Leben in der Katastrophe

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An evacuee is screened for radiation exposure at a testing center Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, after a nuclear power plant on the coast of the prefecture was damaged by Friday's earthquake.   Photo: Wally Santana/AP/dapd

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A woman puts in order the rubble at her house destroyed by Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Tuesday March 15, 2011, Photo:Kyodo News/AP/dapd

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A resident looks at the devastation in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, about 300km north of Tokyo, Japan, 15 March 2011.   Photo: EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

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A city official walks amid debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, about 300km north of Tokyo, Japan, 15 March 2011.   Photo:  EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

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Survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami make hot-water bottles at a shelter Tuesday night, March 15, 2011, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.  Photo:Kyodo News/AP/dapd

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A woman carrying a girl on her back walks in a devastated area during a search operation in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011   Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun, Masamichi Genko/AP/dapd

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Japanese soldiers search for the bodies of victims at a village destroyed by earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 15, 2011.   Photo: REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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Survivors listen about ongoing recovery operations at an evacuation center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday.  Photo:Shuji Kajiyama/AP/dapd

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People rest at a shelter for earthquake and tsunami evacuees in Miyako city in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 15, 2011.  Photo: REUTERS/Kyodo

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Tsunami and earthquake survivors Chuzo Naganuma (R), 73, and his wife Reiko, 72, bring out their remaining belongings from their house in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, 15 March 2011.  Photo: EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

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Evacuees fetch their belongings from their home and go back to their makeshift shelter in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011.  Photo :The Yomiuri Shimbun, Masamine Kawaguchi/AP/dapd

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Rescue workers carry the body of a victim at a village destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 15, 2011.   Photo: REUTERS/ Lee Jae-Won

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A firefighter continues search under the rain at the earthquake and tsunami devastated area Tuesday night, March 15, 2011, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.  Photo:Kyodo News/AP/dapd

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British search and rescue workers search under a roof removed from a house for survivors of the tsunami in Ofunato, Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011.  Two search and rescue teams from the U.S. and a team from the U.K. with combined numbers of around 220 personnel, searched damaged areas of the town of Ofunato for trapped survivors Tuesday in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami.  Photo: Matt Dunham/AP/dapd

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Japanese survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami make tea and warm themselves around a fire next to a school baseball field where refugees are taking shelter in the destroyed city of Minamisanriku, in northeastern Japan, Tuesday March 15, 2011.  Photo:David Guttenfelder/AP/dapd

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Tsunami survivors cook and eat in front of their damaged house Tuesday, March 15, 2011 in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture (state) after the area was badly damaged by Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.  Photo:Kyodo News/AP/dapd

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A man feeds his child a lunch at a makeshift shelter at Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, four days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.  Photo:Shizuo Kambayashi/AP/dapd

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Survivors make their way through ruins of the residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 15, 2011. In the fishermen town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following last Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.  Photo: REUTERS/Aly Song

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Rescue workers search through ruins of the devastated residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 15, 2011.   Photo: REUTERS/Aly Song

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Rescue workers stand around a body found in ruins of the devastated residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 15, 2011.  Photo:  REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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A firemen goes through pictures found in ruins of the devastated residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 15, 2011.   Photo:  REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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Japanese medical personnel check a child for radiation exposure in Fukushima city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, 15 March 2011.  Photo: EPA / ASAHI SHIMBUN

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Villagers boil water at their kitchen partially destroyed by an earthquake in Yingjiang, Yunnan province March 14, 2011. The 5.8-magnitude quake struck Yingjiang County in southwest China's Yunnan Province last Thursday, leaving 25 dead and 314 injured, Xinhua News Agency reported.  Photo: REUTERS/Donald Chan

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Japanese commuters crowd a station in downtown Tokyo, Japan, 15 March 2011. Tokyo's train and subway operators have reduced services on major commuter lines in order to conserve power due to the breakdown of Japan's nuclear reactors following the massive earthquake and tsunami of 11 March that rocked Eastern Japan.  Photo:  EPA/EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN

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As Japan prepares for a potentially massive nuclear contamination a solitary tsunami survivor weeps in tears amid debris in the devastated town of Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, 14 March 2011.  Photo:  EPA / ASAHI SHIMBUN

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A girl shows the victory sign in a refugee camp in Tome, Japan, 15 March 2011.  Photo:  EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

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A woman reacts after she was informed of the death of her relatives at an evacuation centre in Kesennuma Town, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 15, 2011.  Photo: REUTERS/Kyodo

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In this March 14, 2011 photo, people line up to get their mobile phones recharged at an evacuation center in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture (state), northern Japan following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.  P hoto: Yomiuri Shimbun, Miho Iketani/AP/dapd

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A shopper stands near the empty shelves in a supermarket in Moriyama, Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, four days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast.  Photo: Mark Baker/AP/dapd

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A man carries boxes of tissue papers at a devastated area hit by earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, March 15, 2011.   Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Survivors pay respects in front of the blanket-covered body of a victim lying among the rubble at Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday March 15, 2011, after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.   Photo:Kyodo News/AP/dapd

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People queue for gasoline in the city of Sendai, Migagi Prefecture, Japan, on 15 March 2011, amid severe restrictions on fuel caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, that caused widespread devastation along the east coast of Japan.  Photo: EPA/ALEX HOFFORD

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Victims watch Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on TV in a live broadcast at an evacuation center at Kawamata, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday March 15, 2011. In a nationally televised statement, Kan said radiation has spread from the three reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in one of the hardest-hit provinces in Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.   Photo:Kyodo News/AP/dapd

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Local residents wash their clothes by a river at Otsuchi, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday March 15, 2011, after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. Photo: Mainichi Shimbun, Takeshi Noda/AP/dapd

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A boy plays with a balloon at an evacuation centre set in a gymnasium in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area.  Photo: REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

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Women walk along the closed JR Ofunato train track in Kesennuma city, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011.   Photo: REUTERS/Kyodo

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A man makes a phone call in front of a message board at an evacuation center set in a gymnasium in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011.  Photo:  REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

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The foot prints of rescue workers are seen in the mud as they search for victims in the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011.   Photo:  REUTERS/Toru Hanai

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Japanese resident Yoshido Toshiko watches the images of devastated houses on television in an evacuation center in Hachinohe of Aomori Prefecture in Japan, 14 March 2011. The evacuation center housed more than a thousand residents when a strong earthquake and devastating tsunami rocked north-eastern Japan 11 March, sending many people running for shelter at the port city. Most residents have returned home but some residents like Kio has decided to stay at the evacuation center as their home are deemed unsafe as aftershocks continue to rock the country.  Photo:  EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG

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An unidentified mother watches her baby who was born on March 2 at a shelter in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Monday March 14, 2011, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.   Photo:Kyodo News/AP/dapd

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People rest in an evacuation centre near Rikuzentakata, northern Japan after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011.   Photo:  REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

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Evacuees gather around the candlelight at a blacked out shelter Monday, March 14, 2011, in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.   Photo: Kyodo News/AP/dapd

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A town resident rests in the city hall of the earthquake and tsunami ravaged town of Natori, Migagi Prefecture, Japan, 14 March 2011.  Photo:  EPA/ALEX HOFFORD

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Town residents make calls to friends and loved ones in the city hall of the earthquake and tsunami ravaged town of Natori, Migagi Prefecture, Japan, 14 March 2011.    Photo:  EPA/ALEX HOFFORD

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People evacuate to higher place after tsunami warning was issued in Higashimatsuyshima, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.   Photo:Kyodo News/AP/dapd