Friday, March 18, 2011

Apocalyptic scenes in tsunami worst-hit Japan areas

 

 

Leaving Home

Photograph by David Guttenfelder, AP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Search for Survivors

Photograph from Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images
Japanese troops search for earthquake survivors in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13.

 

Toyoki Sugawara looks out from his destroyed liquor shop where he is collecting any items he can salvage on March 18, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan. Thousands have been killed as a result of the 9.0 earthquake and consequent tsunami that struck the northeast coast of Japan six days ago. A potential humanitarian crisis looms as nearly half a million people who have been displaced by the disaster continue to suffer a shortage of food and fuel as freezing weather conditions set in. 18 March 2011 (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

 

A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands amongst rubble on March 18, 2011 in Ishinomaki, Japan. Residents have begun returning to their homes to began the massive cleanup operation caused by a 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake that struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan. The quake triggered a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. Japan has raised the nuclear alert level as the world watches the crisis unfold at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, damaged during the earthquake.   (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

 

A ship called Asia Symphony is left stranded after being lifted up onto the promenade of the docks by the March 11 quake and tsunami at the port of Kamaishi town in Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan on March 18, 2011. Japan battled a nuclear and humanitarian crisis March 18 as engineers worked to restore power to a stricken atomic plant while the toll of dead and missing from the quake and tsunami topped 16,000. 18 March 2011 (foto by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

 

A general view shows the tsunami-damaged Rikuzentakata, in Iwate prefecture on March 18, 2011. Japan was battling a nuclear and humanitarian crisis on as engineers worked to restore power to a stricken atomic plant, while the toll of dead and missing from the quake and tsunami topped 16,000.   (foto by NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

 

A woman checks messages from survivors on a message board at a shelter in Sendai in Miyagi prefecture on March 18, 2011. Japan battled a nuclear and humanitarian crisis on March 18 as engineers worked to restore power to a stricken atomic plant, while the toll of dead and missing from the quake and tsunami topped 16,000. 18 March 2011 JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images

 

A survivor walks through debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, where the earthquake and tsunami hit last week, March 18, 2011 REUTERS/Aly Song

 

Before and after satellite pictures 

Minamisanriku, Japan, in 2002 and After 2011 Tsunami

A 30-foot (9-meter) tsunami wave following the March 11 earthquake destroyed the village of Minamisanriku, where up to 10,000 people—60 percent of its population—are now missing

Satellite pictures courtesy Google, GeoEye (2002) and Google, Digital Globe (2011
Before

After

 

Soccer Field in Minamisanriku, Japan, in 2002 and After 2011 Tsunami

Survivors of the Minamisanriku tsunami reported seeing the whole town being pushed into a valley by rising waters.

Satellite pictures courtesy Google, GeoEye (2002) and Google, Digital Globe (2011)

Before

After


Yagawahama, Japan, in 2007 and After the 2011 Tsunami

Damage to roads and infrastructure have prevented rescue workers from accessing much of the hard-hit coastal prefecture of Migayi, where the town of Yagawahama is located, according to Voice of America.

Satellite pictures courtesy Google, Digital Globe (2007) and Google, Geo Eye (2011)



 


Sendai Airport, Japan, in 2003 and After the 2011 Tsunami

In a scene of "utter carnage" on March 11, houses-turned-flotsam smashed into buildings of the once bustling Sendai Airport, reducing it to rubble, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Satellite pictures courtesy Google, Digital Globe (2003) and Google, Geo Eye (2011) 





Yuriage, Japan, in 2008 and After the 2011 Tsunami

Once a "pleasant fishing port," this town of 7,000 has been wiped off the map by the giant wave, according to BBC News.

Satellite pictures courtesy Google, Digital Globe (2008) and Google, Geo Eye (2011)




 












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