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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River against the backdrop of fireworks during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident.

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident.

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(2)Typhoon Chataan rakes northeast

KORIYAMA, Japan - Roads are flooded in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, where evacuation order was issued July 11 to about 65,000 residents living near the Abukuma River.

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident. (Kyodo)

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River against the backdrop of fireworks during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident. (Kyodo)

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(2)Typhoon Chataan rakes northeast

KORIYAMA, Japan - Roads are flooded in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, where evacuation order was issued July 11 to about 65,000 residents living near the Abukuma River.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 15, 2019, shows a destroyed river dike in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Hagibis caused the Abukuma River to overflow. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 15, 2019, shows a destroyed river dike in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Hagibis caused the Abukuma River to overflow. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows the Abukuma River in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, overflowing due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows the Abukuma River in Tamakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, overflowing due to Typhoon Hagibis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo