What is Onagawa, Miyagi?
[[Image:Flag of Onagawa, Miyagi.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Emblem of Onagawa, Miyagi.svg|thumb|100px|Seal]] {{Nihongo|'''Onagawa'''|女川町|Onagawa-chō}} is a town in [[Miyagi Prefecture]]. [[Fishing]] is an important business in this town. The [[JR East]] [[Ishinomaki Line]] stops here at [[Onagawa Station]]. The town was badly damaged by the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]. ==2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami== [[Image:Wide view of Onagawa after tsunami.jpg|thumb|none|750px|View of Onagawa one month after the tsunami, 10 April 2011]] The tsunami reached a maximum of 15 metres in height and went as much as one kilometer in from the coast.<ref>[http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?EQ_0=5413&t=101650&s=9&d=92,183&nd=display NOAA Data]</ref> According to some accounts the wave was even higher in places. It destroyed the town center. At least 1,300 people died.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/iain_macintosh/05/19/japan.tsunami/index.html |title=In aftermath of the tsunami, Onagawa's local team provides aid |author=Iain Macintosh |date=19 May 2011 |work=SI.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |accessdate=11 July 2011 |archive-date=17 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117184204/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/iain_macintosh/05/19/japan.tsunami/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Gallery of photos of tsunami damage and rescue efforts=== <gallery {perrow=3 widths=210}> Image:Carried cars.JPG|Cars washed up on the roofs of buildings: 30 March 2011. Image:Rescue team from India.JPG|Rescue team from [[India]] searches for survivors in Onagawa. Image:Damage of Tsunami at Onagawa 01.JPG|View from Onagawa Public Hospital towards higher ground where Onagawa Station had been. Image:Broken medical equipment.JPG|Evacuees were sent to the Onagawa Public Hospital. Remains of medical equipment there. Image:Vanished Onagawa Station.JPG|Tsunami damage around Onagawa Station. Image:Carried train in Ishinomaki Line .JPG|Trains carried 200m from