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Shelter construction starts in one Japanese seaside town to house the thousands of homeless. The massive quake and tsunami destroyed large areas of houses and stores.

Slightly over a week from Japan's earthquake and subsequent tsunami, some survivors in the devastated town of Rikuzentakata may soon be getting new housing.

The tsunami caused by the March 11th earthquake plowed through the beach town, causing havoc and destroying large swaths of stores and houses.

Construction started on 36 temporary shelters in front of the Rikuzentakata middle school on Friday, as the school is one of the largest evacuation centers in the area.

[Tsutomu Nakai, Former City Employee]:
"We have around 1,000 people sheltering here in the school, and while I think that they will be the first to get housing we hope to allow people to move into these temporary shelters just as soon as they are completed."

The basic outline of the buildings has been completed and the first 36 are scheduled to be finished by the end of the month.

Many evacuees hope the elderly get to move in first.

[Yuna Owada, Student]:
"We still have our house so we have no plans to move into the temporary housing. I hope they'll instead focus on the elderly and finish them up soon for that."

[Katsutoshi Tomiyama, Retiree]:
"The town for about 70% of the residents just disappeared, so we'll likely to have to keep receiving support for a long time. All we can do now is wait."

Once a vibrant seaside town, Rikuzentakata is now a muddy wasteland, with firefighters searching through the debris for bodies.