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Any reports of students gone missing or been hurt or anything worse than that. they assumed that he had been taken refuge at his school, so i'm hoping that's where he is. >> can they give you any information at all? you mentioned his school. have you been there? is it several stories high? if the waves came through -- we heard inland there have been waves as high as 10 or 12 feet. is it high enough if they had warning in the first areas hit, every -- if they had warning and got upstairs, would that be enough? >> reporter: the school was not near the coast, which is one saving greece. it was qu...

This wall of water has just gone through all these buildings and we don't know how many people are inside. we don't know whether these people are able to get away. whether they're able to take cover. we've seen the pictures. this waffle water went straight through. and has hit sendai. let's have a listen. >> japan's meteorological agency says it measured 8.4. the agency has issued a tsunami warning for the japanese pacific coast. you're seeing a fire completely raging out of control. this is live coverage of an oil refinery in chiba prefecture. ichihara area. the fire completely going out of c...

Feeling is about word on the street? >> we have drivers on the road. we have not been able to contact them. we hope they return safely. the earthquake here, it's kind of unnerving to have the earth move underneath your feet. it's unener i hanervy to have t. we're standing by to help if needed. >> charles, i think it's one of those disasters where the thai country is going to need to pitch in if these pictures are anything go by. we're showing our viewers pictures of the earthquake that hit a while ago, that hit sendai, a northeast country. the devastation there is simply enormous. there really...

Are miss, but we are certain as we watch these new images come in that that number will climb as the waters recede. some government officials, in fact, quoted in japanese media outlets predicting the death toll at a minimum will pass the 1,000 mark. there's been a little over 18 hours now. let's take a closer look. it's a magnitude 8.9 quake recorded right here off japan's eastern coast. you see the town of sendai. that was closest. tokyo down here. the hashedest hit, this flashing ring here, but vibrations all the way down throughout japan's coastal areas right here. the images are stunning. ...

Some concerns about this nuclear episode. what's the sense among the people and the sense of the transparency and communication from the government? >> well, let's talk about what exactly i'm seeing. i'm 200 kilometers outside of where the tsunami hit. that sendai region. i can tell you that now it's starting to be quite slow going. roads are cracked. you can start to see buildings have cracks. buildings are compromised. there is no gas. again, no power. very little water. we are seeing people leaving that region either trying to get or simp supplies or simply getting out of there because thos...