180,000 flee as Japan's nuclear-plant crisis intensifies

Sunday, March 13, 2011 | 7:58 p.m. CDT; updated 9:11 p.m. CDT, Thursday, March 17, 2011

KORIYAMA, Japan — Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion at a nuclear plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns, but they provided few details about whether they were making progress. More than 180,000 people have evacuated the area, and up to 160 may have been exposed to radiation.

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