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The stunning depth and severity of the damage from Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami becomes clear.

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake — A stranded elderly woman is carried on the back of a Japanese soldier after being rescued from a residence at Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, on Saturday March 12, 2011, one day after a giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake — Minamisanriku town is submerged after Friday's strong earthquake-triggered tsunami in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake — A man takes a picture of the aftermath of a tsunami following Friday's massive earthquake in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa) Junji Kurokawa

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — A woman carries belongings she collected from a house swept by a tsunami at Rikuzentakada, northeastern Japan, on Saturday March 12, 2011, one day after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — A large ship sits among rubble after it was hit by a tsunami in Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, on Saturday March 12, 2011, one day after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. SUB

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake — Buildings are covered with mud in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011, after a powerful tsunami created by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded swept through Friday. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbum, Naoki Ueda) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — A man makes his way on a bicycle through rubble-scattered streets at Miyako, northeastern Japan, on Saturday March 12, 2011, one day after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake — Cargo containers are strewn about in Sendai, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. Japan launched a massive military rescue operation Saturday after a giant, earthquake-fed tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland, while authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) Itsuo Inouye

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake

APTOPIX Japan Earthquake — Police officers wearing gas masks patrol in the area of the Fukushima power plant's Unit 1 in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture (state), northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011, amid fears that a part of the plant could meltdown after being hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami Friday. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Kaname Yoneyama) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY Kaname Yoneyama

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — A woman carries a baby on her back as she warms herself at an evacuation center in Ofuna, Iwate prefecture, Saturday, March 12, 2011, a day after one of Japan's strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit the country's east coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — Evacuees warm themselves in a tent set up at a shelter in Rikuzentaketa, Iwate prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011, a day after one of Japan's strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit the country's east coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — Displaced vehicles are seen at Sendai Port in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011, following Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned hit the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Koji Sasahara

WORLD NEWS JAPAN-QUAKE 1 YS

WORLD NEWS JAPAN-QUAKE 1 YS — Unable to find a way home following a devastating 8.9 earthquake, people stay in a gymnasium at Aoyama Gakuin University in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Friday, March 11, 2011. (Yomiuri Shimbun/MCT) MBR

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — Cars of a train lie overturned in Shinchi town, Fukushima prefecture, Saturday, March 12, 2011 after being washed away by an earthquake-triggered tsunami. The powerful tsunami created by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded swept away Japan's east coast Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — In this photo taken Friday, March 11, 2011, an aerial view shows vehicles washed away by an earthquake triggered tsunami in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. The country's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Atsushi Taketazu) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY Atsushi Taketazu

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — People who were stranded at the submerged Sendai airport are evacuated on rubber boats from the facilities in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011, day after a deadly tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY CTR

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — In this March 12, 2011 photo released by the U.S. Marine Corps, CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 265, depart from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa on Saturday, March 12, 2011 for Naval Air Facility Atsugi on mainland Japan to provide assistance after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami struck Japan. The helicopters will fly more than 1,000 miles over open water with emergency equipment. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps, Lance Cpl. Dengrier Baez) Lance Cpl. Dengrier Baez

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — Local residents form a long line at a water station set up at a park at Koriyama, northeastern Japan, on Saturday March 12, 2011, one day after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — In this video image taken from NTV Japan via APTN, smoke raises from Fukushima Daiichi power plant's Unit 1 in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. The walls of a building at the nuclear power station crumbled Saturday as smoke poured out, and Japanese officials said they feared the reactor could melt down following the failure of its cooling system in a powerful earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/NTV Japan via APTN) JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY TEL

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — Vessels burn at the Bay of Kesennuma in Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011, one day after an 8.9-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned hit the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — A ship gets stranded in Sendai, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. Japan launched a massive military rescue operation Saturday after a giant, quake-fed tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland, while authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) Itsuo Inouye

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — Vehicles, including an ambulance car, and collapsed buildings are swept out by Smokes rise from burning residence in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Saturday, March 12, 2011, a day after a strong earthquake-triggered devastating tsunami hit Japan's east coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — A resident look at a message board at an evacuation center in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, Saturday, March 12, 2011, a day after one of Japan's strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit the country's east coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

Japan Earthquake

Japan Earthquake — Local fire company members search through a home collapsed by Friday's powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami during a search operation at Yamamoto town, Miyagi prefecture, Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE SUB

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