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In the video above, a woman returns to her damaged home to find her loyal kitty friend has survived the disaster. This warms my heart, and I hope it warms yours, too.

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Dozens of people, along with their pets, took refuge in a school evacuation center in Kesennuma, Japan on Thursday. The Kesennuma middle school acted as an evacuation center, and provided an area for those who managed to escape with their pets.