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Saturday, March 12, 2011

URGENT: Hundreds Of Thousands Ordered To Leave Nuclear Plant Areas

LATEST UPDATE: Nearly 170,000 people have been evacuated from areas around two damaged nuclear power plants as rescue teams have hard time looking for survivors because of aftershocks.

A blast at a Japanese power station Saturday leveled a building housing its reactor and stoked fears of a nuclear meltdown, as officials searched for thousands of people missing more than a day after a devastating earthquake and tsunami.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says nearly 140,000 people have been evacuated from areas near two nuclear power plants.

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