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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. let's go to ivan who's 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 we're going to continue to follow this, because as we speak, there is a benign rise in the sea level that's occurring across the pacific that if you're on a boat o...

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. they're braced at the top of the building as this 10-meter monster wave hit the city of sendai. this, of course, is a city of so...

3:07 p hehere. so we'll watch for that. we're not going to tell you the exact wave heights here, but as the initial waves get closer to the buoys, we'll be able to do forecasting and be able to say what is coming, but at that point, it's too late. if the wave has already arrived at the bowie, it's going to be too late. essentially what we're doing here is pacificwide getting you out of harm's way, so the wave doesn't hit you, fine, we. we talk about the number of atomic bombs that would be, an incredible amount here and the shallowness of it. that is why we're seeing not only the tsunami threa...

Damage, and we're not going to know that. the rule is you have to wait about two hours from tin irritable arrival -- forecasted arrival. if there's nothing happening within that first two hours, then you're pretty much safe here. a couple of hours from now if taiwan is no longer or hasn't reported any damage or significant wave heights here, i think we're going to be okay. philippines is next. 10:00 to 11:00 gmt, authorities are getting ready for an evacuation, with good reason. they've sent maritime warnings to ships at sea. told the smaller fishing boats to come onshore. the larger vessels c...

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. they've set up an emergency group and they are closely monitoring the situation. currently the local government includes surrounding areas including the taipei city government. they've canceled schools and businesses, asking residents to return home as soon as possible and move as far away from the coastal areas to protect themselves from being washed away by the tsunami wave...