Steven Robinson

Transcript of ITV News Coverage: Japans Natural Disaster  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYDT48bMj5A

Key:

(.) - Indication of a pause.

(2) - Indication of a two second pause etc.

<Interruption>

[Introduction to news on Japan natural disaster]

Alistair Stewart: Japans double disaster, its strongest earthquake on record creates a devastating thirty foot Tsunami (.) raging water surged across the land (.) tearing down building carrying debris and people at terrifying speed

Andrea Benfield: Early reports for the number killed in the hundreds but many, many more are missing (.) the true human cost of this disaster have yet to emerge (2). Britain and the rest of the world stand ready to help in the search and rescue operation that will follow. (Other stories introduced skipped to the news coverage at 1.28)

Alistair Stewart: Good evening, nature unleashed its fearsome power on the people of Japan today in a double disaster that has caused massive damage (.) early this morning a huge earthquake under the sea, the seventh most powerful earthquake every recorded caused destruction and panic across the country.

Andrea Benfield: But worst was to come, a devastating Tsunami trigger by the quake, that has obliterated communities washing away; homes, businesses and cars and taking an unknown number of lives. (.) The Earthquake eight thousand times more powerful than the recent one in Christchurch was centre off Japans northeast coast near the city of Sendai.