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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster. March 11, 2011. V ideos & photos. http://www.nytimes.com/video/2011/03/11/world/asia/100000000720093/tc-031111- nuclear.html http ://www.nytimes.com/video/2011/03/11/multimedia/100000000718650/clips-of-the-earthquake-and- tsunami.html
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster March 11, 2011
Videos & photos • http://www.nytimes.com/video/2011/03/11/world/asia/100000000720093/tc-031111-nuclear.html • http://www.nytimes.com/video/2011/03/11/multimedia/100000000718650/clips-of-the-earthquake-and-tsunami.html • http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html
Interactive map • http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html
The basics • Article • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14japan.html?pagewanted=all
Your task • http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/the-devastation-in-japan/ • WHAT mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic emergencies is Japan facing now, in the wake of Friday’s earthquake and tsunami? • WHEN, according to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, was the last crisis of this magnitude in Japan? • HOW many troops have been ordered into relief roles in the field?HOW are Japanese officials trying to avoid meltdowns at the nation’s nuclear reactors? (You might use this interactive graphic to help visualize the problems.)HOW many people do officials fear might have been exposed to radiation? • WHY is the death toll “certain to climb”? • WHO is Hiromitsu Arakawa? • From WHERE around the world are teams of helpers coming?WHERE on a map of Japan is Sendai?