But the damage caused by the tsunami also caused significant delays in reconstruction. Local governments worry about how far from the coast new residential areas should be built, amplifying concerns about the future for people who are being forced to live with strangers in temporary housing in an unfamiliar area.
拜海啸所赐，部分废料进入了太平洋，一年后出现在了夏威夷和美国西海岸。但海啸还极大地延缓了重建工作。当地政府对新居民区该建在离海岸多远的地方心存顾虑，这也加重了那些被迫与陌生人一起住在陌生地区的临时住所的灾民的担心。