Typhoon heads for Fukushima plant
By Yuka Ito | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-22 08:02
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Pedestrians make their way through strong winds and rains from Typhoon Roke in Tokyo on Wednesday. The powerful typhoon was bearing down on Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast, approaching a nuclear power plant crippled in that disaster and prompting calls for the evacuation of more than a million people. Itsuo Inouye / Associated Press |
TOKYO - A powerful typhoon smashed into Japan on Wednesday and headed for the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, where workers raced to protect buildings and reactors that are leaking radiation.
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