Minamisanriku just before tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - (1st of 7-part series of photos) Handout photo shows people on the rooftop of a three-story town office building (front) and Shizugawa Hospital (back) in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, at around 3:23 p.m. on March 11, 2011, immediately before a massive tsunami struck the area. (Photo may be used only for newspapers, TV broadcasting. Internet use is prohibited)(Photo courtesy of Shinichi Sato)(Kyodo)

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