in other towns, more destruction. the port city of sendai before and after. on the ground, the debris stretches off into the distance. it s truly hard for all of us to comprehend where you begin with the clean-up. there s just so much devastation. it has become twisted and melted into this truly toxic soup that has likely poisoned this environment for many decades. stark before and after contrasts all along the coast caught on cameras perched miles above the earth. everything that stood has
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stood there just a few hours earlier, just completely gone. just swept away, as the ocean had broken through multiple protective seawalls and the sendai airport was charred around the outer rim. planes were flung several kilometers away from the runways, cars were underwater, submerged. there were a few cars running on streets, but there was very little sign of life, at least from the distance we saw, up above. are the rescue teams getting there? do we know if these search and rescue teams are already in place, or are they still sort of getting there on the way? not only the japanese military, but have around the world? well, i can t speak specifically as to which teams have already reached the areas, but we did see some helicopters searching, even lower than we were, for survivors. the people at the evacuation
devastation. and i m a couple miles away from the water. so the water pushed miles inland and the people here are prepared for tsunami. this is something that they had always had in the back of their mind. they just never thought it would be of this force and come across so quickly. i m just seeing one tiny snap shot of this community. as we get closer to the water we are expecting it in the houses and the people there to be far more devastated. if you look at the faces of these people, the people who live here, a day and a half after the tsunami they are simply shocked. they are shell shocked. because if you take a look at this devastation, you can certainly see why. what was a small fishing community, a farming community, a pretty nice suburban area has truly been devastated here. i m further inland into sendai, the larger metropolis. there are water problems. there are power problems. we re seeing very long lines of people just trying to get fresh