Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Iitate ya sha wahala daga matsakaiciyar lalacewa daga girgizar kasa ta Tōhoku ta 2011
, kuma ya kasance a waje da yankin keɓewar radiation na tashar makamashin nukiliya ta Fukushima Daiichi. Koyaya, sakamakon yanayin iska bayan bala'in nukiliya na Fukushima Daiichi, a ranar 30 ga Maris 2011, Hukumar Kula da Makamashi ta Duniya ta bayyana cewa an wuce ka'idojin aikinta don kwashewa a Iitate, duk da cewa ƙauyen yana waje da yankin keɓewar radiation da ke kewaye da tashar. A sakamakon haka, an kwashe dukkan mazaunan ƙauyen ta hanyar umarnin gwamnati a ranar 22 ga Afrilu 2011. Wasu yaran da suka tsere daga kauyen an guje su bayan sun koma wani wuri saboda tsoron kamuwa da cutar. A farkon watan Yuni kimanin mazauna 1,500 suka kasance. A watan Agusta, mazauna wajen 120 ne kawai suka rage, yawancinsu tsofaffi ne.