Thursday, March 10, 2011

Images of Tsunami Damage from 8.9 Earthquake in Japan


Tidal waves approaching shore:




Flooding:



Damage:






Debris being washed in by the tidal wave:




(The long rectangular object at the bottom of the image, around two-thirds
of the way to the right, is a big rig truck)


(A boat at the upper left is washing far inland onto farmland)


The above images are screenshots from video shown on Japan's NHK television.

Update: Here are videos:









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