still, everyone around her seemed okay. she thought it was all just kind of exciting. even when the tsunami siren went off. oh, cool, this is really exciting. others knew better and georgia soon learned this was very, very bad. they said we meade to go upstairs. so i followed everyone. we went upstairs, looked out the window and noda was gone. oh, my god. this is what georgia saw captured on her cell phone camera. much of the town of noda flowing by the window. standing right here, look out there. this exact spot, yes. quite awesome, like half the town is up there. there s a roof here. a house wedged in under the tran trance, almost broken in half. unbelievable.
pushed out of different neighborhoods and help. looking for survivors, the possiblies of survivors or trying to find bodies. we meat woman today telling us her father stayed in the second floor of the house when the tsunami siren sounded. well, anyway, at this point they can t get to the house and it appears it s there and so much rubble surrounding the house no way to check if the man survived. absolutely incredible scene. it s hard to imagine what the people here in northeastern japan going through. the death toll is rising rapidly. it will continue to rise. we ourselves just myself and my crew found a body in the back of a car. this is how they re finding bodies, officials. there s so much rubble they can t get to. it s very likely that it will be weeks or months before they come anywhere close to knowing what this death toll is and the aftershocks continue. last night sleeping we felt at least six or seven sizable
the death toll now stands at 8,100. for more on the search and recovery efforts, we go to hard-hit kasanuma near the earthquake s epicenter. gary tuchman has this report. reporter: kasanuma, japan. the scene behind me is one of chaos, confusion. it s surreal. when you see the video we took you won t believe it. at least, we didn t when we saw it in person. so much debris. so much rubble. it s impenetrable, like a canyon. cars, boats, houses pushed out of different neighborhoods, blocking fire over fishes from looking for 75ers, the possibility of survivors, or trying to find bodies. we met a woman who told us her father was on the second floor of this house, made the decision to stay on the second floor when the tsunami siren sounded. anyway, at this point they can t get to the house. it appears the house is still
welcome back. we are continuing our coverage of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in chile. and now the effects of that. we are talking about tsunami advisories in place that are putting the united states west coast on alert as well as coastal areas of british colombia, new zealand and the asian coast as well. what took place earlier in the 11:00 eastern hour, there was a tsunami siren that went off in hawaii. people there are bracing for a possible impact of a tsunami in the 4:00 eastern hour. meantime, in chile, they are still trying to assess the damage. we understand the death toll is 122, but, of course, that number could rise as they, the first responders try to get to the hardest hit areas of concepcion and santiago, chile. they are all over the story. they have been on the air since