Aftermath of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Aftermath of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A long line of cars wait at a gas station in Tamura in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 14, 2011, amid a gasoline shortage following the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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