Tsunami in Japan!
by Kassidy, Tamano & Maia
On March 11, 2011, a tsunami attacked Japan. A tsunami is a huge wave that comes suddenly without warning. Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes or volcanoes. Its vibrations disturb the sea which makes a wave larger. This tsunami was extremely harsh –more than any other. It killed 19,000 people, and even slowed down the earth for 0.1 second.
The Fukashima Daiichi (a nuclear power plant) was affected and a huge amount of radiation was let out. The radiation went all over Japan and the Pacific Ocean causing cancer for people. Later, Prime Minister Naoto Kan issued instructions that people within a 20 km zone around the Fukashima Daiichi must leave to farther areas. Workers on site now wear full-body radiation protection gear including masks and helmets covering their entire heads.
A fishing town called Minamisanriku (Mee-na-mee-san-ree-koo) was hit very badly by the tsunami. 857 people died. A man named Takayoki Sato lost his mother, wife, uncle, aunt, best friends, house, and three boats. Sato loved the ocean because he’s a fisherman, but when the tsunami came and destroyed everything, his feeling changed. After the previous tsunami, Sato and his wife stayed next to the ocean that they had lived by for years. But after the tsunami of 2011, with his wife’s death, he is going to move to higher ground.
The community of Minamisanriku is trying to rebuild the city. But they don’t know where to start rebuilding. The town is planning to make flat areas near by forest hills for housing. It will take about 4-5 years.
The tsunami also destroyed the infrastructure of Minamisanriku. Buildings reduced to rubble, leaving barren landscape. All that was left of the town was a concrete foundation, an eatery that reopened last month, and a temporary shopping mall with 30 stores next to a muddy parking lot.
by Kassidy, Tamano & Maia
On March 11, 2011, a tsunami attacked Japan. A tsunami is a huge wave that comes suddenly without warning. Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes or volcanoes. Its vibrations disturb the sea which makes a wave larger. This tsunami was extremely harsh –more than any other. It killed 19,000 people, and even slowed down the earth for 0.1 second.
The Fukashima Daiichi (a nuclear power plant) was affected and a huge amount of radiation was let out. The radiation went all over Japan and the Pacific Ocean causing cancer for people. Later, Prime Minister Naoto Kan issued instructions that people within a 20 km zone around the Fukashima Daiichi must leave to farther areas. Workers on site now wear full-body radiation protection gear including masks and helmets covering their entire heads.
A fishing town called Minamisanriku (Mee-na-mee-san-ree-koo) was hit very badly by the tsunami. 857 people died. A man named Takayoki Sato lost his mother, wife, uncle, aunt, best friends, house, and three boats. Sato loved the ocean because he’s a fisherman, but when the tsunami came and destroyed everything, his feeling changed. After the previous tsunami, Sato and his wife stayed next to the ocean that they had lived by for years. But after the tsunami of 2011, with his wife’s death, he is going to move to higher ground.
The community of Minamisanriku is trying to rebuild the city. But they don’t know where to start rebuilding. The town is planning to make flat areas near by forest hills for housing. It will take about 4-5 years.
The tsunami also destroyed the infrastructure of Minamisanriku. Buildings reduced to rubble, leaving barren landscape. All that was left of the town was a concrete foundation, an eatery that reopened last month, and a temporary shopping mall with 30 stores next to a muddy parking lot.