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Originally Posted by godwine
Are they increase/expanding the evacuation zone? This is really concerning.
Where is the closest city where they can accommodate the evacuees? I heard some are already moved to Saitama??? Saitama is rather far isn't it?
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The winds are carrying the radiation northwest...so there are pockets of higher levels of radation found in places beyond the evactuation zone caused by the winds, terrain, and precipitation. they've told towns like Iitate beyond the evacuation zone to pack up and prepare to evacuate within a month.
Japanese Officials Expand Evacuation Zone - Graphic - NYTimes.com
Japan expands Fukushima evacuation zone. Will residents ever return home? - CSMonitor.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/wo...ewanted=3&_r=1 (page 3)
I don't know where they're evactuating to.