JAPAN

TSUNAMI AFTERMATH
MARCH 12, 2011

A vessel sits after it was washed away by tsunami into urban area in Kesennuma, Miyagi, northern Japan March 12.

Rescue workers search for victims from the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, March 13 after the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami struck the area.

A resident is rescued from debris in Natori, Miyagi, northern Japan March 12 after one of the country's strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit its eastern coast March 11.

People walk on a muddy road as they evacuate to a shelter in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12.

Cars of a train lie overturned in Shinchi March 12 after being washed away by an earthquake-triggered tsunami. The powerful tsunami created by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded swept away Japan's east coast.

People build a raft on the roof of a building struck by a tsunami and earthquake at Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan March 12. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Minamisanriku is submerged after Friday's strong earthquake-triggered tsunami in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, March 12.

Japanese soldiers carry on with rescue operations as they walk past a damaged building in the city of Rikuzentakada in Iwate prefecture on March 12.

A woman cries after learning that her mother was successfully rescued from a building following an earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12.

People in a floating container are rescued from a building following an earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12.

Japanese soldiers make their way atop a wall to get around vehicles swept by a tsunami at Kesennnuma, North Eastern Japan March 12.

Burned-out cars are pictured at Hitachi Harbour, Ibaraki Prefecture in northeastern Japan March 12.

Cargo containers are strewn about in Sendai Japan March 12. Japan launched a massive military rescue operation Saturday after a giant, earthquake-fed tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the north eastern coast into a swampy wasteland, while authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor.

Vehicles and rubble cover a road in Kesennuma Japan March 12 after being washed away by an earthquake-triggered tsunami.

Vessels washed away by the tsunami sit on land in Minami Soma, Fukushima, northern Japan March 12.

An aerial view shows tsunami damage and flooding in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12. \

Buildings are covered with mud in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, March 12.

People evacuate to higher ground during a tsunami warning after the area was struck by an earthquake and tsunami in Iwate prefecture March 12.

Students hold candles as they pray for Japan's earthquake victims inside their school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 11.

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