Snow hinders rescuers, adds to survivors' woes
China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-17 08:02
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Japan's Self-Defense Force soldiers search for missing people in a snow covered field in Miyako, Iwate prefecture, on Wednesday. Takashi Noguchi / Agence Frence-Presse |
SENDAI, Japan - Heavy snow blanketed Japan's devastated northeast on Wednesday, hindering rescue workers and adding to the woes of the few, mainly elderly, residents who remained in the area worst hit by last week's massive earthquake and tsunami.
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