A tsunami wave crashes over the barriers and into a street in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture

A boat comes to rest on top of a house in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture

A survivor wanders amongst the debris through a created pathway in Otsuchi city

An emergency worker throws around disinfectant powder among some house ruins in Iwate Prefecture.

A stretch of damaged and collapsed railroad track in Fukushima Prefecture

A woman crys among the ruins of her once familiar neighborhood in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture

An earthquake damaged petroleum-refining plant in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture erupts into flames

Rescue workers search for earthquake/tsunami victims in Tamura, Iwate Prefecture

A victim who was enveloped by large concrete ocean barriers thrown by the tsunami