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A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake brought life to a standstill with thousands stranded in subways and the danger of a nuclear leak looming large on the population

Heroic Japanese workers yesterday plugged a 12-inch crack leaking highly toxic water into sea from a concrete pit at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, but were confronted with a new problem of gas build-up at one of the six reactors which may cause another hydrogen blast.