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Daybreak reveals huge devastation in tsunami-hit Japan
By Linda Sieg and Chisa Fujioka
TOKYO | Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:31pm EST
(Reuters) - Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people.
Daybreak revealed the full extent of damage from Friday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake -- the strongest in Japan since records began -- and the 10-meter high tsunami it sent surging into cities and villages, sweeping away everything in its path.
"This is likely to be a humanitarian relief operation of epic proportions," said Japan expert Sheila Smith of the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations.
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By Linda Sieg and Chisa Fujioka
TOKYO | Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:31pm EST
(Reuters) - Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people.
Daybreak revealed the full extent of damage from Friday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake -- the strongest in Japan since records began -- and the 10-meter high tsunami it sent surging into cities and villages, sweeping away everything in its path.
"This is likely to be a humanitarian relief operation of epic proportions," said Japan expert Sheila Smith of the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations.
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