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Death, devastation grip Japan following quake A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and several powerful aftershocks struck the eastern coast of Japan March 11, 2011, triggering tsunamis that devastated the coastline north of Tokyo.
March 12, 2011
An elderly woman is assisted by rescue personnel in Sendai, the area hardest hit by Friday's quake. At least 1,000 people are believed to have died in the quake and its aftermath.
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The Miyako City Hall in Iwate Prefecture is surrounded by rubble swept in by the tsunami waves.
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A woman learns that her mother was successfully rescued from a building in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
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Japanese soldiers work on rescue operations in Rikuzentakada, Iwate Prefecture.
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Debris lines the streets in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.
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People on a rooftop await rescue in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.
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Rescue workers search for survivors in houses in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture.
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People evacuated from a nursing home near the Fukushima Daini (No. 2) nuclear plant settle into a temporary shelter in Koriyama. A 10-kilometer (6.3-mile) radius around the plant was cleared as a precaution.
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March 12, 2011
A man photographs the tsunami aftermath in Sendai, the hardest-hit area.
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An aerial view shows a cluster of vehicles swept together by tsunami waves in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Deep cracks are visible in the snow-covered ground near Sendai.
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A vehicle is stranded in water at an intersection after tsunami waves washed across Sendai's coastline.
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People survey the extensive damage in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.
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A boat under construction was pushed ashore next to homes in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture.
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This scene in Sendai was similar to others in northern Japan, where multiple buildings collapsed after the huge quake Friday.
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Japanese officers step carefully in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.
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Residents from the area near the Fukushima Daiichi (No. 1) nuclear plant receive a meal at an evacuation center in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. A 20-kilometer radius was cleared after a roof at the plant exploded Saturday.
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March 12, 2011
Cargo containers were tossed together by the tsunami waves in Sendai.
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A train was derailed in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.
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Two bridges, the one at left was under construction, lie in ruins in Namegata, Ibaraki Prefecture.
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A long line forms at a water station set up at a park in Koriyama.
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March 12, 2011
A Japanese fighter jet normally housed at an airbase in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, was tossed into a building Friday.
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People head toward a shelter in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture.
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March 11, 2011
Satellite images taken by Taiwan's National Space Organisation (NSPO) show Japan's Sendai area before the earthquake, left, and after, when tsunami waves cleared vast swaths.
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Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama.
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Police wearing protective clothing and respirators head towards the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in trucks in Minamisouma City, Fukushima Prefecture.
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A soldier carries an elderly man to a shelter in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture.
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A child is rescued from a building in Kesennuma, northeastern Japan.
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Rescue workers look for survivors while going through debris in Rikuzentakada, Iwate Prefecture.
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A landslide covers train tracks near Echigotanaka Station in Niigata Prefecture.
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A boy reads a newspaper reporting on the earthquake at a shelter for evacuees in the town of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture.
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A man sits in an evacuation center at Namie, not far from a nuclear power station in northeastern Japan.
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Students of a junior high school are evacuated on a rubber boat by policemen after being trapped in their school following the massive earthquake in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture.
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A oil leak from the Nippon Oil Corp. Refinery is seen after a tsunami and earthquake in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture.
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Thick smoke rises from a town in Miyagi Prefecture after the earthquake and tsunami.
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Workers who were stranded in their offices when the massive tsunami hit Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, finally get a chance to leave. Sendai was one of the worst-hit areas.
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The tsunami has left this neighborhood in Sendai flooded.
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These vehicles in Ofunato, in Iwate Prefecture, were tossed around and shoved together by the tsunami.
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Residents walk through debris to find shelter in Sendai.
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Batteries are in high demand in Sendai and elsewhere on Japan's eastern coast.
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In Iwate Prefecture, a group awaits rescue on a rooftop.
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A helicopter crew rescues an elderly person who reached the roof of an elementary school and waited there.
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A father and child who lost their home look at what their city of Sendai has become.
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Stranded airline passengers try to rest on the floor of Narita International Airport, near Tokyo. Nearly 14,000 had found that their flights were canceled, but a handful of flights later departed. Although Narita wasn't damaged by the earthquake, railway lines were disrupted, so employees couldn't get to the airport. Some U.S.-based airlines had also canceled some flights.
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The tsunami has left this neighborhood in Sendai flooded.
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The power of the tsunami upended vehicles, including this one in Orai, northeast of Tokyo
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People line up outside a market in Sendai for basic supplies.
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Fire rages at a factory in Sendai.
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A stranded resident, in the center of the photo, is airlifted out of a sea of destruction during a rescue operation in the village of Noda village.
