Local residents walk through an area damaged by a tsunami caused by yesterday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake on March 12, 2011 in Sendai, Japan. The quake struck off the country's north-east coast at 2:46pm local time yesterday, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan and prompted tsunami alerts throughout countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. (credit: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
Earthquake, Tsunami In Japan
Cars and debris litter an area of Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture on March 12, 2011. More than 1,000 people were feared dead after a monster tsunami unleashed by a massive quake which wreaked destruction across northeast Japan and triggered an emergency at a nuclear power plant. (credit: JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
Earthquake, Tsunami In Japan
An aerial view shows the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Japanese town of Futaba, Fukushima prefecture on March 12, 2011. Japan scrambled to prevent nuclear accidents at two atomic plants where reactor cooling systems failed after a massive earthquake, as it evacuated tens of thousands of residents. Tokyo Electric Power, which runs the plants, said it had released some radioactive vapour into the atmosphere at one plant to relieve building reactor pressure, but said the move posed no health risks. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
