World: Japan quake: A massive death toll, with thousands more missing
- 8,450 the official death toll from the quake so far
- 12,931 the number of people still missing over a week after the quake
- 118,000 support personnel are on the ground assisting in the recovery source
- » A huge relief budget, still not enough: The city of Sendai, which is roughly the center point of the quake and Tsunami, has gathered an extra budget of roughly $220 million. Even that will likely not be enough. “No one believes this will be enough to cope with reconstruction,” said a Sendai city spokesperson. “This disaster will cause severe damage to city finances.”