
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 23, 2011, the Minamisanriku Disaster Emergency Center headquarters stands gutted in the earthquake- and tsunami-destroyed town of Minamisanriku, northeastern Japan. The headquarters, which sounded the tsunami alert signal on March 11, was later totally submerged under the incoming wave. The town’s mayor, Jin Sato, spent the night on the roof clutching to a fence on its edge.