More Fukushima residents forced to evacuate

More Fukushima residents forced to evacuate

IITATE, Japan - Ritsuko Kanno cries as she prepares to evacuate with other residents from the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture on May 15, 2011. More residents have been forced to leave their homes in the prefecture since the central government widened its evacuation zone due to radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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