Google shoots disaster-affected area from off shore

KESENNUMA, Japan - A member of Google Inc.'s Street View project operates a boat with equipment to shoot views of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, from the sea on June 18, 2014.

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