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=Japan launched a massive rescue operation Saturday after a giant quake and tsunami killed hundreds of people. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he is sending 50 000 troops for the rescue after Friday's 8.9 magnitude quake which provoked one of the greatest disasters Japan has ever witnessed. The tsunami destroyed fields, towns airports and highways .=

=The official death toll stood at 413, while 784 people were missing and 1.128 injured. In addition police said between 200 and 300 bodies were found along the coast in Sendai, the biggest city in the area near the quake's epicenter.= =They believe there are more bodies in the rubble and debris. Rescue workers haven't reached the hardest-hit areas yet. = =More than 215 000 people were living in 1350 temporary shelters, the national police agency said. Since the quake, more than 1 million households have not had water.=

=Kan said a total of 190 military planes and 25 ships have been sent to the area.= =Authorities moreover worry about the damage at the Fukushima nuclear power plant where two reactors had lost cooling ability. Aerial scenes of the town of Ofunato showed homes and warehouses in ruins. People were seeking refuge on roofs of partially submerged buildings. At one school, a large white SOS had been written in English on the playground.=

=The earthquake is the fifth- largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and was nearly 8 000 times stronger than the one that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month, scientists said.= =Police said many bodies were found along the coast in Sendai, the biggest city in the area. Authorities said they weren't able to reach the area because of damage to the roads.= =For more than 2 terrifying endless minutes Friday afternoon, the quake shook apart homes and buildings,and cracked open highways. = =In one of the residential areas, people buried under rubble could be heard calling out "Help" and "When are we going to be rescued"???=

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