Blackout finally over in tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Shigeo Ogawa (R) and his wife Miyoko smile as they turn on the light at their home in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2013, as electricity is restored in the last areas of Ishinomaki that had remained without power since the March 2011 tsunami. According to the local power company, the blackout stemming from the disaster has ended except in areas of Fukushima Prefecture designated as evacuation zones due to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.