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Came in as the tsunami wave pulled back out to see, sucking lifer and so much with it from that town and a small town north of sendai wiped out, and you see the damage on the photos. and on the peninsula, looks like nothing, look at that, nothing is left. there was a coastal village, lifl liaoed there on the left and the area of this stretch destroyed and told more than 465 roads, 43 bridges, seven railways and five washed away. controversial comments now from a top u.s. official causing a major government shake-up tonight. state department spokesperson tv crowley stepping down after he critic...

Let's take a look at sendai before. that is sendai after the tsunami wave struck there just obliterating that town. once again, that's what it looked like before. very populated. pretty densely built up along the coast, and once again, after that tsunami wave hits, nothing but mud. it's unrecognizable there. pretty extraordinary picture being provided to us in the "new york times" website posted for us. they're pretty incredible to bring to you. meantime, japanese official advisory now raised the magnitude of friday's earthquake to a 9.0. that is still the strongest on record to ever hit japan...

Call or click now for an agent or quote. we have some new, up-close video here of that disturbing tsunami wave in this amateur footage. watch as the water churns. this is dozens of cars. look at the force there as well. it's all happening right below the balcony where that person was filming. joining me now is bruce sampson, an american who witnessed the

Putting it together in sequence from the beginning. watch. >> at 2:46 local time, an 8.9 quake strikes off the east coast of japan. >> oh, my god. the building is going to fall. >> it's the most powerful earthquake recorded in the country's history. the fifth most powerful ever recorded in the world. its shockwave churns out walls of water up to 30 feet, traveling up to a mind boggling 500 miles an hour. a tsunami bears down on japan's coast in minutes. >> looks like that tsunami wave

Earthquake happens and that's transferred up toward the surface. let me show you another view of that and just show you exactly what happens thereafter because this obviously produces a wave. this is a tsunami wave. bear in mind it's not just one wave. it can be a series of waves that are 10 to 45 minutes apart and this is obviously what happens. the earthquake took place down here. the ocean moved of course and then we have these waves which xwhe you're in the middle of the ocean on a ship you would barely feel it but they pick up momentum. they can travel 500 miles per hour. then what happen...