an international scale, on a par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Officials from Japan’s nuclear agency reclassified the ongoing emergency from Level 5, an “accident with off-site risk,” to Level 7, a “major accident.” The reassessment comes at a time when the International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant is showing “early signs of recovery” but is still in critical condition.
And the San Francisco Chronicle reports that subsequent earthquakes, as well as their aftershocks, have rocked Japan in recent days:
Three powerful aftershocks struck already jittery northeastern Japan on Monday, and a strong earthquake jolted Tokyo and its environs early today as the government announced new plans to expand the evacuation area near a stricken nuclear plant due to high radiation levels.
10:46 AM, Mar 25, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERThe situation with the Japanese nuclear reactors, which were badly damaged as a result of the devastating 9.0 earthquake earlier this month, seems to be getting worse. The New York Times reports:
Read more... 11:48 AM, Mar 22, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERAccording to CNN, "Japan's national police say 8,928 people are confirmed dead after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami March 11 pulverized entire towns, leaving broken wood beams and massive piles of rubble where organized neighborhoods once stood."
Read more... 8:11 AM, Mar 15, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERSteve Hayes, with Mara Liasson and Chris Stirewalt, last night on Fox News:
Read more... 2:49 PM, Mar 11, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERHundreds have already been confirmed dead, following the earthquake that struck Japan. The quake measured an 8.9 on the Richter scale. The Wall Street Journal reports:
Read more... Guess what news source Google pushed for tsunami coverage?10:44 AM, Mar 11, 2011 • By JONATHAN V. LASTOh, Almighty Google Machine--I kid! We know you're not evil. You're the most benevolent algorithm ever. But every once in a while, Google (which owns YouTube) drops a little data point about how it sees the world.
Read more... 10:48 AM, Apr 19, 2010 • By KELLEY CURRIE
The U.S. Geological Survey maintains that the earthquake that hit the remote Tibetan town of Jyeku (the Chinese call it Yushu) in the early morning of April 14 measured 6.9 on the Richter scale, while the Chinese government has said that the quake's intensity was 7.1 (which would mean that it was approximately the same strength as the brutal earthquake that recently hit Haiti). By any measure, though, this was a strong quake that has devastated an area largely untouched by China's economic miracle.
Read more... Caring for orphans, ransoming hostages, burying the dead—it’s all in a day’s work for Father Rick Frechette.12:00 AM, Feb 24, 2010 • By MATT LABASHFor my recent week in Haiti, I was armed by our art director with a camera, and commanded to take usable pictures. I am not a professional photographer, but he assures me these qualify. (In this week's print edition of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, you can see more photographs from shooters who actually know what they're doing.) Here's hoping the additional snaps more clearly illuminate a wild and devastated place. (Warning: Some photos are extremely graphic.) And by all means, read the accompanying story, since I am, arguably, a professional writer.
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