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>> kyong, we know that the military has been active as well as naval vessels have been dispatched to the northeast of the country. kn no doubt, as you say, there will be a huge rescue operation under way to try to help the survivors. lets go to ivan whos been following this earthquake from the very beginning. ivan. >> what i want to do is switch over. in fact, to just show you the pictures here, this is a widespread event now, and were going to continue to follow this, because as we speak, there...

Prefecture. these pictures came in about 90 minutes ago. what you are seeing is a massive wave rushing toward sendai, inundating the coast. they put the tsunami here at ag. we now want to show you scenes of the city of sendai. these pictures here are on the sendai airport. they came in to us a short time ago. you can see people standing on top of the building. the control tower is just there to the left of the screen. these are people who are obviously taken shelter. theyre braced at the top of ...

3:07 p hehere. so well watch for that. were not going to tell you the exact wave heights here, but as the initial waves get closer to the buoys, well be able to do forecasting and be able to say what is coming, but at that point, its too late. if the wave has already arrived at the bowie, its going to be too late. essentially what were doing here is pacificwide getting you out of harms way, so the wave doesnt hit you, fine, we. we talk about the number of atomic bombs that would be, an incredibl...

Damage, and were not going to know that. the rule is you have to wait about two hours from tin irritable arrival -- forecasted arrival. if theres nothing happening within that first two hours, then youre pretty much safe here. a couple of hours from now if taiwan is no longer or hasnt reported any damage or significant wave heights here, i think were going to be okay. philippines is next. 10:00 to 11:00 gmt, authorities are getting ready for an evacuation, with good reason. theyve sent maritime ...

Citie cities, the tsunami is expected around 5:45 time. and respectively another wave just hit another area. the weather bureau issued the tsunami warning at 1:46 p.m. with waves expected to be around 50 cent mete meters. theyve set up an emergency group and they are closely monitoring the situation. currently the local government includes surrounding areas including the taipei city government. theyve canceled schools and businesses, asking residents to return home as soon as possible and move a...

>> quite extraordinary. were joining on the line by an oceanographer of the south coast of england this is quite enormous, the earthquake that has struck japan. give us a bit more background information, if you will. >> well, the earthquake itself is huge, but whats more important perhaps is the fact that it happened beneath the sea and this has created an expansive tsunami. its happening at a great pace. it happened offshore so it would only have taken the initial wave about 15 to 20 minutes be...

The irregularity is so different that literally in the same country we could have the arrival of a 5-foot wave and a few kilometers away a 20-foot wave-plus. thats the problem with this. we know when they will arrive but we dont know how bad they will be. new zealand at 18:23. nicaragua, now were getting at 22:00 gmt. ill stop there. if we have the map with the other cities on there, lets switch that and put that behind me. we have warnings that extend essentially to mexico, peru, ecuador. all o...

And see. >> how will that impact the coast of taiwan? >> reporter: at the moment -- well, its very close to the mountain areas, but there are many people. its a populated city and on the northern coast its populated with people. its going to impact a lot of people living in these areas. -- if the waiver ins are too high and wash up into tland. ana? >> anthony, what are the authorities saying? as you say the wave has hit some parts of the country but we know over what, some next 15, 20 minutes it...

50-foot waves crashing on shore. were going to continue to monitor that as the wave propagates further to the east. again, this is one tsunami with many, many waves coming in. again, lets go through some of the countries here. essentially there are over 50 countries that are under a tsunami warning. that means that we are expecting a tsunami arrival. over 50 countries in the pacific. there are watches posted for california, groon, and alaska. the left of us are under a warning. lets start off wi...

Right, the secondary or third or even fourth wave are the ones that are more catastrophic as opposed to tin irritable wave. thats what were forecasting here. possible tsunami times for the estimated arrival of the initial wave here. 15:35 to 18:45 gmt. fiji at 1537. new zealand at 1720. again, the different here the time. you see chile at 23:03. the wave is going to take longer to get to the further southern areas here of the southern philippines. im really concerned about the tiny islands as we...