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Top 10 The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

Written By Top Article Top News on Mar 17, 2011 | 7:00 AM

A Winter's Day
Heavy snow falls on rubble and rescue workers at a devastated factory in Sendai on March 16, 2011, five days after a massive earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed northeastern Japan.

As Snow Falls
Rescue workers from Japan's Self-Defense Forces dig though the debris of houses that were destroyed in Minami Sanriku, in Miyagi prefecture, on March 16, 2011.

The Search Continues
Rescue workers walk through the ruins of Kamaishi, in Iwate prefecture, on March 16, 2011.

Fear of Exposure
On March 16, 2011, medical staff use a Geiger counter to screen a woman for radiation exposure in Hitachi, in Ibaraki prefecture, after she was evacuated from an area near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (The woman tested negative.)

The Toll Rises
Police officers gather the bodies of victims in Rikuzentakata, in Iwate prefecture, on March 16, 2011.

Observing the Ruins
A resident stands on the ruins of a home in Kesennuma, in Miyagi prefecture, on March 15, 2011.

Recovering Victims
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim in Kesennuma on March 15, 2011.

Taking Precuations
An emergency worker throws disinfectant in an area affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, in Iwate prefecture, on March 14, 2011.

Wasteland
A resident looks at the ruins in quake-shaken Ofunato on March 15, 2011.

Salvaged
The Sasaki family carries some of their personal belongings on March 15, 2011. Their home in Rikuzentakata was destroyed.

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