Cruise Ship, Bullet Train Still Missing in Japan

Cruise Ship, Bullet Train Still Missing in Japan

A large number of tourists are thought to be among 400 passengers feared drowned after a high-speed bullet train and cruise ship went missing following the devastating Japanese earthquake on Friday.

The massive earthquake –8,000 times stronger than the one that hit New Zealand last month- sent a catastrophic 33 foot tsunami hurtling across the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of people were forced to flee for their lives as the massive wave bore down on them, sweeping away everything in its path.

Friday afternoon, Japan declared a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima after the 8.9 quake caused the cooling system to fail.

Meanwhile, a ship carrying 100 people was swept away by the tsunami and a bullet train carrying hundreds of passengers in the Miyagi region was missing. Their fate is unknown. At least 200 to 300 bodies have been found in Sendai city, while dozens others were reported to have been killed in other areas of Japan.

Miyagi police also said that a ship carrying more than 100 people was washed away by a tsunami, without providing more details. The death toll has now risen to 300 but it is feared thousands more are at risk as the true scale of the devastation becomes apparent and the tsunami rips across the ocean.