Special Report! Massive Earthquake in Japan 8.8 Tsunami

Wanted to post this link to live English news from Japan covering the massive 8.8 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. This is a devastating disaster.
Live News Video Here

Will update as news becomes available.







NOAA's National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

EVALUATION

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG
COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE
CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD
COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS
CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.
TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT
RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI
WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL
QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE
CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED
BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH
TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.
THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

Japan Person Finder Link
PersonFinder: 2011
Thanks to Hubberts-Arms for the link

OregonLive: Up to 6-foot tsunami waves could hit Oregon coast

TheNational: Fire break out at nuclear power plant after Japanese quake(thanks Highlander at Hubberts-Arms)

Reuters: Hawaii orders evacuations in tsunami threat
(Reuters) - Hawaii ordered evacuations of coastal areas due to the threat of a tidal wave set off by Friday's earthquake in Japan as a tsunami warning was extended to the entire Pacific basin, except for the U.S. mainland and Canada.


I'll be just updating this post during the day. You can watch live news at the link posted at the top of this page. Pray for the people of Japan.


YahooNews: Japan earthquake rocks global stock markets
Reuters: Oil slides as mega quake, tsunami swipe Japan
(Reuters) - Brent crude futures fell below $113 on Friday as a massive earthquake rocked Japan, creating a 10-meter tsunami and shutting down dozens of plants in the world's third-largest oil consumer.
ZeroHedge: Flash Developments Post Earthquake
BusinessInsider: The Economic Headwinds Just Became A Hurricane
BBC: Huge whirlpool created after Japan quake (hat tip to Hubberts-Arms)
FederationofAmericanScientists: Fallout Calculator (again, thank you Hubberts-Arms! People should check out this thread for continuous updates)
MSNBC: Dozens die in Japan as enormous quake triggers huge tsunami

WashingtonPost: Live video Coverage Hawaii prepares for Tsunami
LAT: Waves from Japan quake will hit California coast after 8 a.m.

Live Feed from Japan on Ustream (Japanese)
BusinessInsider: If You're Watching Morning Joe This Morning You Might Not Know There'd Been A HUGE Tsunami In Japan
HawaiiNewsNow: Streaming from Hawaii
WPIX: Live from Japan
BusinessInsider: Japan Declares Nuclear Emergency, As Cooling System Fails At Power Plant
Update 4: According to reports, Japanese jets have been ordered to fly over the Fukushima Nuclear plant.

TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Fire engulfed a large waterfront area in northeastern Japan after a massive earthquake on Friday, TV footage taken from a military plane showed.
Houses and other buildings were ablaze across large swathes of land in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, near Sendai city, public broadcaster NHK showed. The city, with a population of 74,000, has residential, light industry and fishing areas. (Reporting by Chisa Fujioka; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

Big List of Links to Live News On Japan Quake and Tsunami
Japan Tsunami – Watch and Follow Live Streaming and Real-Time Updates

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