000 BUILDINGS (35)________ DESTROYED AND OVER 272,000 BUILDINGS “H...

127,000 buildings (35)________ destroyed and over 272,000 buildings “half collapsed”.

The earthquake also caused a near nuclear (36)___________ when there was a partial

meltdown in 3 (37)__________ of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, (38)____

is the 2nd largest nuclear disaster after Chernobyl.