quake and tsunami, millions of stories. money is one measure. financial experts say this could be the most expensive quake in history, as much as $100 billion. but in human terms, cnn's anna coren says it costs some people everything. >> reporter: we've just arrived on the outskirts of the town about an hour north of sendai with the japanese military and they are going through this neighborhood to see if they can find any survivors. but it quickly became apparent this wasn't a search and rescue operation. they were here to recover bod s bodies. this neighborhood just 500 meters from the coast caught the full force of the devastating tsunami. every single home was damaged by the ten-meter wall of water, most beyond repair.