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Japan: The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake - Situation Report 2

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With the massive earthquake and the following tsunamis happened on 11 March 2011 (14:46 JST), the death toll (8,181) and missing exceed 11,000, the worst number of loss Japan has experienced since the WWII. There are 44,818 evacuees in 2,444 shelters as of the time of reporting. Many of them are still waiting for relief items and to be relocated to better facilities. There are 1,6million households facing water supply cut-off in neighboring 12 Prefectures. Other life lines are still cut-off in the affected areas. Access to the affected area is gradually opening via sea and air, lack of fuel for transportation is delaying the relief operation. The temperature in the affected area is very low (below minus 0 Celsius) With rising concerns for radiation leak from the damaged nuclear power stations, relief operations are affected and the affected communities are under great anxiety. Domestic news reported that the Ministry of Health confirmed validity of foreign doctors to engage in the affected area (past validity confirmation was with Kobe quake)