Video Shows Tsunami Hitting Japan

CNN has aired stunning video of the tsunami that hit Japan overnight, showing a wave of water carrying ships–even burning buildings. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, triggering tsunamis and sending a massive body of water filled with debris hurtling onto land.

The New York Times has described the waves as “walls of water” that “whisked away houses and cars in northern Japan, where terrified residents fled the coast. Trains were shut down across central and northern Japan, including Tokyo, and air travel was severely disrupted. A ship carrying more than 100 people was swept away by the tsunami, Kyodo News reported. A fire broke out at the nuclear plant in Onagawa, but Japanese officials said it was extinguished.”

Watch it here, from CNN:

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