80-year-old Sumi Abe is rescued from her destroyed house nine days after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 20, 2011 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. The quake struck offshore on March 11, 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. The death toll continues to rise with fears that the official death count could well reach up to 10,000 in 'the most tragic event in Japanese history since World War Two'.
{"Image ImageDescription": "ISHINOMAKI, JAPAN - MARCH 20: (JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS OUT) 80-year-old Sumi Abe is rescued from her destroyed house nine days after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 20, 2011 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. The quake struck offshore on March 11, 2:46pm local time, triggering a tsunami wave of up to 10 metres which engulfed large parts of north-eastern Japan. The death toll continues to rise with fears that the official death count could well reach up to 10,000 in \"the most tragic event in Japanese history since World War Two\".  (Photo by Sankei via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2011 Sankei"}