The Great East Japan Earthquake caused the 2011 tsunami attack that engulfed a school in Miyagi prefecture. The school recently opened to the public for the very first time. On the grounds of Miyagi Kesennuma Koyo High School remains all the vehicles swept in the 14-meter waves of tsunami.
Visitors from within and outside the prefecture were allowed in to see the structures before clean-up and perpetuation work begins. One of 135 visitors, Tanaka Satoshi said that seeing a car situated on the third floor taught him how rugged the tsunami was. Kanagawa prefectural government dispatched officials to the Kesennuma civil engineering office to help build the four-storey south building that will open as a disaster monument in 2018.
Vocabulary:
engulf – flood; submerge
situated – in seated position
rugged – hard; strong; tough
dispatch – send off to a destination or for a purpose
perpetuation – maintenance; preservation
True or False:
- The 2011 tsunami attack is caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
- Vehicles were swept in the 14-meter waves.
- Satoshi Tanaka is a Kanagawa prefectural government official.
- 135 visitors were allowed to see the structures.
- The four-storey south building will open as a disaster monument in 2018.
Defend your argument:
- “The 2011 tsunami attack caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.”
- “I thought I had known what the disaster was like from media reports.”
- “Seeing a car situated on the third floor taught me how rugged the tsunami was.”
- “Visitors from within and outside the prefecture who were allowed in to see the structures before clean-up and perpetuation work begins.”
- “The four-storey south building will open as a disaster monument in 2018.”
Express your opinion:
- A group that helps victims of a natural disasters.
- People must avoid staying in Tsunami prone areas.
- Early warning system for tsunamis.