Japan, tsunami and earthquake
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Japan’s weather agency has warned that another large-scale earthquake could follow the 7.5-magnitude tremor which hit the country on Monday. The earthquake has left at least 33 people injured and led to tsunami warnings, however waves were not as high as feared, reaching only 2.2 feet in some coastal areas.
Travel and Tour World reports that across Japan’s airports (which include Tokyo Haneda, New Chitose, Fukuoka, Osaka Itami and Sendai) 119 flights were cancelled and a whopping 755 were delayed, including the services run by operators ANA Wings, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines.
There is a possibility of another powerful quake occurring within the week, the authorities said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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