Natural & Man-Made Disasters
Search for dead bodies of tsunami/earthquake victims in a range within 10 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was for the first time conducted today.
The police plans to continue this search operation for 10 days.
As this range is under strong radiation from the Plant, no such work was conducted for a month from March 11.
In a village on the Pacific Ocean where 190 or so are missing, the police found 10 bodies today.
Though business is now as usual in most of regions in Japan, including Tokyo, the three prefectures, Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, hit the most hard by the earthquakes/tsunamis and the nuclear accident are still in a heavy aftermath.
PART I: Natural Disaster Victims after 1940
Since 1940's to date, 40 major natural disasters happened in the world.
Year...Country...Disaster...Death Toll
1948...Turkmenistan...Earthquake...100,000
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1949...China...Floods...57,000
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1949...Tadzhikistan...Earthquake...20,000
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1954...China...Floods...40,000
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1959...Japan...Typhoon...5,098
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1960...Morocco...Earthquake...12,000
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1962...Iran..Earthquake...12,000
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1965...Bangladesh...Cyclone...57,000
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1968...Iran...Earthquake...12,000
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1970...Peru...Earthquake...70,000
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1970...Bangladesh...Cyclone...500,000
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1971...India..Cyclone...10,000
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1976...China...Earthquake...250,000
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1976...Guatemala...24,000
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1977...India..Cyclone...20,000
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1978...Iran...Earthquake...25,000
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1982...Mexico...Volcano...17,000
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1985...Bangladesh...Cyclone...10,000
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1985...Mexico...Earthquake...10,000
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1985...Columbia...Volcano...22,000
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1988...Armenia...Earthquake...25,000
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1990...Iran...Earthquake...41,000
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1991...Bangladesh...Cyclone...140,000
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1991...Philippines...Typhoon...6,000
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1993...India...Earthquake...9,800
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1995...Japan...Earthquake...6,400
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1998...Honduras...Hurricane...13,700
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1999...Turkey......Earthquake...15,500
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1999...India..Cyclone...9,500
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2000...Venezuela...Floods...30,000
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2001...India...Earthquake...13,800
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2003...Iran...Earthquake...30,000
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2004...Indian Ocean...Earthquake/Tsunami...229,700
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2005...USA...Hurricane...5,300
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2005...Pakistan, etc....Earthquake...74,700
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2006...Indonesia...Earthquake/Volcano...5,800
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2008...Myanmar...Cyclone...138,400
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2008...China...Earthquake...87,500
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2010...Haiti…Earthquake...222,500
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2011…Japan…Earthquake/Tsunami...30,000?
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http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/4367.html
In Eras:
In 1940's, the death count is 177,000.
In 1950's, the death count is 45,098
In 1960's, the death count is 93,000
In 1970's, the death count is 899,000
In 1980's, the death count is 84,000.
In 1990's, the death count is 241,900.
In 2000's, the death count is 837,700.
In regions:
South Asia (13): One in 5 Years
1965...Bangladesh...Cyclone...57,000
1970...Bangladesh...Cyclone...500,000
1971...India..Cyclone...10,000
1977...India..Cyclone...20,000
1985...Bangladesh...Cyclone...10,000
1991...Bangladesh...Cyclone...140,000
1991...Philippines...Typhoon...6,000
1993...India...Earthquake...9,800
1999...India..Cyclone...9,500
2001...India...Earthquake...13,800
2004...Indian Ocean...Earthquake/Tsunami...229,700
2006...Indonesia...Earthquake/Volcano...5,800
2008...Myanmar...Cyclon...138,400
West Asia (8): One in 8 Years
1962...Iran..Earthquake...12,000
1968...Iran...Earthquake...12,000
1978...Iran...Earthquake...25,000
1988...Armenia...Earthquake...25,000
1990...Iran...Earthquake...41,000
1999...Turkey......Earthquake...15,500
2003...Iran...Earthquake...30,000
2005...Pakistan, etc....Earthquake...74,700
Central America (5): One in 14 Years
1976...Guatemala...24,000
1982...Mexico...Volcano...17,000
1985...Mexico...Earthquake...10,000
1998...Honduras...Hurricane...13,700
2010...Haiti..Eathquake...222,500
China (4): One in 17 Years
1949...China...Floods...57,000
1954...China...Floods...40,000
1976...China...Earthquake...250,000
2008...China...Eathquake...87,500
JAPAN (3): One in 23 Years
1959...Japan...Typhoon...5,098
1995...Japan...Earthquake...6,400
2011...Japan...Earthquake/Tsunami...30,000?
South America (3): One in 23 Years
1970...Peru...Earthquake...70,000
1985...Columbia...Volcano...22,000
2000...Venezuela...Floods...30,000
Central Asia (2): One in 35 Years
1948...Turkmenistan...Earthquake...100,000
1949...Tadzhikistan...Earthquake...20,000
N.Africa/Middle East (1): One in 70 Years
1960...Morocco...Earthquake...12,000
USA (1): One in 70 Years
2005...USA...Hurricane...5,300
PART II: Components of a Nuclear Power Plant
For a 1.1 Mega kW boiling-water type reactor, they typically use about 140 heat exchangers, 360 pumps, 30,000 valves, 1,300 motors, and 10,000 various types of instruments.
The total extended length of piping in the reactor can be 80 kilometers and cables is 1440 kilometers.
An aging reactor has so many locations where radioactive water can be leaked to the outside of the pressure vessel and the containment vessel or in the turbine building.
And for the four reactor units, though each less than 1.1 Mega kW, have total 2.7 Mega kW, of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, it would be more difficult to fix the problem.
(Fukushima nuclear plant - Two Flyovers shot in high definition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M22Gt4sswEA&feature=player_embedded#at=265)
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In Japan, a school year begins on April 1.
So, children in the 3/11 Disaster affected areas graduated from their primary school on Match and entered junior high-school this April.
As the 3/11 Disaster happened on March 11, it is getting warmer day after day. But, if it had been in November or December that the M9.0 Earthquake happened, it should have been colder day after day.
In this context, it was probably not the worst.
But, everything depends on how the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is fixed.
Has it stopped emission of a dangerous amount of radioactive material? Has it been truly stable as its fuel is well cooled by water forcibly input into the reactor vessels from the outside.
A clear answer is yet to be given.
Mat 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
Mat 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Mat 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;