Japan / Earthquake and Tsunami / Miyako / Nuclear Crisis

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Japan / Earthquake and Tsunami / Miyako / Nuclear Crisis #990434

NBC Evening News for Sunday, Mar 20, 2011
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(Studio: Lester Holt) The death toll in Japan from the earthquake and tsunami updated; scenes shown of two people who were rescued after being trapped in their home.

(Miyako: Ian Williams) A trip to the destroyed fishing town of Miyako in northern Japan featured; scenes shown of the rubble, soldiers scouring the rubble, the start of cleanup operations and the people in shelters and outside.

(Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

(Japan: Robert Bazell) The nuclear fears in Japan updated; scenes shown of water being hosed on the reactors, a Tokyo market, a spinach farm; details given about the spread of radioactivity to vegetables and concerns about the economic impact on farmers as rumors about radioactivity spread. [Nuclear and industrial safety agency's Hidehiko NISHIYAMA†, deputy chief cabinet secretary Tetsuro FUKUYAMA†- {thru translator} say we wish to get the power plant under control.]

Reporter(s):: Holt, Lester;; Williams, Ian;; Bazell, Robert
Duration:: 00:04:30

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