50 Shocking Pictures Of The Japan Earthquake And Tsunami 11 March 2011

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    • A small boat gets stuck in a tsunami whirlpool.
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    • A person on the third floor of a Japanese airport photographs damage and debris.
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    • An explosion at an oil refinery after the earthquake.
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    • Cars and other debris swept away by tsunami tidal waves are seen in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan.
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    • Residents look at a massive crack in the ground.
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    • Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan reacts after he feels the earthquake during a committee meeting in parliament in Tokyo.
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    • Houses are swept by a tsunami in Natori City.
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    • A tsunami carries buildings across waters in Kamaishi city port.
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    • Houses swallowed by the tsunami burn in Sendai, Miyagi.
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    • People watch the aftermath of the tsunami tides from a bridge.
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    • Waves of tsunami topple trees.
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    • Light planes and vehicles mashed together.
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    • Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan.
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    • Ships and boats are washed ashore in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefectur, Japan.
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    • A closeup of the last picture.
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    • Houses are swept out to burn at sea.
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    • The tsunami goes over an inter-coastal canal.
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    • Sludge from the tsunami creeps inland.
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    • Two men look at smoke rising over the Tokyo skyline after the earthquake struck.
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    • Cars collide with storage crates.
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    • Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito City.
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    • Collapsed tombstones on a hill in Kure, Japan.
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    • Oarai town submerged in water and debris.
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    • A man wades through a flooded street.
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    • Fire smokes billow from residences.
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    • Parts of a beer factory's facilities are collapsed as the employees gather on the rooftops.
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    • Residents walk through rubble.
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    • A wave from the tsunami heads to the coast in Miyagi Prefecture on the north east coast of Japan.
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    • Smokes rise from houses in Soma, Fukushima, northern Japan.
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    • A tsunami surge carrying debris sweeps between houses to reach poly tunnels on farmland near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture Japan.
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    • A tsunami surge throws boats against a building in Hachinoche, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
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    • A tsunami surge sweeps boats, cars and other debris over a highway in the Sendai City area.
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    • Water surrounds the airport building at Sendai Airport.
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    • Houses, cars and debris are swept towards a highway.
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    • A wave from the tsunami heads to the coast in Miyagi Prefecture.
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    • A wave from the tsunami sweeps boats inland.
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    • Boats are swept by a wave after a tsunami and earthquake in Asahikawa city.
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    • Cars are washed away in a coastal area of Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture Japan.
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    • Sendai Airport.
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    • A boat is caught in a tsunami whirlpool.
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    • People at a book store react as the store's ceiling falls.
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    • A collapsed pedestrian road.
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    • This sidewalk used to be level.
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    • A whirlpool swirls offshore.
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    • Sendai Airport.
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    • Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan
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    • Vehicles ready for shipping are carried away by a tsunami tidal wave.
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    • Tsunami tidal waves are seen moving upstream the Naka river.
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    • The oncoming tsunami strikes the coast in Natori City.
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    • A car gets swept away by the tsunami tides.
     
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