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There in japan. good morning, are you hearing anything in terms of the damage here, i know it's still pa pandemonium and chaos, in terms of what the difference may be? >> reporter: this this an after shock that i'm feeling as i'm sitting here talking to you. you mentioned the images. the homes being washed away off the northern coast of japan. the closest city, the closest largest city is sendai. about 1 million people live there. we do know that magnitude 8.8 magnitude earthquake, tsunami is measuring 13 feet. dramatic footage that we're seeing out of nhk.

Public broadcaster out of japan. this is a rolling tide of tsunami water. you see it takes outside homes. this is a rural region north of tokyo called miyagi. as we continue to get details, most saying the aftershock just as bad. coming in at 7.4. once again, this quake struck in the middle of the afternoon, locally, 2:46. most people are out and about during their day. as you can see, perhaps the upside would be that this looks to be a sparsely populated region as opposed to an area like tokyo that would have more people. but this is footage from the initial tsunami taking out cars and causin...

Government will make every effort possible. >> we will follow the story throughout the morning. you can get all the latest information, obviously, on "america this morning," "good morning america" and abcnews.com. this tragedy unfolding in japan. looking at footage just into our studios, the tsunami, literally a wave caused by that earthquake going, you know, into that northeastern part of the country there, flooding that area. homes and businesses literally being wiped away. people on the roofs of their homes waving for help. you heard the prime minister say a wide area of damage, extending h...

Right now our helicopters in -- >> prime minister of japan addressing the unfolding tragedy there. if you're just joining us, this will be the story that we cover all day for the next several weeks and months here. just an 8.8 or 8.9 possibly earthquake striking japan. 2:46 local time, shortly after 1:00 a.m. eastern time here in new york. the images we're seeing are beyond description at this point. triggered a massive 13-foot tsunami that you see swallowing towns in the north eastern part of that country, a rural area, as akiko, our correspondent in tokyo, told us. literally buildings and ho...

Officials to start accepting international assistance because the scope of this is going to be huge. i do think it's important for folks out there to know this is not isolated. other countries are under tsunami warnings and watches. they're saying a tsunami could hit hawaii, obviously a u.s. state, by 8:00 eastern time this morning, mexico, chile, peru, australia, guam, philippines, russia, all of those areas. >> take a look at this video of this person standing outside of their house, waving a sheet, trying to get the attention of the helicopters capturing these images. sheer desperation from...