Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rising. Meltdown at Nuclear Plant Disaster. Hundreds of Aftershocks.

A massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan The Disaster of the Japan earthquake and Tsunami continues to get worse. The Japanese people are going through a horrific time and the threat of a nuclear meltdown at the reactor worsens.
Hundreds of Japanese people are dead and thousands are missing/unaccounted for. How many people will die? How long will the recovery take? How much yen will the disaster cost? How many Americans are affected? Fukushima is a mess. Could this happen in California? What will happen to the Japanese stock market and government? Lots of questions and very little answers right now. Thoughts of 3 Mile Island come up as well as Chernobyl. The radiation could affect millions for many years. What is happening in Tokyo? Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the "enormously powerful" earthquake had caused "tremendous damage over a wide area." Six million households, more than 10% of the total in Japan, were without electricity, said Japan's ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki.