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Monks will preside over a ceremony for these unidentified vic. Flowers outside a Tokyo crematorium, where tsunami victims wi. AmbassadorRoos (John V. Roos) AmbassadorRoos (John V. Roos) Reporter's notebook: On the ground in Japan - 60 Minutes Overtime. Instagr.am. I'm traveling with the Red Cross on foot today, walking. Japan Earthquake - one week of sorrow photo essay. Untitled. People tatn is following. Heroes: Hear the Voice of the Heroic Young Woman Who Saved Thousands of... Yesterday we mentioned the emergency workers in Japan's coastal towns who stayed in their posts warning others of the danger right up until the tsunami hit.

A friend saw it and forwarded me this post featuring this heartwrenching video. The voice is Miki Endo, a 25 year old public worker in the Crisis Management Department of the city of Minami Sanriku. She is saying, roughly, "Please run away fast. " The mess of red beams are the skeletal remains of the building from which Endo made her final broadcast.

The Mainichi Shimbum has the full story of Endo's heroic final moments. The city was one of the hardest hit along the Miyagi Coast. Miki Endo did not let go of her microphone, even during the very moment the black waves of the tsunami engulfed the city, so that every last villager could hear her warning call. Another survivor, a 61 year-old man named Taeza Haga, told Endo's mother that the broadcast had saved his live. I heard the voice of your daughter the whole way. For Small Town, Japan Tsunami Means Economic Ruin. NHK WORLD English. Operation Tomodachi. Multi Japan Live Video - Earthquake Edition. Two Dogs Defy the Wave. NHK WORLD TV on USTREAM: Official NHK WORLD TV live on USTREAM. NHK WORLD TV is an English language 24-hour international news and information channel. New.

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Cancel or Remove ads Create Highlight NHK WORLD TV Live News - Breaking News 2,806 followers 18,341,785 views Follow Following Unfollow Comments Load more... USTREAM You're on! English © 2014 Ustream, Inc. Photo : yfrog.com/h3vqq4j - Shared by daiwaka. Steve Herman's photos - At Port of Sendai. Literally many hundreds of vehicles smashed together. Destruction in every direction. | Plixi. This father, holding his sleeping toddler, has stood in line. Japan Comes to Grips With Damage. Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - Finding more bodies than survivors. Nightfall in Sendai. Hearing fewer choppers. Spoke to a man, Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900. This webpage is updated in January of each year to incorporate any relevant data from the previous year. Google Earth KML References Johnson, J.M., Y. Tanioka, L.J.

Ruff, K. Sataki, H. Kanamori, and L.R. Kanamori, H., 1977, The energy release of great earthquakes, J. Kanamori, H., 1988, Importance of historical seismograms for geophysical research, in Lee, W.H.K., Meyers, H., and Shimazaki, K., eds., Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes of the World: San Diego, Academic Press, p. 16-33. Okal, E.A., and D. Park, J., T. PDE (Preliminary Determination of Earthquakes) Monthly Listing, U.S. Revisions The Andreanof Islands, Alaska earthquake of 1957 03 09, previously listed with a magnitude o f 9.1, has had its magnitude reviewed, and it was updated to 8.6. The Ningxia-Gansu, China earthquake of 1920 12 16, previously listed with a magnitude of 8.6, has had its magnitude reviewed, and it was updated to 7.8. Another wrap-around front page on Tokyo Shimbun. Leads with n. Media Tools - Japan. Seattle News Video on Demand. March 11, 2011 Honshu tsunami propagation. A Shocking Ground-Level View of the Tsunami. Video captures boat in Japan tsunami whirlpool | Video | Life | The First Post.

Japan earthquake: City of Iwate devastated by tsunami. Japan earthquake and tsunami disrupts currents: Huge whirlpools form off coast. By David Derbyshire Updated: 15:00 GMT, 12 March 2011 Mariners who escaped the onslaught of the tsunami soon had to contend with another peril - the appearance of vast whirlpools off the coast of Japan. The powerful vortices appeared yesterday morning when the oceans, swollen by the vast surge of water, began to recede. As the water levels fell, whirlpools hundreds of yards wide appeared, sucking everything into the themselves and creating new danger for passing boats.

Scroll down for video Pulling the plug: A huge whirlpool traps a boat in a harbour near Oarai City, Ibaraki Prefecture, north eastern Japan. The vortex, which lasted several hours, formed as water drained away after the tsunami and channels on the sea bed created the spinning water Whirlpools are created by rising and falling water - and are a common feature of tsunamis. 'After a tsunami, the water drains away quite rapidly and if there are channels close to the shore then you can get these whirlpools forming. Japan's Air Defense Force - Yahoo! News Photos. 2011年3月11日. A Visual Tour of the Massive Earthquake and Tsunami That Hit Japan [Slide Show] Japan Earthquake: Helicopter aerial view video of giant tsunami waves.