JAPAN QUAKE DEATH TOLL

The death toll from the japan earthquake and tsunami is still rising,as at this morning at least 1000 people have been reported dead,most of whom appeared to have drowned by churning waters after the mid-afternoon earthquake,authorities fear this number will increase very fast.rumours of a small radiation leak from a nuclear reactor whose cooling system was knocked out by the quake is fast spreading.45 countries have offered search and rescue help,united states of america included with president obama vowing to assist in any way.The earthquake is reportedly the fifth most powerful to hit the world in the past century...beating the the Great Kanto quake of September 1, 1923, which had a magnitude of 7.9 and killed more than 140,000 people in the Tokyo area.