A modern clinic in the town of Taro which was destroyed by the tsunami
This is of a modern clinic in the town of Taro. Presumably this clinic would have been full of patients in need of medical care and in no condition to evacuate by themselves. In this town too, they had a tsunami barrier wall. So when the earthquake struck. One imagines that they would have felt protected by the barrier no more than 200 meters from this clinic. As it turned out, and as in all the other towns and villages, the tsunami breached the wall and totally engulfed the clinic (there was some other house’s roof on top of this clinic). Somehow the structure itself stood firm. But the damaged caused is evident in this photo. This entire building had been cordoned off, and was in exactly the same condition as the day after the tsunami. The only people who have since been inside were the rescue and recovery teams.
Size: 7568px × 4864px
Location: Taro, Iwate, Tohoku, Japan
Photo credit: © David Kleyn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: clinic, damage, disaster, hospital, japan, miyakoshi, natural, taro, tohoku, tsunami
