This aerial shot shows the tsunami tidal waves moving upstream (left side) in the Naka river at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture
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Fires burn in the port area of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture
Boats are swept by a wave after a tsunami and earthquake in Asahi city, Chiba prefecture
Medical staff use a Geiger counter to screen a photographer for possible radiation exposure at a public welfare center in Niigata, March 16, 2011
Hotel employees squat down in horror at the hotel's entrance in Tokyo after a strong earthquake hit Japan