Chilling echoes of Hiroshima's destruction Houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan. (REUTERS) A man rides a bicycle through a debris-strewn street in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan. (REUTERS) In this handout image provided by U.S. Navy, an aerial view of tsunami and earthquake damage is seen from an SH-60B helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HS) 14 from Naval Air Facility Atsugi March 12, 2011 seen from the air of Sendai, Japan. An earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale has hit the northeast coast of Japan causing tsunami alerts throughout countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. (GETTY IMAGES) People walk on a makeshift dirt road among the rubble in Minamisanrikucho, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast. (AP) Vessels float on oil spilled water in Fudai, Iwate, northern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami. (AP) Huge swathes of land were destroyed when the tsunami hit Sendai in Miyagi province, sweeping away everything in its path. People walk a road between the rubble of destroyed buildings in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, three days after the earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 struck. (AP) The Japanese army search for bodies in Higashimatsushima City, in Miyagi, the state where up to 10,000 people may have died. A damaged road is seen after an 8.9 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan, on March 13, 2011 in Sendai, Japan. The quake struck offshore at 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. The death toll is currently unknown, with fears that the current hundreds dead may well run into thousands. (GETTY IMAGES) This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows damage to a port facility in Sendai, Japan on March 12, 2011, after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on March 11, causing a tsunami that devastated the region. (AP) Rescue workers search through rubble in an area hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi March 15, 2011. In the town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. (REUTERS) A woman returns after she visited an devastated area in Otsuchi, Iwate, northern Japan Tuesday, March 15, 2011 following Friday's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami. (AP A Harley Davidson motorcycle sits on end in the destroyed waterfront Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, four days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's north east coast. (AP) A mannequin head lies in the tsunami debris Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, four days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's north east coast. (AP A factory facility burns following an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northeastern Japan. (REUTERS) People, in a floating container, are rescued from a building following an earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (REUTERS) Houses lie flattened after a powerful earthquake in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. (REUTERS) Burned-out cars are pictured at Hitachi Harbour in Ibaraki Prefecture in northeastern Japan. (REUTERS) A damaged train is seen after an earthquake and tsunami in Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture. (REUTERS) People wait to be rescued atop a building with the letters "SOS" after an earthquake in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. (REUTERS) Self-Defense Force officers rescue people by a boat after a tsunami and earthquake in Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture. (REUTERS) A picture taken from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter shows the central part of the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, a day after it was flattened by a massive tsunami following Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9. (REUTERS) Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama. (REUTERS) A wave approaches Miyako City from the Heigawa estuary in Iwate Prefecture after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck the area. (REUTERS) A woman who was trapped in her home is carried by a Japan Self Defense Force soldier in Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan. (REUTERS) A destroyed landscape is pictured in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area. (REUTERS) A mother tries to talk to her daughter who has been isolated for signs of radiation after evacuating from the vicinity of Fukushima's nuclear plants, at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, after a massive earthquake and tsunami that are feared to have killed more than 10,000 people. (REUTERS) A woman looks at the damage caused by a tsunami and an earthquake in Ishimaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck the area. (REUTERS) Houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan. (REUTERS) A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011, after a massive earthquake and tsunami that are feared to have killed more than 10,000 people. (REUTERS) Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whats App Pin Interest The nightmare returns
