Nagasaki

Hundreds of thousands asked to evacuate Nagasaki, other parts of Kyushu to avoid floods, landslides

Atomic bomb was unleashed by US forces on this day, exactly seventy-four years ago

The 12 sites include Oura Cathedral, a Catholic church in Nagasaki

Some 74,000 people died in the explosion, while thousands perished months or years later from radiation sickness

Several Global Zero activists marked the 71st anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima

"Little Boy" and "Fat Man" had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing an estimated 214,000 people