Thread:Comments:8.9 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, causes tsunami/death toll/reply

It is way, way higher... "in the thousands", acc. Au's defence minister... we'll only know as the magnitude of this disaster unfolds. The prime minister of Japan was a bit ahead of himself on announcing that there had been no leaks in the nuclear power plant. (A great idea to build a nuclear reactor in a quake-prone country! We now know (also acc. to this arvo's announcement by Rudd) that there have been.