logo

English
                 

Nature Japan Earthquake: The Long Road to Recovery

2011.04.16 15:14

김영철*61 Views:3623

APR 15, 2011

The death toll from Japan's massive earthquake last month continues to climb, having now reached nearly 13,500, while almost 15,000 are still missing. Much of the area surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station remains hazardous and largely abandoned, leaving eerie scenes of desolation. The accident at Fukushima has now been classified as a level 7 incident on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, matching the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine. Gathered here are recent images from Japan's ongoing recovery. [39 photos]

Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose:
(1 of 3) Toya Chiba, a reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, is swept up by a tsunami at Kamaishi port, Iwate prefecture during the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 8 meters high after being swept away for about 30 meters, Kyodo news reports. Photo taken on March 11, 2011 and released by Kamaishi Port Office via Kyodo on April 14, 2011. (Reuters/Kamaishi Port Office via Kyodo)
2
(2 of 3) Reporter Toya Chiba is swept up by a tsunami at Kamaishi port, Iwate prefecture on March 11, 2011. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap, Kyodo news reports. (Reuters/Kamaishi Port Office via Kyodo) #
3
(3 of 3) Reporter Toya Chiba is swept up by a tsunami at Kamaishi port, Iwate prefecture on March 11, 2011. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap, Kyodo news reports. (Reuters/Kamaishi Port Office via Kyodo) #
4
A shrine rests in a forest after the recent Tsunami in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture on April 14, 2011.(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
5
A cow roams on a street after residents in town evacuated in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2011.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae) #
6
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, slippers are left in the entrance of a building in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
7
Parts of a railway line hung over water in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on April 10, 2011. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
8
A monument to Yayoji Sato, a local politician, stands in front of the area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) #
9
A dead pig lies next to a flooded road in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors on April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
10
A uniform swings in the wind in the tsunami devastated area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on April 10, 2011.(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
11
Collared dogs roam on a street in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) #
12
A car is washed ashore after the recent tsunami in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture on April 14, 2011.(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
13
A "Super Mario" soft toy is seen among the ruins of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Yamada, Iwate prefecture, April 5, 2011.(Reuters/Toru Hanai) #
14
Desks and chairs remain covered with mud in a classroom at Okawa Elementary School, devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan on April 7, 2011. The March 11 tsunami killed 74 of the 108 students at Okawa Elementary School and all but one of the dozen teachers. The main building is ripped open, with trees jammed into second floor classrooms, and the gym and playground have been reduced to muddied concrete foundations. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) #
15
A cow lies dead on the floor of a cattle shed after residents were forced to evacuate from the deserted city of Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The city is inside the evacuation zone within 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) radius from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) #
16
A tsunami-wrecked supermarket is left abandoned in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors on April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
17
A picture frame and high-water marks are seen on the wall of a kindergarten destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, northern Japan, April 7, 2011. (Reuters/Carlos Barria) #
18
Pigs wander around at a devastated area in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. Dairy animals and pets were left behind after their owners have evacuated from the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae) #
19
Footsteps lead away from an abandoned vehicle in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
20
The sun, low in the sky, is seen above the earthquake and tsunami-devastated city of Ishinomaki in Japan's Miyagi prefecture on on April 13, 2011. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
21
A Buddhist monk prays for tsunami victims buried due to the lack of crematoriums in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi prefecture on April 13, 2011. Japanese usually cremate their dead, but the normal system has been unable to cope with the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
22
Tsunami survivor Kenichi Kurosawa (center) and his friends write the words "Ganbaro!" or "hang in there" on a new billboard lit up with car headlights in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on April 10, 2011. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
23
Volunteers cook noodles for evacuees at an evacuation center in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, April 11, 2011. A group of 21 volunteers from Tokyo and Saitama brought Sunday 2,000 meals for about over 500 evacuees at the shelter.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae) #
24
This pair of before-and-after photos (click on the image) shows the removal of tsunami destruction and debris covering the road in Ofunato city, Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011, three-days after the tsunami disaster and after the road was cleaned of debris, on April 15, 2011. [click image to view transition] (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images) #
25
One thousand folded paper cranes hang on a wall at a volunteers centre in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture on April 14, 2011.(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
26
A month after the tsunami devastation, Ren Sato, 9, cleans sand from the damaged family grave in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on April 11, 2011. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
27
In this photo taken on April 7, 2011, a police officer cleans cashboxes collected from damaged houses at a police station in tsunami-hit Ofunato city, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Safes were washing up along the
I want to
Profile
List
List
No. Subject Date Author Last Update Views
Notice How to write your comments onto a webpage [2] 2016.07.06 운영자 2016.11.20 18193
Notice How to Upload Pictures in webpages 2016.07.06 운영자 2018.10.19 32343
Notice How to use Rich Text Editor [3] 2016.06.28 운영자 2018.10.19 5919
Notice How to Write a Webpage 2016.06.28 운영자 2020.12.23 43838
1562 [Essay] 특별한 날 먹던 자장면 / 박찬일 [5] 2011.04.18 Rover 2011.04.18 7178
1561 Hong Kuhn 1970 [2] 2011.04.18 최원일*70 2011.04.18 5910
1560 Lee Sok Kyu 1970 [1] 2011.04.18 최원일*70 2011.04.18 13832
1559 Machu Picchu Ruins, Peru - (1) [6] 2011.04.18 이기우*71문리대 2011.04.18 8321
1558 Electric Cars - Not ready for Prime Time ? 2011.04.18 Rover 2011.04.18 6047
1557 Llama en Machu Picchu Ruins, Peru [6] 2011.04.18 이기우*71문리대 2011.04.18 9442
1556 가마우지 이야기 [2] 2011.04.17 정하성#63법대 2011.04.17 8598
» Japan Earthquake: The Long Road to Recovery [1] 2011.04.16 김영철*61 2011.04.16 3623
1554 Memories of the Forgotten War 2011.04.16 김영철*61 2011.04.16 9250
1553 박지성 결승골---.맨유, 챔스리그 4강 진출 [3] 2011.04.16 황규정*65 2011.04.16 8175
1552 [re] Chemical Dependency Rehab - 홍종철*70 Story [6] 2011.04.16 최원일*70 2011.04.16 6695
1551 The Power of the Words [3] 2011.04.16 황규정*65 2011.04.16 10416
1550 이과수 폭포 - 아르헨티나 쪽에서 [2] 2011.04.14 이기우*71문리대 2011.04.14 9558
1549 이과수 폭포 - 브라질 쪽에서 [6] 2011.04.14 이기우*71문리대 2011.04.14 7923
1548 Inside Glacier Caves [2] 2011.04.13 김영철*61 2011.04.13 46552
1547 The boy singing with Mario Lanza is Pavarotti [3] 2011.04.13 김영철*61 2011.04.13 9827
1546 세계에서 가장 비싼 그림들 [8] 2011.04.13 황규정*65 2011.04.13 6207
1545 시카고 동창회 소식 [5] 2011.04.12 노영일*68 2011.04.12 7296
1544 인간방패-자국민 학살 누가? 일교과서에 미국민 화났다 [2] 2011.04.12 운영자 2011.04.12 6512
1543 [Notice] KAMA Seoul Convention 2011.04.12 운영자 2011.04.12 8578
Write
Tag

Copyright 2016, All rights Reserved. WWW.SNUMA.net (SNUMA) Seoul National University Medical Alumni Website Worldwide
For more information, contact us by E-Mail to snumaweb@gmail.com * June 25, 2016 * Website by sstevenkim * Powered by XE