A car sits on top of a small building in a destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011
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A wave approaches Miyako City from the Heigawa estuary in Iwate Prefecture after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the area March 11, 2011
Smoke rises in the distance behind destroyed houses in Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan March 12, 2011
A man looks at a fishing boat swept by a tsunami at a port in Oarai town, Ibaraki Prefecture
Buildings swept by a tsunami following an earthquake are seen in Miyagi Prefecture March 12, 2011
A large number of cars swept by a tsunami following an earthquake are seen in Sendai
A factory facility burns following an earthquake and tsunami in the Sendai area (Tagajo City)
A light aircraft and vehicles swept by the tsunami are seen in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture March 12, 2011