Sendai swamped by tsunami

Sendai swamped by tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken by a high school student with a mobile phone from the rooftop of an elementary school shows Sendai's Wakabayashi Ward, Miyagi Prefecture, submerged by tsunami around 4 p.m. on March 11, 2011, following a massive earthquake.

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