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A man walks past rubble and a burning building in Iwaki, Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami caused immense damage.
Tsunami waves hit residences Friday after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The largest earthquake in Japan’s recorded history slammed the eastern coast.
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Tsunami waves swirl near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, after Japan’s strong earthquake.
Cars and small airplanes are piled with smashed debris created after a giant tsunami swept over a portion of Japan ravaged Friday by a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake.
People who were left inside a building ride on a container as they are rescued in Kesennuma, Japan.
People wait in line for water at a park in Koriyama, Japan, a day after Japan’s biggest recorded earthquake.
An elderly man is carried by a Self-Defense Force member in the tsunami-hit city of Natori in northern Japan.
Scenes of devastation across Japan revealed damage by earthquake, water and fire as people began emerging from the rubble Friday and early today to find a world that had been utterly transformed.
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake there was followed by a giant tsunami that washed away vehicles, buildings and people.
Dazed survivors lined up for aid as rescuers mobilized.
People moved away from damaged areas any way they could as highways, railroads and airports were shut down.
Cars, trucks and airplanes were tossed and piled by raging water.
Areas around five nuclear power plants were in a state of emergency as reactors overheated and workers lacked an effective way to cool them down.
President Barack Obama pledged U.S. help following what he called a potentially “catastrophic” disaster. One U.S. aircraft carrier is already in Japan and a second was on its way, he said. A U.S. ship was also heading to the Marianas Islands to assist, he added.
The quake shook dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of coast and tall buildings swayed in Tokyo, hundreds of miles from the epicenter.