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// Hope fades for finding tsunami survivors // // By: Sarah Hawke, wires // ~Police say nearly 3,676 people are confirmed dead, with more than 7,500 still missing ~World Vision says the rescue and recovery has been the most difficult in the World due to the issues with the Fukushima nuclear plant ~More than 200,000 people have been evacuated from a 20-kilometer radius around the plant ~there have also been numerous aftershocks, but no additional tsunami warnings ~5 days since the tsunami search and rescue teams continue to look for survivors ~Some villages report nearly half of their residents unaccounted for ~Japan’s biggest broadcaster (NHK) is saying 7,500 missing and death toll to be around 10,000 ~Half a million people are in evacuation centers ~after 96 hours a man in his 20’s was pulled from under rubble in the Miyagi prefecture ~A team from Australia has been operating in Minamisanriku where rain and snow are adding to the hardship of their task ~they have been looking for 36 hours and have not found any survivors ~Here the water went up to 30 meters, the assumption is that anyone below that mark are dead ~basic items (like blankets) are a priority ~15,000 people have been rescued, large numbers of people are still unaccounted for ~24,000 people are still completely isolated in about 80 locations