vulnerable to damage. two tsunamis today. the first one slamming into the town s border at 7:30 this morning and basically tearing it apart. most if not all of the docks there were gone and boats crushed as the water inundated the water and drained back out to sea and then filled it back up again. japan at this hour is bracing for a possible nuclear meltdown. that is the worst case scenario because there has been an explosion and a radiation leak as the fukushima power plant. there has been damage to a reactor at the plant. and right now, crews are rushing to contain the scene. it is not the reactor s container that exploded. therefore, it is not the case that a large radiation leak is expected. the director general of the iaea believed the situation was under control. ththe explosion occurred
you are looking at a new video of a ravaged japan. fires sweeping across the decimated country. a 30-foot wall of water swallowing up entire communities. the death toll is expected to surpass 1,000. rescue efforts underway now as people are being lifted up into choppers and everything below them is an absolute disaster. this is one of the areas through which the tsunami passed. despite the growing death toll stories of survival start to emerge from the horrible wreckage. she says that there happened to be a tree nearby so she struggled and grabbed the tree to prevent herself from sinking under the water. she hung on to the tree with the water all around her are.
strongest and closest allies and this morning i spoke with the prime minister. on behalf of the american people i conveyed our deepest condolences, especially the victims and families and offered our japanese friends whatever assistance is needed. the u.s. has been present in japan since 1945 when general mcarthur oversaw the occupation following world war ii. today, our military has over 35,000 troops stationed there. 15 american ships make up the u.s. relief efforts headed to the area this past week including a nuclear powered warship the uss ronald reagan. it is a supercarrier with capabilities like air lift which would allow cargo and people to move on and off the shift and medical facilities that equate to a full hospital onboard. other ships on their are way are stopping to singapore to unload relief supplies to get them to japan. we also have some 35,000 troops
what was unfolding in japan. thank you, everybody and good morning. what a morning this is. this will be just the beginning of what will be without question dozens if not hundreds of video clips that we will see throughout the kintry of japan. now, there is at least one report out of japan reporting 200 to 300 people may have been found dead on the northeastern island, northeastern part of
10,000 people missing in just one city. powerful quake and the ocean wave left nearly half a million people homeless. millions of others are struggling to get the most basic necessities. give us an update on the relief effort, if you could, greg. that is the most remarkable thing about the story is the nuclear angle is totally overshadowing the humanitarian side and that story is huge. the rescue effort involves not just japanese and international efforts including americans. 17,000 u.s. marines and sailors involved in the japanese relief effort with 14 u.s. ships off the coast by midweek. fox news alert. the international atomic energy agency now confirming a partial meltdown inside three of japan s crippled nuclear reactors all within the same plant. the problems with the stricken nuclear complex in northeastern japan change by the hour. if the fuel rods are exposed the radiation material inside