People evacuate with small boats down a road flooded by the tsunami waves in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 12
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Buildings stand in the rubble in Rikuzentakata
White smokes rises into the air in the badly damaged town of Yamada in Iwate prefecture on March 12, 2011
Buildings destroyed by a tsunami are pictured in Shizugawa, Minamisanriku, March 13, 2011
Self-Defense Force officers search for missing people after a tsunami and earthquake in Rikuzentakatashi City in Iwate Prefecture, March 12, 2011
A patient is evacuated from a destroyed hospital after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami hit Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, March 13, 2011
Police officers wearing respirators guide people to evacuate away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant
Oil leaked from a Nippon Petroleum Refining Co. oil factory float at Shiogama Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, March 12, 2011