Hope is never gone:Japanese victims still trying to recover

Hope is never gone:Japanese victims still trying to recover

Still recovering from the largest earthquake to rock the country of Japan, residents are preparing to adjust to a new lifestyle with recent scares of radiation and aftershocks.While firefighters are still trying to relieve the concern by spraying water over nuclear power plants in an attempt to avert a meltdown, Japan raised the accident level at the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant from four to five on a seven-point international danger scale for automatic Martin Laird Also Hold American Dream accidents.With news of the earthquake no longer plastered across the CNN screen, it is important to remember that Japan is still in recovery mode from the earthquake. Residents are still finding places to live and looking for those still missing.  The confirmed death toll from the disaster sits at 7,348 and 11,746 people are listed as missing as of Saturday, according to BBC News.Around 50 U.S. military personnel on Wednesday started cleaning up mud and debris at a school in Ishinomaki in cooperation with local people. The school was flooded as a result of the earthquake and is one of the hundreds of buildings Japanese residents are trying to put back together. Many people are still living in evacuation shelters or staying in cars or boats, enduring the shortages of basic necessities.  While Japan continues to work toward getting people back to their homes and families, the horror of this national disaster will continue to be stuck in recovery for many months ahead.