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Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion Sunday at a nuclear plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns.

Source: 180,000 flee as Japan's nuclear crisis intensifies

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Japan struggled Monday to prevent a nuclear catastrophe and to deliver food and water to hundreds of thousands of people, three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the nation with what the prime minister said was the worst crisis since World War II.

Source: Japan races to save lives, stop nuclear crisis

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Japanese officials say they believe a hydrogen explosion has occurred at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, similar to an earlier one at a different unit in the facility.

Source: New blast at nuclear plant heightens fears

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The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Monday, sending a massive column of smoke into the air and wounding 11 workers.

Source: 2nd blast hits Japan nuke site; U.S. shifts ships

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Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis.

Source: Japan 'overwhelmed by the scale of damage'

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A tide of bodies washed up, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescuers used chain saws to search for more victims in Japan's devastated coastal towns on Monday.

Source: Tide of bodies wash ashore in Japan

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A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago, in mud flats in southern Spain.

Source: Lost city of Atlantis believed found off Spain

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Radiation is spewing from damaged reactors at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe.

Source: Japan PM: Radiation leaking from damaged plant

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Panic swept Tokyo on Tuesday after a rise in radioactive levels around a nuclear power plant north of the city, causing some to leave the capital and others to stock up on food and supplies.

Source: Panic grips Tokyo as radiation levels rise

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Japanese data indicate that radioactivity levels fell during a six-hour period on Tuesday at a damaged nuclear power plant, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.

Source: Radiation falls at Japan nuke plant, officials say