Vast areas of the Pacific coast of northern Japan were overwhelmed by a devastating tsunami, enveloping entire cities following a massive earthquake off the coast of 8.9.
Meteorological Department has given its top-level alarm evacuation of the entire Japanese coast, the tsunami warning for up to six meters.
Cities, towns and farms around the city of Sendai in northern Japan are swallowed by the tsunami, the wave of four meters and flooded parts of the Pacific coast of Kamaishi.
Residents were ordered to run to higher ground and stay away from the coast that the tsunami may hit in several waves.
Japanese television aired footage of a wall of moving water-km wide of the way across the country, involving all in its path.
Several waves can be seen approaching the coast.
"An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes and more distant from the coast within hours," the agency said.
Meteorological Department has given its top-level alarm evacuation of the entire Japanese coast, the tsunami warning for up to six meters.
Cities, towns and farms around the city of Sendai in northern Japan are swallowed by the tsunami, the wave of four meters and flooded parts of the Pacific coast of Kamaishi.
Residents were ordered to run to higher ground and stay away from the coast that the tsunami may hit in several waves.
Japanese television aired footage of a wall of moving water-km wide of the way across the country, involving all in its path.
Several waves can be seen approaching the coast.
"An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes and more distant from the coast within hours," the agency said.
