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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110311:11:35:00

living anywhere close to the coastal areas of russia, marcus island, northern marianas, guam, wake island and taiwan, please do not go near the waters. move to higher ground as soon as possible. you re watching nhk world and a major earthquake hit japan friday afternoon. this happened about an hour and 15, 20 minutes ago. japan s meteorological agency says the earthquake measured 8.4. the agency issued a tsunami warning for japan s pacific coast. in northern japan tsunami waves of up to 4 meters were observed soon after the quake. the agency is warning the tsunami could be between 6 and 10 meters. you re seeing some of the tsunami damage so far in miyagi prefecture in the sendai area where some of the homes and

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110311:10:27:00

cars floating down in the water that was tsunami water that overtook the area. we do have a correspondent in tokyo who said she felt the earthquake, of course, and many people evacuated. and she was live. i mean, she was in that building and felt the aftershocks, one of which was a 7.4. pictures of live downtown tokyo right now. again, this earthquake happened a few hours north of tokyo, but they said they even felt the shaking in that part of the country, to give you some sense of just what a massive earthquake this was. other parts of the country and world are concerned about a follow-up tsunami, guam, taiwan, philippines, indonesia, also, hawaii has been issued a tsunami warning that can also be affected. we have also heard reports of injuries in tokyo. as you can imagine, the mass evacuation. take a look at the airport. people looking for higher ground in light of the tsunami warnings. but really incredible just to see it absolutely covered in water. turned into an island

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110311:11:45:00

heartbreaking footage coming in where the tsunami has struck? can you tell us anything about that particular part of the country, how populated it is or any main national resources or plants happen to be in that area? reporter: you know, again, it s a few hours north of tokyo by bullet train. sendai city is the largest city in that area. you know, the significant amount of people that live there, obviously it s a decent size city. and the hardest hit is obviously where the tsunami is happening, northern coast. this is the extent of what we can give you at this point. i understand details are scarce here and obviously officials in japan are asking people in coastal areas to evacuate, to get to higher ground. do you get a sense people are heeding those warnings? is there a movement in the country now, folks trying to get out of harm s way with tsunamis likely in all of this? reporter: absolutely. the one thing we can say about japan, the japanese people are very used to earthquakes

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110311:10:35:00

obviously more than one tsunami is capable of striking with such a strongth quake? reporter: yeah, i mean, you know, the government is warning people to stay at higher ground, which this kind of shaking you can imagine. we re seeing the tsunami, the waves coming in right now, but, i mean, you know, people aren t safe to head back out. i mean, there s really the simple message is, you know, seek higher ground. do not go back to your homes. and stay there until we assess the damage and assess everyone s safety. one more question. some of the most incredible footage that we re seeing is coming in from what looks to be the miyagi province, that s where this rolling tide of water is leveling everything in its path. what information do you have about that particular area of japan? reporter: it s more of a rural area. it s a few hours north of here, northern coast. you know, we re following images as you are. i apologize. we don t have a whole lot of information to offer you here.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110311:10:05:00

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110311:10:05:00
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