Tragedy of 10-meter-tall breakwater put in sharp focus

SENDAI, Japan - A photograph of the 10-meter-tall coastal breakwater (L) in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, taken on July 19, 2009, indicates the structure was not high enough prior to the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster as the other picture taken on Sept. 1, 2014, shows most of the nearby houses gone. Part of the breakwater will be kept to show what remained just after the devastating tsunami hit.

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