She has not had contact with them directly yet but two of them are confirmed OK. One of her sisters and her husband cannot get back to their house and are living in their car. It's winter and around 0 Celsius, no electricity, no water. There is a nuclear power station with undetermined problems about 70km away. My aunt wants to go to help but even if any of us thought that was a good idea the highways and railways are shut down and the picture below is the Sendai airport .