Thousands are currently living in temporary shelter in school halls and gymnasiums.
Japan black floor disaster.
Tokyo the forecast was dire.
Officials in kuma a village on the banks of a fast moving river in southwestern japan urged everyone to evacuate.
The event began with a powerful earthquake off the coast of honshu japan s main island which initiated a series of large tsunami waves that devastated many coastal areas.
Close to nine inches of rain in a single day.
Japan earthquake and tsunami severe natural disaster that occurred in northeastern japan on march 11 2011 and killed at least 20 000 people.
There is still a mark below the blackboard showing the level of the tsunami wave.
But before then atomic bomb tests and radioactive waste were contaminating the sea the effects.
Japan recovers from floods after rainfall some 8 63m people across 23 prefectures have been ordered to evacuate.