A lot of stunning pictures in this post. Let's the pictures do all the talking.

 A small boat gets stuck in a tsunami whirlpool

 A person on the third floor of a Japanese airport photographs damage and debris

 An explosion at an oil refinery after the earthquake

 Cars and other debris swept away by tsunami tidal waves are seen in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan

 Residents look at a massive crack in the ground

 Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan reacts after he feels the earthquake during a committee meeting in parliament in Tokyo

 Houses are swept by a tsunami in Natori City

 A tsunami carries buildings across waters in Kamaishi city port

 Houses swallowed by the tsunami burn in Sendai, Miyagi

 People watch the aftermath of the tsunami tides from a bridge

 Waves of tsunami topple trees

 Light planes and vehicles mashed together

 Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan

 Ships and boats are washed ashore in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefectur, Japan

 A closeup of the last picture

 Houses are swept out to burn at sea

 The tsunami goes over an inter-coastal canal

 Sludge from the tsunami creeps inland

 Two men look at smoke rising over the Tokyo skyline after the earthquake struck

 Cars collide with storage crates

 Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito City

 Collapsed tombstones on a hill in Kure, Japan

 Oarai town submerged in water and debris

 A man wades through a flooded street

 Fire smokes billow from residences

 Parts of a beer factory's facilities are collapsed as the employees gather on the rooftops

 Residents walk through rubble

 A wave from the tsunami heads to the coast in Miyagi Prefecture on the north east coast of Japan

 Smokes rise from houses in Soma, Fukushima, northern Japan

 A tsunami surge carrying debris sweeps between houses to reach poly tunnels on farmland near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture Japan

 A tsunami surge throws boats against a building in Hachinoche, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

 A tsunami surge sweeps boats, cars and other debris over a highway in the Sendai City area

 Water surrounds the airport building at Sendai Airport

 Houses, cars and debris are swept towards a highway

 A wave from the tsunami heads to the coast in Miyagi Prefecture

 A wave from the tsunami sweeps boats inland

 Boats are swept by a wave after a tsunami and earthquake in Asahikawa city

 Cars are washed away in a coastal area of Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture Japan

 Sendai Airport

 A boat is caught in a tsunami whirlpool

 People at a book store react as the store's ceiling falls

 A collapsed pedestrian road

 This sidewalk used to be level

 A whirlpool swirls offshore

 Sendai Airport

 Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan

 Vehicles ready for shipping are carried away by a tsunami tidal wave

 Tsunami tidal waves are seen moving upstream the Naka river

 The oncoming tsunami strikes the coast in Natori City