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Soldiers pull a boat across floodwaters while helping to evacuate residents of the city of Tagaio, in Miyagi Prefecture.
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People in Miyagi Prefecture wait to be rescued.
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Smoke rises from burning facilities in an industrial zone in Tagajo.
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There is widespread destruction in Minami Soma, in Fukushima Prefecture.
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Police wearing protective clothing and respirators head towards the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in trucks in Minamisouma City, Fukushima Prefecture.
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In Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, residents survey the destruction caused by the tsunami.
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Members of the Japan Self-Defense Force help people evacuate the city of Sendai, where streets are covered with debris.
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The tsunami ravaged aircraft and vehicles in Natori.
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A powerful tsunami wave strikes Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The tsunami slammed into its eastern coast, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires.
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A massive tsunami engulfs a residential area in Natori.
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Evacuees stand around Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo. At least 2 million people were without power in Japan's capital.
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People line up to use public telephones at the Shibuya station in Tokyo following the earthquake.
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Stranded travelers rest on the floor at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo after the earthquake.
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Vehicles are crushed from a collapsed wall at a parking garage in Mito city in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan after the massive earthquake.
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Boats are swept by a wave after a tsunami and earthquake in Asahikawa, Japan.
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Residents watch the devastation of a tsunami that smashed vehicles and houses at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, Japan.
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A tsunami smashes vehicles and houses at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, Japan.
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Airplanes and vehicles sit among debris after they were swept by a tsumani that struck Sendai airport in northern Japan.
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A worker inspects a fractured section of the Joban Motorway near Mito, Ibaraki prefecture, after the largest earthquake recorded in Japan slammed the country's eastern coast.
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A worker inspects a fractured section of the Joban Motorway near Mito, Ibaraki prefecture, after the largest earthquake recorded in Japan slammed the country's eastern coast.
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Waves approach the Hirono Power Station after an earthquake in Hirono town, Fukushima prefecture in Japan.
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A tsumani triggered by a powerful earthquake makes its way through part of Sendai airport in northern Japan.
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Water floods Sendai Airport after a tsunami that was spawned by an earthquake in northeastern Japan.
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This video image shows an aerial view of a tsunami wave as it moves to shore in the area of Natori City.
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A massive tsunami hits the coastal areas of Iwanuma, Miyagi prefecture in northeastern Japan.
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Houses are damaged by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Ibaraki, Japan.
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Residents check the damaged on a house in Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture.
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Fires burn in the port area of Iwaki City, Fukushima prefecture following the massive earthquake.
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Cars jam a road at night following an earthquake in Sendai, Japan.
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Natural gas containers burn at a facility following an earthquake in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo.
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Seismologist Bernd Weber of Germany's Geoscientific Research Institute GFZ in Potsdam shows a map with information about the earthquake in Japan.
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Rescue workers hurry to a building following reports of injuries in Tokyo's financial district after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan.
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In this image made off Japan's NHK TV video footage, vehicles are washed away by tsunami in coastal area in eastern Japan.
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Women wait on the street after evacuating a building.
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Tsunami swirls near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki prefecture after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast.
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Houses are aflame while the Natori river is flooded over the surrounding area by tsunami tidal waves in Natori city, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, after strong earthquakes hit the area.
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People evacuate to a street following an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan.
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A policeman runs across a street as people stand outdoors after evacuating from buildings in Tokyo's financial district.
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People stand outside a building following the quake in Tokyo.
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People continue to work in an office after tremors from a massive off-shore earthquake shook the building and knocked over a row of cabinets in Tokyo.
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Commuters wait at Meiji Jingu Mae Station after train services were suspended after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Tokyo.
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Commuters wait in a long line at a bus terminal outside Yokohama railway station, southwest of Tokyo, following a strong earthquake that hit eastern Japan.
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Water from the massive tsunami remain on the street of Hakodate city in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.
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Commuters make their way after train services are suspended after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Tokyo.
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Houses are swept away by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a 33-foot tsunami wave along parts of the country's coastline. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo.
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Train passengers walk on the elevated track toward Shiodome Station near Tokyo Bay shortly after the earthquake.
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Natural gas storage tanks burn at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city, Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo.
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Black smoke rises from a burning building in Tokyo after the earthquake.
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A building burns after the earthquake in the Odaiba district of Tokyo.
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Overturned boats are seen after being washed ashore following a tsunami in Hachinohe.
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A screen grab taken from news footage by Japanese public broadcaster NHK shows the flooded Sendai Airport.
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People are seen on a rooftop as a tsunami engulfs Sendai airport, in this image taken from video footage.
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