Evacuees face food and medicine shortages in Japan

Name: Evacuees face food and medicine shortages in Japan
Uploaded: 2011-03-16T11:37:27.000Z
Description: Getting supplies to more than 400,000 people who have lost their homes in Japan is proving very difficult due to damaged infrastructure.

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Rescue and recovery operations are continuing in Japan but cold and snowy weather in the north-east is hampering efforts.

Survivors who have been forced to leave their homes are also facing shortages of basic supplies and hospitals are running low on medicines.

Mike Wooldridge reports.

Asia-Pacific

16 March 2011