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PHOTO / WORLD By Xinhua Published: Mar 11, 2021 01:09 PM Flowers are laid in front of the ruins of the Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Japan, March 9, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
The ruins of the Okawa Elementary School is seen in Ishinomaki, Japan, March 9, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
The ruins of the Okawa Elementary School is seen in Ishinomaki, Japan, March 9, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
Visitors watch photos of the school before the disaster displayed at the ruins of the Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Japan, March 9, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
A public elementary school in Miyagi Prefecture lost more than 80 lives in the tsunami following the March 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan. Ten years on, the ruins of the school building still tell the unimaginable tragedy of the calamity. ....
2021-03-10 12:05:57 GMT2021-03-10 20:05:57(Beijing Time) Xinhua English ISHINOMAKI, Japan, March 10 (Xinhua) A public elementary school in Miyagi Prefecture lost more than 80 lives in the tsunami following the March 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan. Ten years on, the ruins of the school building still tell the unimaginable tragedy of the calamity. Okawa Elementary School, located on the bank of the Kitakami river and about 4 km off the coast, were engulfed by the tsunami as the pupils and teachers began evacuating to a nearby hill. Finally, only 34 out of the school s 108 students and one out of 11 teachers survived the tsunami. ....