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Some of the first images broadcast of the tsunami came from here. the water, barreling ashore and sweeping across sendai airport friday, engulfing runways and battering the air bridges. this is what it looked like on the ground today. this is the parking lot of the sendai flying school. now amid the wrecked cars sits this training aircraft, dumped here by the wave, swept from the hangers over the back there. >> when we return, the nuclear crisis in japan and what it will take to avoid a meltdown...

She thanks the self-defense troop and says she is all right. the woman said she had been waiting for help all night outside. the woman says she had been washed away by the wave. asked if she was outside she says that the moment she opened the door of her house the water flooded in. she says that there happened to be a tree nearby so she struggled and grabbed the tree to prevent herself from sinking under the water. she hung on to the tree with the water all around her. she says she hung on for d...

And it out to sea. the man says that he and his wife fled their house during the earthquake. they returned to get some belongings when the tsunami struck. he says his wife, though, was lost at sea. well, its an overwhelming catastrophe with countless tales of survival and of despair. japanese state broadcaster nhk got one womans incredible but somehow typical story. >> translator: a woman was rescued by self defense force personnel. this woman thanks the self defense troop and says she is all ...

And in a second, the wave comes in and breaks the walls of the bungalow, breaks all of the glass. >> reporter: the water swept the couple far from their bungalow, the surf so high, petra able to reach up and grab a branch on a palm tree and hold on. >> for me, when i see the footage of whats happened in japan, the sounds and the smells come back to me. >> reporter: on that same day in 2004, nate berkus and his partner, fernando, were on vacation in sri lanka when the tsunami rolled in. >> the fi...

One of the worst affected areas is this industrial and housing zone around the airport. some of the first images broadcast of the tsunami came from here. the water, barreling ashore and sweeping across sendai airport friday, engulfing runways and battering the air bridges. this is what it looked like on the ground today. this is the parking lot of the sendai flying school. now amid the wrecked cars sits this training aircraft, dumped here by the wave, swept from the hangers over the back there. ...

Just about everything in its path. one of the worst affected areas, this industrial and housing zone around the airport. this is the parking lot of the sendai flying school. now amid wrecked cars sits this training aircraft, dumped here by the wave, swept from the hangars over the back. soldiers and rescue workers scoured the area on the ground and in the air. the authorities say they found 300 bodies in just one area close to here. we found desperate relatives searching for missing family membe...

Around the airport. this is the parking lot of the sendai flying school, now amid the wrecked cars sits this training aircraft, dumped here by the wave, swept from the hangars over the back there. soldiers and rescue workers scoured the area from the ground and in the air. the authorities say they found 300 bodies in just one area close to here. we found desperate relatives searching for missing family members. this couple looking for a sister. while others struggled to navigate around the neigh...

Wave one travels onshore and reaches within tens of minutes and caughts the largest devastation the other travels offshore towards the other side of the ocean. >> sean: when you think of the magnitude of 23 to 30 foot waves, herman, and the force and speed of which this occurs as we can see in the i am s in the pictures, i mean, with very little effort, -- it just knocked over one house after another it is a seeming endless stream of water that never stops. look at these pictures unhere particul...

The front of the wave slows while the back is still moving in at a high velocity. in order to compensate the wave has to get higher and higher. as the wave approaches the shore you are going to have that 30 foot wall of water. once you have a wave that high it becomes instable and forms this bore, which is devastating then the wave and water move at the same speed this generates a huge force which attacks buildings and slaps everything out of its path. you have to imagine one cubic yard is one t...

Quake in recorded history. just look at that wave. followed by the wave, a fast-moving tsunami wave that turned everything into its past, even miles inland, into rubble. watch as it hits those buildings head on. this is what it looked like as it made landfall. you can see its not just seawater were talking about. there is deadly debris, cars, trucks, small houses being swept along, smashing and battering everything in their path. the tsunami reaching all the way to the american west coast where ...