Photos: TEPCO Releases Photos of Tsunami Waters Around its Plant
By IB Times Staff Reporter | May 19, 2011 07:13 AM EDT
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) released Thursday handout tsunami waters photos taken from near its number 5 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, when a 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan that triggered the tsunami.
Waves up to 30-foot high engulf the port city of Sendai after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the north east coast of Japan on March 11. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. The country accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
Japan's economy shrank much more than expected in the first quarter and slipped into recession after the triple blow of the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis hit business and consumer spending and tore apart supply chains.
Take a glimpse of the tsunami waters at the TEPCO plant:
Tsunami waves approach the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, in this handout photo taken from near its No. 5 reactor on March 11 and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
Tsunami waves approach the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant near its No. 5 reactor in Fukushima Prefecture, in this handout photo taken March 11 and released by TEPCO May 19, 2011. Heavy oil tanks are seen in the bottom of the picture.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
Tsunami waves approach the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, in this handout photo taken from near its No. 5 reactor on March 11 and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
The Conference Board’s leading economic indicators index also fell, the first time since June 2010. The sour data even caused the USD to give up gains against the JPY on the same day Japan released a much worse than expected GDP number stemming from the March earthquake and tsunami. Cars are washed away by a tsunami at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, in this handout photo taken from near its No. 5 reactor on March 11 and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
Water rushes into Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake, in Fukushima, in this handout photo taken March 11, 2011, from the fourth floor of the radioactive waste disposal building, and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
Water rushes into Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake, in Fukushima, in this handout photo taken March 11, 2011, from the fourth floor of the radioactive waste disposal building, and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
High water levels are seen at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake hit the area in Fukushima, in this handout photo taken March 11, 2011, from the fourth floor of the radioactive waste disposal building and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
Water recedes at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake hit the area in Fukushima, in this handout photo taken from the fourth floor of the radioactive waste disposal building on March 11, 2011 and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
Water recedes at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake hit the area in Fukushima, in this handout photo taken from the fourth floor of the radioactive waste disposal building on March 11, 2011 and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
Water recedes at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake hit the area in Fukushima, in this handout photo taken from the fourth floor of the radioactive waste disposal building on March 11, 2011 and released by TEPCO on May 19, 2011.
Source: REUTERS/TEPCO/Handout
