10 stunning side-by-side photos show just how destructive Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami were

March 2017 marks the six-year anniversary of Japan's T'hoku earthquake and tsunami, which caused theFukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, a series of hydrogen explosions that were the worst since Chernobyl. Though the nuclear disaster itself killed no one, the string of devastating events left more than18,000 people dead, and over 100,000 people had to be evacuated from the area around theFukushimaDaiichi power plant.Below are 10 before-and-after images, taken in 2011 and in 2016, of the areas affected by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the resulting tsunami, and the power plant accident. The images shown on one side were taken shortly after the earthquake and tsunami, while those on the other were taken more recently, after five years of cleanup.SEE ALSO:Haunting photos show the residents who dared to go back to a ghost town created by nuclear disaster FukushimaThe earthquake started at 2:46 p.m. local time on March 11, 2011. The city of Kesennuma was completely wrecked by the resulting tsunami, bringing many large fishing boats ashore.It was less than an hour after the earthquake that the tsunami began wrecking havoc on the coast.Source: Live ScienceThe city of Natori in Miyagi prefecture was one of the worst-hit cities. Although Japan's scientists had forecast a smaller quake, there were no predictions made of a tsunami to follow.Source: Live ScienceSee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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