Oarai port soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a whirlpool (L) caused by tsunami near Oarai port in the town of Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture shortly after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (R).

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