Video of muddy mess as tsunami waves swallow homes, villages in Japan

Follow latest updates at http://twitter.com/rt_com and http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Japan's NHK broadcast dramatic amateur video that captured the moment that Friday's tsunami ripped through residential areas across Miyagi prefecture. Residents of the Minami-sanriku Town took to elevated ground after a tsunami warning. They watched in horror as an enormous tidal wave swept through their town, uprooting trees, houses and carrying everything in its path. Many shouted and cried as the wave continued to advance, flattening homes and swelling into a mass of water..

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[kimatoz3]

@TyraBanksNoI Please stop sitting in judgment of a country of people you only presume to know from your one-sided perspective; unless, of course YOU are sitting with a HALO on your head.

[25195287]

@kimatoz3 I really do admire you for the strong arguments and good comments you give on all of these videos

[jakeobee500]

The concreate doesnt do anything

[upisoft2]

@ProfessorIgor They can get to upper level and survive. Big difference, if you ask me.

[TheRidersChoice]

better hope ron paul doesnt ever rule japan cuz you can forget about tsunami relief lol, dumb paultards

[DrJinIchi]

@upisoft2 narrow-minded fool.

[ProfessorIgor]

@upisoft2 okay, so then they have a concrete house and everything in it is destroyed by the water coming thru it... what's really the difference ?

[MrBillydixon]

@upisoft2 do you really think building those house's out of concrete would have made a diffence.geez..you build what you can afford and hope for the best.

[ericajjful]

brilliant video

[SuperDogbrown]

good work here

[acharylee77z]

This vid went viral on The Bahamas