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Rescue workers have got make their way through all of that. anna coren is in one of the worst hit areas. anna, you got there relatively recently of course. this onlyoped friday. so what's it like? >> reporter: max, you're talking a little bit earlier about the force of this tsunami, and i think where i am just sums it up. we're in ishinomaki, which is northeast of sendai, which was the csest city to the epicenter. well this isn't too far from the epicenter either and it's smack bang on the coast. we had some 500 -- from the ocean. that is where we're standing. and you can just imagine the wall...

If you're on the low levels but many people did actually manage to take refuge on the rooftop. as floodwaters completely submerged much of the airport teen get a sense of the force of the tsunami, just look at those cars. here's more incredible footage from sendai. it gives you a sense of the sheer power of the earthquake. this is a -- a highway there ripped right down the middle. the reporter is saying it's at least two meters deep from what he can see. but the land just being torn apart. and rescue workers are having to deal with roads like that. japanese media say up to 300 people were swep...