Relief Efforts in Japan Underway as Survivors Battle Hunger, Homelessness
It’s been a week since the earthquake and tsunami devastated Northern Japan. So far, the disaster has claimed nearly 5,700 lives and 9,500 people are still missing. As relief organizations try to clear away the rubble, there’s yet another crisis hitting the country: hunger. Severely damaged roads and broken supply lines have caused food shortages throughout the region. The BBC’s David Grammaticus talks to survivors in Japan struggling to find food. Reuters correspondent Dan Sloan reports Tokyo on the relief effort. Pastor Rick Justice who has been working to get food to desperate victims on the ground in and around Northern Japan talks about some of the challenges of the relief effort.
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