
A ship is washed aground in Kamaishi City, Iwate, by the tsunami which followed the Japanese earthquake [Picture: Reuters]
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Thousands of evacuees join those spending a second night in shelters away from home. These people have been ordered from their homes near the radiation-leaking Fukushima nuclear reactor.
Ritsuko Allen, who we spoke to
yesterday, has been back in touch with Al Jazeera's D.Parvaz, informing us that water and energy conservation efforts have started. She says: