I te 11 o Poutu-te-rangi, 2011 i pā mai he ruu nui e 9.1 i te takutai o Tohoku, i Hapani, nā reira i pā mai he tsunami whakangaromanga i te rohe. Hei urupare, I whakarewahia e te whakahaere te Kaupapa Tohoku, i whakaturia nga mahi i te taone nui o Rikuzentakata me te taone nui o Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, i reira tata ki te 7,200 nga whare i kino kinotia e te ruu me te tsunami
He aha? I reira, i mahi tahi rātau me ngā rau o ngā kaitohutohu ki te horoi i ngā paru o ngā whare, o ngā awaawa, o ngā wāhi tūmatanui, ki te whakatika hoki i ngā whare.