Japan hit by 8.9-magnitude earthquake
The Natori area of Sendai was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Government workers uncover the bodies of two people who died in the town. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Vehicles and debris litter the Natori neighborhood hit hard by the tsunami. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A man wanders through the debris in the Natori area of Sendai. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
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Fires burn in Sendai as civil servants are finally able to enter the area to look for the dead. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Government workers uncover the bodies of two people who died in Sendai. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A family looks over what is left of their destroyed home in the Natori neighborhood of Sendai hit hard by the tsunami. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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Fire officials await the arrival of residents evacuated from homes near the Fukushima nuclear complex. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
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Evacuated residents from the Fukishima prefecture support one another at a radiation station. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)