Giant coastal levee in response to quake-tsunami in Japan

Giant coastal levee in response to quake-tsunami in Japan

Photo taken Nov. 12, 2015, shows the morning sun beaming down on an upright coastal levee under construction in the northeastern Japan city of Miyako in response to devastation caused by the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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