TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast today, 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 yesterday’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake — the strongest in Japan since records began — and the 10-metre 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
