Tsunami hits Japan killing about 15,000 people & damaging Fukushima nuclear plant

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Disaster

Place

Japan

Date

2011

Reference

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"The quake caused a tsunami up to 26 feet high, which hit the coast less than an hour later. An area of more than 220 square miles was destroyed . . ." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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