Four dead as new tremor hits Japan
Water leaks out of spent fuel pools at the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant in Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan after a strong aftershock rocked the region on Thursday, but there was no change in the radiation levels outside the plant, operator Tohoku Electric Power Co said. Yomiuri Shimbun Via Reuters |
SENDAI, Japan - Shoppers emptied store shelves, traffic snarled with stoplights knocked out and drivers waited in long lines to buy gasoline in a new wave of anxiety on Friday after a magnitude-7.1 aftershock struck disaster-weary northeastern Japan.
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