Sea Rises, Japan Quakes
Tokyo a ferocious tsunami spawned by the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan and the
5" worse in the world since 1900) siammed the country's eastern coast on Friday killing 100
kyodo says toll could cross 1000, sweeping away houses, boats& cars across cities and farms
Hours later the tsunami hit Hawaii and set off warnings far as away the west coast of the US
and south America.
Japanese police officials said the toll was atleast 1000 with 300 bodies found in Sendai a pont
city in north-eastern Japan and the closest large population to the epicentre The full extent of
injunes were not known and the toll is feared to rise substantially
Walls of water whisked away houses and cars in the central Japan, where terrified residents fled
the coast. Train services were shut down across central & northen Japan, including Tokyo and
air travel was severely disrupted. A ship carrying over 100 people was swept away of tsunami
kyodo news reported
Even for a country used to earthquakes, this one was one horrific because of the Tsunami that
swallowed everything in its path as it surged several kilometers in land before retreating. The
government evacuated 1000s of residents near a nuclear plant above 250 km north-east of
Tokyo after a backup generator failed
Questions
1) How did the Tsunami come in Japan?
2) Where is Sendai situated?
3) Why were the residents living near the nuclear plant asked to evacuate?
4) What is the catastrophe that the country has in store?
5) What were the repercussions of the Tsunami?
6) Find the words in the passage which means same as
a). Produced
Answers
Answer:
Tokyo a ferocious tsunami spawned by the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan and the
5" worse in the world since 1900) siammed the country's eastern coast on Friday killing 100
kyodo says toll could cross 1000, sweeping away houses, boats& cars across cities and farms
Hours later the tsunami hit Hawaii and set off warnings far as away the west coast of the US
and south America.
Japanese police officials said the toll was atleast 1000 with 300 bodies found in Sendai a pont
city in north-eastern Japan and the closest large population to the epicentre The full extent of
injunes were not known and the toll is feared to rise substantially
Walls of water whisked away houses and cars in the central Japan, where terrified residents fled
the coast. Train services were shut down across central & northen Japan, including Tokyo and
air travel was severely disrupted. A ship carrying over 100 people was swept away of tsunami
kyodo news reported
Even for a country used to earthquakes, this one was one horrific because of the Tsunami that
swallowed everything in its path as it surged several kilometers in land before retreating. The
government evacuated 1000s of residents near a nuclear plant above 250 km north-east of
Answer:
how did the tsunami come in Japan?