2011 Japan Tsunami - Kesennuma City, Fish Market. (Full Footage)

[@stephenrothwell8142]

I watch these videos regularly to keep myself grounded. To remind me that whatever problem I have, there are people who are worse off and have bigger problems to deal with. I know the Japanese people are still recovering from this catastrophe and have achieved so much since. My heart, thoughts and respect I send to you all.

[@Matityahu755]

Beautifully put.

[@mikecarswell7170]

It's funny because I do the exact same thing, mother nature will always win. But the struggle that this country inured is just beyond words

[@andyharris17able]

A very nice post , well said , and ditto..

[@ProvidingSpam]

This comment actually helped me. So thank you for commenting

[@john-martin]

I can understand contrasting your life to the one in the video, but I dont think it should make you feel better because your life is less crappy than the ones in the video either. Comparing yourself to someone with less than you or experiencing a more tragic event in there life than you is not something to necessarily hold onto for hope, definitely not a positive foundation to build upon and probably the exact way of thinking that got you into the situation you're in right now.

[@316lvmnoneofyourbusiness7]

After all these years and all the times I've watched these videos, my heart still races, I still cry, and I just can't wrap my brain around what I am seeing. My mother - who was Japanese - always told me, "When you see the ocean retreat, run for the hills or the highest place you can find. A tsunami is coming." She lived through so much; as a child running through the streets of Tokyo to get to a bomb shelter, being sent to the countryside to her Uncle's farm to keep from starvation, losing her mother during the war, coming to the States.......... Despite all the tribulations the Japanese people have gone through, they are resilient, maintaining their grace and move forward.

[@car4up1]

I'm from Chile and the 8.8 earthquake and tsunami still haunts me. So, I understand this pain, many lost and not found. And terms of the States, I get it! Look up 9/11 Chile!

[@muruga83]

True

[@FastNCurious88]

Every once in a while I watch these. It defies belief.

[@edwigcarol4888]

What i would see is how the Japanese have recovered, started again from scrap, rebuilt their lives; but we only witness the ordeal not the recovery.. Did NKK report on that ?

[@homyoung5822]

저들이 대한민국에게 한 만행을 몰라서 그래. 벌을 받는거지. 전범국인데 잘못한게 없단다. 독일은 고개숙여 반성하는데.. 솔직하게 더 큰 쓰나미가 와야지 정신을 차릴 민족이야. 독일과 이스라엘과 같은 처지인데 잘못을 뉘우쳐도 그런데 일본은 잘못은 커녕 뻔뻔함 자체야. 더러운 민족 일본이지.

[@jero7733]

Videos like this one should be preserved for future generations, thank you for archiving them

[@sparkynate91]

To see that this 1 day caused more ocean pollution than the last 10yrs combined... that way they may realize Greta retard is a hoax to steal our money

[@tatepearce7898]

Yes I agree with you.

[@sparkynate91]

@@tatepearce7898 that this day caused more ocean pollution than the last 10yrs combined? Or what jero said?

[@tatepearce7898]

@@sparkynate91 actually you made a very good point to so for both

[@sparkynate91]

@@tatepearce7898 just trying to open the eyes of the "climate change is destroying our world" people. Sadly, they won't realize this but at least you did. And if 1 person does, the ripple affects can cause dozens more which turns to hundreds into thousands and so on!

[@omarkhalil6283]

I have visited some of these impacted areas twice over the past few years. The Japanese people worked so hard to rebuild and bring life back to these areas. Very resilient and absolutely impressive!

[@MSjackiesaunders]

@omarkhalil6283 I agree. I've lived close to the Gulf Coast most of my 74 years (live in the Dallas area now), and watching people having to rebuild is painful. There were some years when they barely got a roof over their heads before another hurricane came barreling through. Humans are resilient, especially in groups. The Japanese have both strong family bonds and community bonds. That means that they work together to recover, something a lot of Americans have forgotten how to do. Major tragedies like 9/11 did it for a while, but gone are the days when people would come together to rebuild a barn or house. Too bad...those were some of our best years.

[@antoinettematheney8626]

I CANT BELIEVE AFTER 11 year these videos are still so crazy too watch i must say they are the calmest people and so brave and strong

[@michaelb2388]

Why can't you believe it? They're still the same videos. They didn't change over the past 11 years.

[@suitt1]

@@michaelb2388 Pretty sure they meant the impact that the videos still have after all these years, but you knew that, didnt you?🙄

[@Vinterbukser]

I think a lot of what we take to be calm is actually shock. I agree with you that the impact of these videos is still strong after all this time

[@bremnersghost948]

A lot easier to watch than the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Footage, At least in Japan they knew what was coming and were mostly well prepared for it.

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

@@michaelb2388 You really didn't get her comment at all, did you?

