Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

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