The Calamity of Japan's 9.0-Magnitude Quake

Dust and sand blow through a town levled by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11.
Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

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A man checks lists of evacuees at an evacuation center near Rikuzentakata, March 18, 2011.

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