The first sign that something terrible had happened came as a notification on a station platform: My train was running late.
Washington Post: The Fukushima tsunami 10 years later
In this April 2, 2006 photo, a dog walks in the deserted town of Pripyat, Ukraine, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Chernobyl and Fukushima are some 5,000 miles apart but have much in common.