Thousands are currently living in temporary shelter in school halls and gymnasiums.
Japan black floor disaster.
Fukushima accident disaster that occurred in 2011 at the fukushima daiichi number one nuclear power plant on the pacific coast of northern japan which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history.
The event began with a powerful earthquake off the coast of honshu japan s main island which initiated a series of large tsunami waves that devastated many coastal areas.
Close to nine inches of rain in a single day.
Arkadiusz podniesinski rex shutterstock one of the classrooms on the first floor in a school.
Officials in kuma a village on the banks of a fast moving river in southwestern japan urged everyone to evacuate.
But before then atomic bomb tests and radioactive waste were contaminating the sea the effects.
Tokyo the forecast was dire.
There is still a mark below the blackboard showing the level of the tsunami wave.