At Sendai Airport in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, the tarmac, parking lot and surrounding areas are covered with mud and debris carried by the tsunami.Credit: AP Photo/Kyodo News
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A long line of residents seeking water supply is formed on the playground of a school in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the the country's northeastern coast. Credit: AP Photo/Kyodo News
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A local resident walks through area damaged by the tsunami after an 8.9 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan, on March 13, 2011 in Sendai, Japan. The quake struck offshore at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 meters which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. The death toll is currently unknown, with fears that the current hundreds dead may well run into thousands. Credit: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images
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Miyage prefecture on March 13, 2011 two days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the region. Japan battled a feared meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant on March 13, as the full horror of the disaster emerged on the ravaged northeast coast with thousands feared dead.Credit: Mike Clark/AFP/Getty Image
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A woman pushes a bicycle on a street following a massive tsunami that's triggered by a catastrophic earthquake in Tagajo near Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011. Credit: AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
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Mayumi Yagoshi, right, and an unidentified man walk together on a riverbank after inspecting burning oil refinery following a massive tsunami triggered by March 11 earthquake in Tagajo, near Sendai, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011. Credit: AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa
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People stand on the roof of an elementary school in Sendai, northern Japan as they take shelter Saturday, March 12, 2011 after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday. Credit: AP Photo/Kyodo News
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A man inspects the inside of his home damaged by Friday's powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011. Credit: AP Photo/Kyodo News
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A car sits on top of a small building in a destroyed neighborhood in Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011 after it was washed into the area by the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. Credit: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder
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Oil tar lie in the other side of the river bank from burning oil refinery following a massive tsunami triggered by March 11 earthquake in Tagajo, near Sendai, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011. Credit: AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa