In this image made off Japan’s NHK TV video footage, houses are washed away by tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) eastern Japan, after Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011vehicles are washed away by tsunami in coastal area in eastern Japan after Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011.
vehicles are washed away by tsunami in coastal area in eastern Japan after Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011.
vehicles are washed away by tsunami in coastal area in eastern Japan after Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011.Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito city in Ibaraki 
An aerial shot shows vehicles ready for shipping being carried by a tsunami tidal wave at Hitachinaka
Tsunami waves hit residences after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi
Light planes and vehicles sit among the debris after they were swept by a tsumani that struck Sendai airport
he oncoming tsunami strikes the coast in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan
A worker inspects a caved-in section of the Joban Motorway near Mito, Ibaraki
Photograph of the Sendai airport
