The devastation from last week’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan is worse than I originally thought. Here a few photos.

(via Daily Mail, Boston.com)

Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast. (Kyodo News/Associated Press)

Unimaginable toll: A replica Statue of Liberty stands next to tsunami damaged buildings in Ishinomaki, where officials confirmed that 10,000 of their citizens were missing

Light planes and vehicles sit among the debris after they were swept by a tsumani that struck Sendai airport in northern Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press)

Widespread devastation: A truck dangles from a collapsed bridge in Ishinomaki

Difficult work: Red Cross medical staff grab a few hours sleep on the floor as they work 20 hour shifts to provide help and support to patients at the Ishinomaki hospital

Workers inspect a caved-in section of a prefectural road in Satte, Saitama Prefecture, after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in Japan slammed its eastern coast March 11. (Saitama Shimbun/Associated Press/Kyodo News)

Residents walk through the rubles of residents collapsed by a powerful earthquake in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press)