Here’s a brief wrap-up of the latest local and global news about the disastrous 8.9 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan.
The SF Chron reports how Crescent City’s brush with Japan’s tsunami has conjured up memories from way back in 1964, when an onslaught of bigger and more disastrous waves inundated its shores.
The SF Appeal reports on San Francisco’s city leaders extending their sympathies to the families of people who have been affected by the tremor. Interesting to note that San Francisco’s Japantown is one of three left in the United States, and the oldest.
The Associated Press reports that an explosion at a nuclear plant in Japan adds to the country’s devastation and death toll. Official counts bring the death toll to 574 at the time of publication.
The LA Times reports that there’s only so much that disaster preparedness can do, even for a country as well-equipped as Japan.
NPR looks at the tsunami’s minimal damage to Latin America’s Pacific coast.
And take a look at Google’s Crisis Response: Find people in Japan, check the disaster message board and see the status of flights.
Nothing can give back the loss of friends and members of families & properties occured among the Japanese people. We, human beings, can only express our deepest shock and condolence. Although Japan is technologically one of the richest nations, she couldn’t escape this devastation. Man proposes but God disposes. May The Almighty Allah provide sufficient strength to Japanese people so that they can tolerate such sorrows and tackle the after-quake effects. Peace be with all the departed souls…