Ishinomaki (石巻市, Ishinomaki-shi) Video 1

Ishinomaki Response Team 9

The city was among the most seriously affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. A tsunami about 10 meters high traveled 600 meters inland and destroyed around 80% of the 700 houses in the coastal whaling port of Ayukawa and district of Hiyorigaoka. Approximately 46% of the city was inundated by the tsunami. One elementary school, Okawa Elementary, was completely destroyed, killing 74 of 108 students and 10 of 13 teachers and staff.

A total of 2,482 deaths had been confirmed in Ishinomaki due to the tsunami [and still climbing], with 2,643 unaccounted for. By 16 April, the death toll had risen to 2,750.

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