Three stories of hope: 10 years on from Japan's triple disaster

Much has changed along the hundreds of miles of devastated coastline and the recovery is gathering pace

• After the wave: a decade of grieving for a daughter lost to the tsunami

On 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan's north-east coast, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people.

The tsunami destroyed more than 120,000 buildings and forced more than 450,000 people to live in temporary shelters. Damage to housing, businesses, roads and other infrastructure came to an estimated US$210bn, making it the costliest natural disaster ever.