Japan raises nuclear alert level

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An entry on a monitoring website on Friday gave the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi site in the northeast of the country a level 5 rating, up from level 4 previously on a 1-7 scale.

Our thoughts reside with the people of Japan, as the worst to come may only be occuring now.
Here is some additional information of what a level 5 alert involves.

The hallmarks of a Level 5 emergency are severe damage to a reactor core, release of large quantities of radiation with a high probability of "significant" public exposure or several deaths from radiation.

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