Up to 10,000 feared dead in Miyagi prefecture alone
• Cooling system fails at a second nuclear plant
• Number of rescuers doubled to 100,000
• 190 people exposed to radiation
• Millions without power and drinking water
Up to 10,000 people may have died in Miyagi prefecture, a police official there has told broadcaster NHK. Miyagi was the area worst-hit by the double disaster. The previous estimate of the death toll was around 1,800, although police had said they were unable to make contact with 9,500 people in the devastated town of Minamisanriku.
• Japan is still struggling to control the crisis at two nuclear power plants damaged in Friday's huge earthquake and tsunami. The emergency cooling system has failed at another reactor.
• As many as 190 people may have been exposed to radiation. Potentially unsafe levels have been detected in 22 people.
• Aftershocks also continue to hit the region, with two tremors of 6.2 magnitude earlier today.
• Millions remain without power and drinking water and reports from the disaster zone suggest many survivors are struggling to find food.
• International rescue teams are arriving in Japan.
FULL STORY HERE : guardian.co.uk
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