Japan Earthquake 2011: Hardest Hit Regions Reel From Devastation

Japan's Hardest Hit Regions Reel From Devastation

Though rescue workers continue their frantic search, Japan's death toll is already expected to exceed 10,000 following Friday's magnitude-8.9 earthquake and deadly tsunami.

Asia's richest nation faces a mounting humanitarian and economic crisis in the wake of the disaster, further compounded by ongoing nuclear fears following the second hydrogen explosion in three days at a power plant.

As Reuters is reporting, Japanese media have already released preliminary figures of the dead and missing in more than a dozen of the nation's 47 prefectures. You can learn about some of the hardest hit areas below.

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All captions courtesy of Reuters.

Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan

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