3 day intensive search for Tsunami victims happening. 32 bodies so far (and 1 live dog on roof)

[uppityperson]

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82460.html

The Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military began on Friday a three-day intensive search for those still missing three weeks after a quake-triggered massive tsunami wiped out a swath of coastal cities and towns in Japan's northeast.

Using dozens of ships and helicopters, about 18,000 SDF personnel and about 7,000 U.S. military personnel will engage in the operation, with members of the police, the Japan Coast Guard and fire departments also taking part, according to the Defense Ministry and other sources.

The areas covered include shores that were largely submerged or remain under water and mouths of major rivers in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were hit hard by the March 11 tsunami, within about 18 kilometers from the coastline....(more)

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82657.html

Intensive search for tsunami victims turns up 32 bodies
TOKYO, April 2, Kyodo

A total of 32 bodies were found Friday, the first day of a three-day intensive search by Japan and the United States for those still missing three weeks after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Defense Ministry said.

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military recovered 28 bodies, and the Japan Coast Guard found four in the disaster-hit northeastern part of Japan.

About the dog http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=789241&mesg_id=789241

[Angry Dragon]

1. I was hoping those 32 were alive...........

[uppityperson]

2. Sorry, edited to reflect that. What a mess to sort through, it is so much, so much.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Not your fault

Such a large part of Japan now will be a wasteland due to the power plant
and it will take then a long time to rebuild the parts they can............

[uppityperson]

4. Many will never be found, hoping some will so families will know

[northernlights]

5. amazing that the poor dog survived so long without water

poor thing. I wish they'd started the search sooner...

[northernlights]

7. saw the dog on the news last night

He or she was in amazingly good condition! Have no idea how...

[uppityperson]

6. 66 found. 11,938 killed, 15,478 missing

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82804.html
The Japanese Self-Defense Forces, the U.S. military and other rescue workers recovered 31 bodies Saturday as their intensive search for the missing in tsunami-hit northeastern coastal areas continued into the second day of a three-day operation.

The figure brought to 66 the total number of bodies recovered over two days from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The bulk of Saturday's operation was held in and around Ishinomaki, one of the worst affected cities in Miyagi Prefecture. They searched around an elementary school where many pupils went missing after the tsunami, while some 50 divers from the SDF, the Japan Coast Guard and other entities were deployed to the nearby Kitakami River, the largest in northeastern Japan.

Some 18,000 SDF personnel and about 7,000 U.S. military personnel, as well as members of police, the JCG and fire departments, continued their involvement in the operation.


http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82800.html

Number of people killed 11,938
Number of people missing 15,478

[uppityperson]

8. UPDATE 78 bodies found.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82897.html

Intensive search enters last day, evacuees leave tsunami-hit areas
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan, April 3, Kyodo

Around 500 evacuees left the tsunami-ravaged town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday as the Self-Defense Forces and other rescue workers continued their efforts on the final day of an intensive three-day joint search by Japan and the United States for missing people in Pacific coastal areas.
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A total of about 1,100 people have so far accepted the town's offer of evacuation among the around 9,400 residents taking shelter in local facilities -- more than half the town's prequake population of 17,666 as of Feb. 28.
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They recovered 12 bodies Sunday, bringing the total number of bodies found in the three days to 78, while 15,552 people had been reported missing by relatives to police in six prefectures as of 8 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Police Agency. The death toll compiled by the agency stood at 12,087 in 12 prefectures, with 7,374 deaths in the hardest-hit Miyagi Prefecture, 3,540 in Iwate and 1,113 in Fukushima prefectures.
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Meanwhile, an 80-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy who were rescued from a demolished house in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 20, nine days after the quake hit the prefecture, have been discharged from the hospital they were taken to after the rescue, the boy's father said Sunday. (more)

[uppityperson]

9. Latest casualty figures 12,087 killed 15,552 mising

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82896.html
Number of people killed 12,087
Number of people missing 15,552