A member of Japan Air Self-Defense Force rescues a victim in Ishinomaki, northern Japan, two days (Sunday, March 13, 2011) after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast.
The vast devastation wrought by the earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, may only be matched by the destroyed lives left in their wake. Few survivors have been found, but families continue to search for their sons, daughters, wives, husbands and friends. Threats of a nuclear reactor meltdown and resulting disaster loom.
Images provided by GeoEye show an area of Natori, Japan on April 4, 2010, left, and March 12, 2011.
Images provided by GeoEye show the Arahama area of Sendai, Japan on April 10, 2010, left, and March 12, 2011.
Images provided by GeoEye show an area of Yuriage near Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on April 4, 2010, left, and March 12, 2011.
Still images from video footage March 14, 2011, shows the explosion at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex. A hydrogen explosion rocked a crippled nuclear power plant in Japan on Monday where authorities have been scrambling to avert a meltdown following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.
A soldier holds a four-month-old baby who survived the tsunami with her family at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011.
A man cycles by a ship at Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan's east coast.
Houses and infrastructures devastated by a strong earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Monday March 14, 2011.
Vessels float on oil spilled water in Fudai, Iwate, northern Japan Monday, March 14, 201.
An aerial taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows an area destroyed by the tsunami in Sendai in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan.
Houses and infrastructures devastated by earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Monday, March 14, 2011.
Survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami spend time at an evacuation center in Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
People rest in an evacuation centre near Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, March 14, 2011.
People walk a road between the rubble of destroyed buildings in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
A family rests in a shelter in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's north east coast. On top of the losses of family and friends and property, evacuees in the area are now faced with the fears of radiation contamination from damaged nuclear facilities near by.
Residents buy food at a temporarily opened supermarket in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 14, 2011. The supermarket set a limit on buying items at five per person. Japan battled on Monday to prevent a nuclear catastrophe and to care for millions of people without power or water in its worst crisis since World War II.
Evacuees line up for meals in a shelter in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
A technician in protective gear looks out an automatic door with signs reading "No entry except for those with permission" at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan March 14, 2011.
People queue to be screened by a technician in protective gear for signs of possible radiation in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, March 14, 2011.
Technicians scan Red Cross rescue workers for signs of radiation in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011.
People use temporary phones set up for residents at the Natori City Hall in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture on March 14, 2011.
Survivors scan a list of people missing since Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami at an evacuation center in Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
People check lists for survivors at an evacuation centre in in Natori City in Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011. A new explosion at a nuclear plant in nearby Fukushima prefecture hit Japan on March 14 as it raced to avert a reactor meltdown.
Evacuees hug each other as they confirm each other's safety at a makeshift shelter in Otsuchicho town, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
A car sits atop another in an area affected by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate prefecture March 14, 2011.
A man walks along a road lined with debris at Onagawa town in Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011.
A pleasure boat sits on top of a building amid a sea of debris in Otsuchi town in Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011.
People search a boat that was washed inland that lays in the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, March 14, 2011.
Rescue workers look for missing people who were lost in the tsunami, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 14, 2011.
Elderly people who evacuated from a town near the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant read newspapers at a shelter in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Monday March 14, 2011.
A survivor of the tsunami that swept through his village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, retells the story to a rescue team that arrived to search the area Monday, March 14, 2011. Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed thousands.
Japanese rescue workers carry the body of a tsunami victim in devastated town of Otsuchi March 14, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 are believed to have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.
A Japanese rescue worker walks through a destroyed residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011.
A survivor pushes his bicycle through remains of devastated town of Otsuchi March 14, 2011.
Japanese rescue team members carry the body of a man from the village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011. Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns.
Soldiers inspect the devastated area before they use heavy machinery in Noda village, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
A photograph amidst rubble in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011.
Japanese soldiers urge an elderly woman to move to higher ground during a tsunami warning Monday, March 14, 2011, in the harbor of Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
A Japanese man walks through a destroyed residential area of tsunami-hit Otsuchi March 14, 2011.
An emergency worker throws disinfectant powder in an area affected by an earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate prefecture March 14, 2011.
A Japanese rescue team member walks through the completely leveled village of Saito in northeastern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011.
Rescue workers move the body of a patient through the halls of a hospital in Minamisanriku town on March 14, 2011.
Debris is strewn across a large area of land in Natori City, Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011.
A joint team from the U.S. Air Force and Marines conduct a search and rescue flight over Sendai airport in this U.S. Air Force handout photo dated March 13, 2011. The team is part of the American disaster relief force in Japan to assist with the earthquake and tsunami recovery effort. (Picture taken March 13, 2011)
A man comforts a woman as she cries in front of her damaged home in the town of Watari in Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011.
Rescue members seek survivors in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.
Rescue workers carry an elderly man found alive by tsunami survivors buried under rubble along a slope of a hill in Minamisanrikucho in Iwate Prefecture Monday, March 14, 2011.
A boy walks through the rubble in Rikuzentakata, northern Japan, March 14, 2011.
A resident wipes tears as she finds no remains of her home, Monday, March 14, 2011, in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
A girl's shoe sits in flood debris Monday, March 14, 2011, in the coastal area of Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
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