Evacuation order lifted for part of town hit by Fukushima disaster
A massive quake-triggered tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011, eventually causing its meltdown. Nine years on, the Japanese government is keen to use the Olympics to showcase the area’s recovery. – EPA pic, March 4, 2020.
JAPAN today lifted an evacuation order for parts of Futaba, one of two towns where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located, ahead of an Olympic torch relay in the region. The whole of Futaba, formerly home to some 7,000 people, was designated a mandatory evacuation zone after a massive earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011 hit the Fukushima Daiichi plant, damaging its power supply and cooling system, and eventually causing a meltdown.
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