AP aerials from Sendai showing fires, damage from town near epicentre

(12 Mar 2011) SHOTLIST Japan Earthquake ++AERIAL SHOTS++ 1. Various of industrial complex in Sendai on fire, black smoke 2. Wide of submerged city after the tsunami 3. Close up of submerged houses. 4. Wide shot of submerged city 5. Various of stranded ship 6. Military helicopter flying over area 7. Wide shot of Sendai Airport 8. Close up of Sendai Airport terminals 9. Wide shot of Sendai Airport 10. Close up of stranded Japanese coast guard ship 11. Wide shot of submerged city 12. Close up shot of submerged road or bridge 13. Wide shot of submerged city 14. Close up of submerged houses 15. Wide of Sendai Port 16. Close up of stranded tanker. 17. Various coast line STORYLINE Between 200 and 300 bodies were found on Saturday along the coast in the city of Sendai, north-eastern Japan, the area near the epicentre of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on Friday. Japan launched a massive military rescue operation on Saturday after the giant, quake-fed tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland, while authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor. The official death toll more than 24 hours after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and the tsunami it spwaned stood at 413, while 784 people were missing and 1,128 injured. Aerial footage showed an industrial complex in Sendai on fire, submerged houses, stranded ships and the local airport surrounded by murky waters. Smashed cars and small airplanes were jumbled up against buildings near the local airport, several miles (kilometres) from the shore. #sendai #japan #earthquake #epicenter #tsunami You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork