Ravi
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First the women and children, then the non-essential personnel, then the essential personnel.
Voluntary at the moment.
Voluntary at the moment.
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The US government has chartered planes to evacuate Americans from Japan, in a sign that the US is increasingly concerned about the nuclear crisis.
The US state department issued a travel warning late on Wednesday urging Americans to delay travel to Japan.
America is conducting "minute-by-minute" analysis of the situation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.
President Barack Obama has assured Japan of America's ongoing support.
Attempts to cool down a stricken reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan have suffered a further setback with radiation levels rising rather than falling after attempts to douse it with high-pressure hoses.
Six fire engines and a police water cannon were sent in on Thursday evening to spray the plant's No 3 reactor. But afterwards radiation emissions rose from 3,700 microsieverts per hour to 4,000 per hour, the Kyodo news agency quoted Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) as saying.
An earlier attempt in which military helicopters dropped thousands of litres of water on the plant also appeared to have failed.
As part of the desperate new tactics to avert nuclear meltdown, Chinook helicopters targeted the No 3 reactor's spent fuel rod pool, which is overheating and at risk of releasing dangerous radioactive steam.
Two helicopters flying at less than 300 feet dumped four loads of water. Footage suggested much of it missed the target.
First the women and children, then the non-essential personnel, then the essential personnel.
Voluntary at the moment.
Fukushima nuclear threat: expats agonise over leaving Sendai | World news | guardian.co.uk"We've had a week of no water, no kerosene, so we stink and we're cold. There is no transportation so we feel our options closing," said Paul Harris, who had lived in Sendai for 20 years, and was leaving with his Japanese partner, Kayoko Ono. "It hurts to leave. This is home and we will be back. If it weren't for the problems at the power plant, things would get back to normal here. But officials don't seem confident it will go well."
Such inconveniences pale beside the suffering of the 430,000 Japanese refugees made homeless by the tsunami. Many of them are huddled in temporary shelters with poor sanitation, little food and insufficient blankets and heating despite plunging outdoor temperatures.
But fears of radioactivity and worsening shortages have prompted many countries to advise their citizens in north Japan to leave.
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The pressure to leave is immense, but many are conflicted.
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Leaving though is a privilege. Most of the Japanese people in the shelters are trapped by a lack of petrol, a shortage that has also made it difficult to distribute food.
Fukushima nuclear threat: expats agonise over leaving Sendai | World news | guardian.co.uk"We've had a week of no water, no kerosene, so we stink and we're cold. There is no transportation so we feel our options closing," said Paul Harris, who had lived in Sendai for 20 years, and was leaving with his Japanese partner, Kayoko Ono. "It hurts to leave. This is home and we will be back. If it weren't for the problems at the power plant, things would get back to normal here. But officials don't seem confident it will go well."
Such inconveniences pale beside the suffering of the 430,000 Japanese refugees made homeless by the tsunami. Many of them are huddled in temporary shelters with poor sanitation, little food and insufficient blankets and heating despite plunging outdoor temperatures.
But fears of radioactivity and worsening shortages have prompted many countries to advise their citizens in north Japan to leave.
...
The pressure to leave is immense, but many are conflicted.
...
Leaving though is a privilege. Most of the Japanese people in the shelters are trapped by a lack of petrol, a shortage that has also made it difficult to distribute food.