Last evacuation center in Tohoku closes
FUKUSHIMA —
The last evacuation center for people displaced by last year’s March 11 disaster closed in Fukushima City on Thursday. All evacuation centers in the three disaster-hit prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures have now been closed.
The facility in Fukushima was a small hotel. Up to Thursday, only one evacuee—a woman from Minamisoma—was staying there, NTV reported.
After the disaster, the prefectural governments designated schools, gymnasiums, hotels and inns as evacuation shelters. Most facilities were closed by December as evacuees moved into temporary housing and leased accommodation.
In the first two months after the disaster, approximately 92,000 people were in 956 shelters in Fukushima Prefecture, according to NTV.
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Ted Barrera
I wonder how many of the 92,000 returned to Fukushima, and how many 'cut their loses' and moved on to build better lives elsewhere. I sincerely wish the best of luck to them all!
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sillygirl
best of luck to all of them. everyday i think of the people who were displaced and lost their some of their family, homes and businesses. i can`t believe it has been almost a year.
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KariHaruka
Best of luck to all of them and I hope they are all able to rebuild their lives.
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ol_borgeaud
I sincerely wish all these nuke refugees best of luck. But this announcement sounds to my hears like the "state of cold shut down" PR made earlier. Hope I'm wrong.
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zichi
An estimated 33,000 people have left Fukushima Prefecture out of a population of 2 million plus. The temporary homes will be demolished after 3 years.
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Utrack
YuriOtani, Kudos tell them like it is, I hope someone at J Govt can read your post. nigelboy, my goodness
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Paul Arenson
And those who were not in the designated evacuee areas got no compensation. So many chose to stay because they were forced to by the govt. Leave and it is on your own responsibility, they were told. Some sent their kids to other prefectures while they stayed and endured both external and internal radiation via the food supply. We have to remain vigilant as those cockroaches who have helped to destroy lives and livelihoods go on to try and minimize the risks of living with nuclear power.
In Miyazaki and Nagasaki and a number of other places our network and others are helping to resettle or offer temporary stays to Fukushima families while the govt refuses to acknowledge the extend of the havoc they wreaked and that a large portion of Fukushima will never be recovered for habitation.
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