Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan
 

9500 people missing after the tsunami (half the town's population)! How many more towns will be like this one?????

Aerial photo taken March 12 of the town center.

http://i.imgur.com/p3Q4K.jpg

Area around Sendai Airport before (left) and after (right) the tsunami.

http://i.imgur.com/olCMU.jpg

I saw the before and after pics on TV and pretty scary at the thought that around 70% of earth is covered by water

I really feel for the Japanese people who are affected by this

whys it look greener and healthier in the 'after'?

yeah, horrible :Oh crap its just been in the news ... gave me cold shivers :(

I fear 10,000 lost may just be the beginning.

there are already 9500 missing in just the one town I bet it much higher the city of Sendai the closest place to the epicenter has a population of 1 million.

What sucks is I watched it live and watched all those people die.

You could have turned away..unless you were there..:2 cents:

I have family in Ibaraki that we were able to email with the first day. Also have relatives in Chiba that we haven't been able to make contact with. This sucks for everyone affected.:(

cause there's no humans or buildings left.

Bermuda, bahama, come on pretty mama ...

More than one?

they knew something like this will come, they are prepared for bigger catastrophe, this just came so early imho and it may not be the last one in near future ... :2 cents: :(

It's hard to watch the vids, so i can only imagine what it's like actually having to be there and recover from that... :Oh crap

jesus i just saw 10 city comparation, its all gone, probably more than 20k people gone min...

What a nightmare..

a lot of those cars had people in them as they were washed away. many people didn't believe the tsunami warning because they get several a year.

this video is sick. you can see lots of cars trying to outrun the water:
http://video.sanook.com/%E0%B8%AA%E0...31-player.html

here's more:
http://video.sanook.com/search.php?q...h.y=0&pa ge=1

My cousin lives over there with his wife. I haven't heard yet if they are ok. I feel sick to my stomach for all those people over there :(

The green is probably standing water.


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