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Hydrogen explosions at a nuclear plant in Fukushima,
North Japan, have sparked fresh concerns over safety.
Technicians are working to stabilize the plant's emergency cooling system,
which failed after Friday's devastating Magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami.
So far, Japanese authorities have evacuated nearly
200,000 people living near the plant,
and teams of nuclear experts
are being sent to deal with the crisis.
Meanwhile, the relief operation in the country is continuing
as casualty figures rise.
On Monday, an official toll of 1800 dead and many thousands missing
was expected to increase greatly over the coming days.
But officials on the ground are still holding out hope
that many people can still be rescued.
Elisabeth Byrs, from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA,
says that 15 search and rescue teams have already been sent to Japan.
"We have also deployed a seven-member team,
highly specialized experts with a lot of knowledge of this kind of dramatic situation.
And this seven-member team is under
the supervision of the Japanese disaster management team to coordinate better,
to add efficiency to this international search and rescue effort."
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