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In Sendai, Japan, the tsunami that followed a 9.0-magnitude earthquake March 11, 2011 left ripped-up trees and floodwater

At least 32 UC staff, researchers and faculty members from every campus are in Japan, along with about 80 students in the UC’s Education Abroad Program, the Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese daily newspaper in Los Angeles, reported.

As of 4:30 p.m. Monday, the study abroad program's website reported that "All UCEAP students are accounted for and safe." The study programs are "currently on an extended break."

The university's Office of the President announced Monday that "campus risk managers have reached out to the majority of the approximately 32 faculty, staff, researchers and graduate students in Japan. All are reported to be safe."

Students are advised to stay in touch with the university's Tokyo study center and family members in the US, and to keep their cell phones on and charged, but to avoid making cell phone voice calls except in emergencies — using e-mail, Facebook or text messages instead.

Travel assistance providers, including iJet and Europ Assistance, are standing by to provide assistance to all UC students and personnel who might need it, the Rafu Shimpo reports.

The Bay Citizen's Zoe Corneli contributed reporting