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And well it speaks for itself, doesn't it? but it's the force of that wave coming in, which you don't get a sense of unless you're actually there, but these pictures give some sort of idea. the force of friday's tsunami can't be overstated and these are just some of the cameras that were on at the time. we've got many more, but of course are there many areas where we haven't seen any images. more scenes devastation elsewhere. hit ckmaishi city, japan. this is what we saw there.

You can find out more information at cnn.com/impact. impact your world team. on that page, you'll also find a link to google's peoplefinder database. reunute those who are separated in the chaos. now it was just before 3:00 p.m. friday and people of japan are have just points to run from a wall of water that would change their lives forever. a look at those awful moments just ahead.

You can say sendai now, it may be one of the hardest hit areas in japan, as far as our knowledge is right now at least. it is the closest to thepy center of friday's quake. there is an image after the tsunami struck. devastation of course. and now there's fresh concern. we heard from martin savidge of cnn. he's in sendai. but the t knowf a tt sysyle. and i ing area. now, inside sendai's airport, have captured the video when the tsunami wave swept across the car park outside.

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...