domingo, 13 de março de 2011

Jeez, Unbelievable - JAPAN TODAY - 4 trains unaccounted for in tsunami-hit Miyagi, Iwate prefectures

Saturday 12th March, 05:19 AM JST (

(http://www.japantoday.com/)

SENDAI —

Four trains running in a coastal area of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures remain unaccounted for after tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake hit the area Friday, the train operator said Saturday.

It is not known how many people were aboard the trains that were running on East Japan Railway Co.‘s Ofunato, Senseki and Kesennuma lines on the Pacific coast when the magnitude 8.8 quake hit northern Japan.

The company said earlier that another train on the Senseki Line was found derailed near Nobiru Station after the quake. No information is available about the fate of the passengers and crew on the train.


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