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Much advimisery. the unstoppable tide racing across farmlands. these aerial pictures are from nhk. you can see what the monster wave did to this one area alone. and ireporter harrison sent us these pictures he took during friday's earthquake. it was so strong, he says, he could barely stay on his feet. now, this story stopped a cnn team in its tracks. an enormous landslide in japan buried 13 people alive. cnn's kyung lah tells us what she found. >> reporter: one of the things we've been looking for are the stories along the way as we try to make it up to the area hardest hit, the area hit by t...

Earthquake that struck japan. it has now gone at 6:00 p.m. in japan. it was the tsunami, the messy wave that hit the northeast of the country that caused that massive devastation that we have witnessed, those pictures of that wall of water just going straight through these cities, these townships, taking cars and trucks and everything in its wake. so that is where the massive, massive devastation is. let's go to tokyo. you obviously witnessed the quake, but as we mentioned, it's in the northeast that has really been hard hit. >> yeah. tokyo has a problem right now trying to keep the people cal...

We have arrived close to the epicenter in the heart of the disaster. anna, if you could, set the scene for us. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: sendai is the closest city to the epicenter, some 130 kilometers away. much of this city has been hit by the tsunami. so far, power and water are out. we are obviously standing in an area with electricity. there are pockets up and running. much of the city is a black-out. i can show you, it is certain what we are witnessing is a devastating scene. a local reporter managed to get out earlier today and said it was a scene of devastation. house aft...

We got dramatic new video to fox of people trying to save eve other as the monster wave swept through the town. look at this. (speaking japanese). >>shepard: a week later search teams are still digging for the dead. and survivors gather what is last of their belongings. but for many, there is simply nowhere to go.

A half-hour before the tidal wave came in and the whole place has been up ended. >> shepard: officials believe 10,000 people at least have died on japan's northeast coast and many after the monster wave swept them out to sea. given the nature of the disaster here it may be impossible to know how many people were really lost. but, some of the experts say the final death toll will likely be much higher. millions of survivors are also now facing dire conditions. and, now, japan's economy is in free-fall. the stock market here on this wednesday, or i should say on tuesday, had its biggest two-day ...