School building engulfed by 2011 tsunami in Japan

School building engulfed by 2011 tsunami in Japan

Photo taken from a drone shows the remains of former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2020. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when the school was engulfed by the tsunami following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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