Despite the lack of food, water, medicine and gasoline, few Japanese in the hardest-hit areas have complained, and there has been little sign of looting.

尽管缺少食品、水、药品和汽油，但重灾区的日本人甚少抱怨，几乎没有抢劫的迹象。

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Meanwhile, much of northeastern Japan, which was hardest-hit, is still under water, and entire neighborhoods have been buried by mud and debris.

同时，打击最严重的日本东北大部分地区仍然被水淹没，整个居民区已经被泥和残骸掩埋。

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CARE will be delivering relief items (such as toilet paper, water, and food) to victims in the areas hardest hit by the earthquake and tsunami.

CARE将会发放救援物资(例如卫生纸、水，和食物)给受到地震和海啸破坏最严重的地区的受灾群众。

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This stretch of coastline southwest of Pago Pago was one of the hardest hit by the tsunami, when the usually peaceful ocean sent walls of water crashing into beachside homes.

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