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　　BBC News with Kathy Clugston
　　日本福岛核电站附近居民撤离 灾区资源匮乏
0 B. A) _3 p3 B* ?$ o3 ^- P7 d　　Engineers in Japan are working to prevent a nuclear catastrophe at a power plant damaged by the huge earth quake that struck on Friday. Large numbers of people have been evacuated from the area near the Fukushima power complex, the worst hit facility, amid concerns about radiation levels. Chris Hogg reports from Tokyo.
　　Hundreds of thousands of people here who survived Friday’s earthquake, are being checked for exposure to radiation. They’ve been ordered to leave their homes in a wide area around the nuclear plant at Fukushima. Technicians there are struggling to make safe reactors damaged by the quake and the wall of water that’s swept through the complex. For a time, leaks of radiation were detected that exceeded safety limits. Officials say the levels have since declined.
; k3 j+ f6 K) U. ]9 r8 y( `- Q- Q　　The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has called on his country to unite and rebuild as it struggles to cope with the devastation. He said Japan was facing its worst crisis since World War 2. Food, water and fuel are reported to be running short in some parts of Japan. Police say more than 10,000 people may have lost their lives in one of the worst affected regions, the northern coastal area of Miyagi. Our correspondent Rachel Harvey is in Miyagi and sent this report.
　　All day long the sound of helicopters filled the air as they ferried up and down the northeast coast. At ground levels progress was slower. We were aiming for the town of Minami Sanderiku, one of the areas worst affected by this unfolding disaster. We have reached the stopping point. You can hear in the background diggers are now trying to clear the debris from the road up ahead, bits of wood, car tyres, bits of twisted metal. The main town is straight ahead of us and that’s where, we are told, many thousands of people are still unaccounted for.www.Examw.com
5 S& x1 N. G+ I3 g5 r( \; J　　Large areas of Japan are without power and the government is beginning a programme of rolling electricity blackouts. Huge numbers of survivors are gathered in emergency shelters, some with no heat. More than a million households are without fresh water. About 30% of Japan’s electricity comes from nuclear power.
4 b5 ?" j9 u3 U/ S" o　　In a remarkable tale of survival, Japanese Defense Ministry said a 60-year-old man had been rescued clinging to the roof of his house. It had been carried out to sea by Friday’s tsunami. Mark Claibell has more.
0 }0 M4 s& {& ]　　For two days Hiromitsu Shinkawa drifted 15 kilometres off Japan’s northeastern coast, clinging to his floating rooftop. It was all that was left of his house in Fukushima Prefecture after the tsunami had ripped if from its foundations and swept away his wife. As he clung on in the sea, he waved a red cloth in an attempt to attract the attention of passing helicopters and boats. The crew on board a Japanese military ship spotted him and sent a small vessel his way. As he was taken to hospital by helicopter, he was reported to be in good health.