Temporary homes for quake victims stand on reinforced hill

Temporary homes for quake victims stand on reinforced hill

YAMADA, Japan - Temporary homes built for evacuees from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 stand on a rise of land, reinforced to avoid slides and fend off tsunami, in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 7, 2014.

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