Futaba, Fukushima

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This article is about the abandoned town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. There was a town in Yamanashi Prefecture with the same name, see Futaba, Yamanashi.

Template:Infobox City Japan Futaba (双葉町, Futaba-machi) is an abandoned city in Futaba District, Fukushima, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,406 and a density of 144.09 persons per km². The total area is 51.40 km².

2011 disaster

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In the March 2011 tsunami, a town official reported that 90% of the houses had been destroyed.[1] Following the subsequent nuclear accident, Futaba fell within the exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and was summarily evacuated by the Japanese government.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Quake death toll feared to top 1800, thousands more unaccounted for, Japan Today article, 13 March 2011
  2. ^ Nuclear crisis creates ghost town, CNN.com, 11 April 2011.

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