Japan's northeastern coast a 'swampy wasteland'
Japan Earthquake
Credit: AP
A vehicle is stranded on a steel fence after it was washed away by tsunami following an earthquake in Sendai, northern Japan Saturday, March 12, 2011. For more than two terrifying, seemingly endless minutes Friday, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan shook apart homes and buildings, cracked open highways and unnerved even those who have learned to live with swaying skyscrapers. Then came a devastating tsunami that slammed into northeastern Japan and killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
