Pictures of devastation in Japan

CBS News correspondent Harry Smith reports from the villages of Sendai, Minami-Sanriku and Ishinomaki in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Minami-Sanriku was once a resort town long-known for its beauty.

The tsunami flattened the village of Minami-Sanriku.

CBS News correspondent Harry Smith finds a family photo album in a pile of debris.

In the photo album, there are old family photos.

A destroyed car is seen in the wreckage in Minami-Sanriku.

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Wide shot of what once was Minami-Sanriku.

A collapsed house in Minami-Sanriku.

A boat is seen on shore in Minami-Sanriku.

Somehow a mailbox in Minami-Sanriku remains upright.

Rescue crews search the rubble in Minami-Sanriku.

The valley in Minami-Sanriku has been wiped out.

Katsuo and Tomoko Matsunaga check on the cemetary in Sendai, Japan.

The grave stones next to a Buddhist temple in Sendai lie toppled and filthy.

People wait for gasoline in Sendai.

A totaled vehicle in Ishinomaki, Japan.