Its hard to read at this point... I am assuming the reactor is shutdown (rods all in) and they are dealing with residual heat (still hot enough to melt the core

Its hard to read at this point... I am assuming the reactor is shutdown (rods all in) and they are dealing with residual heat (still hot enough to melt the core). The cooling systems (primary and backup and emergency core cooling) may be damaged and they are working around these problems... I would be very surprised if the failures were such that it prevented any method to cool the core. They almost certainly were able to establish some kind of core cooling but it may be temporary and require more actions to fully stabilize. Also, don't forget these quotes are translations from Japanese and may be mis-translations or inadvertent exaggerations (very common when I worked with Japanese engineers).