But new tests suggest that the plant — which was ravaged last March when a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the area — might not be as stable as the government or the operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, had hoped.
Cover image: Members of an Indonesian rescue team remove the body of a quake victim retrieved from a collapsed building in Palu in Central Sulawesi on October 2, 2018, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28.
Cover image: Quake survivors take a break as they salvage items from the debris of a factory complex in Palu in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on October 3, 2018, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28.
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, 19 January 2005 – Sanitation conditions in relief camps in Banda Aceh have deteriorated since the tsunami hit the area in late December.
National ministries are overseeing most of the tsunami-hit area's large reconstruction projects out of a recently approved $120 billion budget.
A tsunami zone cuts through the low areas of Manzanita, Mr. Taylor said, though the last major tsunami hit the region some 300 years ago.
In summary, the spatial distribution of BTV in the study area (Fig. 6), shows that all buildings categories, could suffered damage at different levels in case an event similar to the 1755 tsunami hits the area.
The United States mustered a large presence in tsunami-hit areas quickly, while Japan has been slow to reach some heavily damaged areas, especially around the nuclear plant.
But unlike those in tsunami-hit areas farther north, these are staffed with health officials in plastic body suits and masks who scan new arrivals with Geiger counters to check for radiation.
The funds will go to help UNICEF's relief efforts in tsunami-hit areas.
