Pray for Japan

The death toll surged today after around 2,000 bodies were reportedly found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture.

Around 1,000 people were washed up on the shores of Ojika Peninsulain Miyagi, while another 1000 were seen in the town of Minamisanriku, Kyodo News reported.

Authorities have been unable to contact 10,000 people in Minamisanriku – مزید than half of the population living there.

Officials were hopeful about unconfirmed reports that many of the town's residents were uncountable because they had evacuated to nearby Tome city, Kyodo reported.

Before the discovery, police had confirmed 1,597...

>42 survivors have been pulled out of the rubble

>Official death toll hits 1,597, but many hundreds believed to be buried under rubble یا washed away سے طرف کی waves

>Toll will soar after around 2,000 bodies were found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture

>Second explosion at nuclear power plant

>Number of people contaminated with radiation could reach 160

>Region hit سے طرف کی hundreds of aftershocks, some up to 6.8-magnitude

>Rescue operation begins but some areas still cut off سے طرف کی road damage and flood waters

>70,000 people evacuated to shelters in Sendai

Forty-two survivors have been pulled...