Japan’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake has caused extensive damage to northern areas, with most of the devastation sustained in the less populous northern prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima, with the coastal city of Sendai especially badly hit.
The most severe damage was largely inflicted on coastal areas of Touhoku by tsunami, with 10m waves washing even ships ashore.
Casualty reports are as yet largely unconfirmed, but 184 are confirmed dead by police, 708 are reportedly missing, and in Sendai there are reports of “several hundred” bodies washed up on the beach.
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