• 8,450 the official death toll from the quake so far

• 12,931 the number of people still missing over a week after the quake
• 118,000 support personnel are on the ground assisting in the recovery source

» A huge relief budget, still not enough: The city of Sendai, which is roughly the center point of the quake and Tsunami, has gathered an extra budget of roughly $220 million. Even that will likely not be enough. “No one believes this will be enough to cope with reconstruction,” said a Sendai city spokesperson. “This disaster will cause severe damage to city finances.”

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• 637 the current official death toll after yesterday’s quake and tsunami
• 653 the number of people  missing after the quake broke out in Japan
• 400+ bodies have been found but are unaccounted for in the totals source

* Editor’s note: Please take heed of the note we made last night on death tolls for the current quake. The devastation is just too wide for specific numbers right now.

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• 402+ number of confirmed deaths in the Japanese quake this week
• 1,000+ could have died, according to estimates by Kyodo News agency
• 3,000+ homes were destroyed on the coast of Honshu Island alone source

* – Why we’re wary of the death toll numbers: The dramatic scale of this disaster does not encourage firm estimates, so we’d like to offer these numbers, which some of our readers have asked for, with a warning: They’re subject to change. This incident is far too huge to offer hard statistics right now. For example: Police in Sendai said that there were 200-300 bodies on the shore at least. Considering the scope of the disaster in Sendai alone, it’s entirely possible that many more will be found. Maybe in a few days we’ll have a better idea.

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