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Merako City

Merako city, located in Jurako, is now one of the most radioactive places on earth, placing itself in the top five. According to scientists, depending on the gravity of the situation many areas can become off limits for up to two decades or they can be wiped off the map for all life time. On Thursday, April 11, 2008 Merako city experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0. There was significantly a lot of damage, buildings were completely destroyed, street lights were on the floor, and most of the roads had deep cracks. Five years later in 2013 most of the city was rebuilt, but there were many buildings that were left abandoned due to the earthquake that had occurred. A thief who was looking for scraps in an abandoned hospital came across a glowing blue machine - oblivious that it was radioactive - that she couldn't resist taking. Not knowing what it was, as she tried to take it she caused one of the reactors to explode, releasing radiation that was a hundred times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. More than two million innocent people were exposed and experts believe the death toll will be as high as 38,000 people. Roughly, 750 square miles became an Exclusion Zone where public access is restricted due to the very high levels of radioactivity. Merako city, now abandoned, is one of Jurako’s most talked about places because of the events that have occurred there and because of its interesting stories.

Vanessa Cruz De Anda