[@mlitzinger1398]

The person who filmed this has done an amazing job getting the tragedy across. Thank you.

[@Life_is_a_scam]

Cameraman never dies

[@wintergirl8]

​@@Life_is_a_scam Many "cameramen" certainly did die, though. We only see footage from survivors.

[@adamfowler350]

I used to think as a kid that a tsunami was just one massive wave hitting once, then done. But this is actually far more terrifying and mind-blowing. I can't imagine what these people experienced.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Same. Turns out a tsunami is more like a rapid rise in sea level. Still devastating though.

[@eggwitheyez]

That's the thing there is an initial impact that takes out a load of people, but then the aftermath goes on for ages with people suffering and so much wreckage to move, it's horrible for all involved.

[@brunomartins4902]

Tsunami is a very long wave. It hits the shore and keep moving inside for minuts.

[@michaelb.42112]

EXACTLY !!! Both scenarios are terrifying, but this is more terrifying in a way because at the start it gives you a false impression of safety.

[@なっとうごはん-f4i]

it’s like a wall of water

[@kamijouaeion1397]

As someone who is native to a coastal area this is a reminder to always be alert of things, my condolences to all victims of this force of nature. I'm again reminded of my priviledge and fortune living in Germany. May all who lost their way rest in peace, their souls will not be forgotten.

[@Barflax]

Finally a new video about the disaster in Japan 2011, haven't seen this before. The worst thing is that nothing to do about the big fire.

[@dianamccutcheon313]

Even though this happened 12 years ago it's still terrifying and devastating to watch, there's really no words that can express the horror these people must've been dealing with! My heart goes out to every single one of them that was impacted, survived and died in this horrible thing!

[@Trackstareman23]

So sad to see how events like this affect people’s lives

[@Mr_Isler0520]

V t😅😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😊😅

[@astronotmeyvesi6246]

Kuran

[@chch4509]

Ölüm insanı daima bekleyen bir şey kimseyi unutmaz. Umarım bu sefer daha az kişi götürdü. En azından doğal afetlerde kurtulma şansı var, yalnız Hiroşima ve Nagazaki gibi olaylarda insanın kurtulması imkansız. Umarım insanlar akıllanmıştır ve ölüme daha az iş kalır, umarım insanlar bu dünyada yaşamayı bilir. Lafım Çin’e Amerika’ya ve Rusya’ya. Yoksa ölüm yine kazanacak bir kaç para için ve ölüm meleği çift vardiye yapacak. İnsan ol insan gibi sizlere layık yaşayın yoksa beklemede olan gelecek ! Bir Türk olarak savaşı iyi bilen ve tanıyanlardanım asırlardır bekleriz mecbur kalırsak şişenin ağzını açarız ve kapatırız yalnız erkek gibi savaşmayı biliriz. Bilin şişe yine açılıyor akıllı olun insanlar !

[@alkasingh5689]

Pllllpp KO IP)

[@felixcat9318]

One's mind has difficulties processing what the eyes are seeing! The sheer magnitude of the event is almost beyond comprehension, the once familiar landscape now unrecognisable. This video serves a very important historical document, recording the unimaginable events of that day, which forever changed the country and its people...

[@Pugetwitch]

18:52 this whole scene is sobering.😢😢😢

[@Pugetwitch]

19:48 there is a survivor walking down there😮❤

[@MS-sq4ms]

I came here to watch these videos after visiting Japan recently, I have nothing but respect for Japanese people and their resilience and hard work to rebuild their country. May this never happen again to any nation.

[@alanwhite933]

It will. Many more times, unfortunately.

[@MSjackiesaunders]

@alanwhite933 Nature can certainly be a real b*tch! Even with the technology they have developed in Japan, some things just can not be predicted (yet)!

[@PaulAllen786]

The emergency siren noise, eerily calm weather, and a gradual and steady fast intensity. Life is the Movie we all are apart of

[@Rocket_scientist_88]

I was here in 2011 several months after the tsunami, and I was just floored at the scale of the destruction. Much of what is seen in here was cleared out, but I have photos I took of several buildings (the Shell station near the giant boat in Shiriori, for example, as well as the Coast Guard building) and saw them in the video. I’ve never seen any of the footage in here before, and I watched everything I could find - in English AND Japanese. Thanks for putting this together, it’s very impressive.

[@Trouble-Clef]

So much complete destruction. Survival from the earthquake, then survival from the tsunami. Then surviving the loss of everything and everyone you knew and loved. It was so tragic.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Fukushima

[@robsonsilva175]

Esse povo japones é guerreiro trabalhador e honesto, aposto que reconstruiram tudo, se fosse aqui no Brasil isso seria motivo pra super faturamento e corrupção e o pais estaria destruido com obras inacabadas e tudo jogado as traças, se eu tivesse condições financeiras iria morar no Japão

[@felixcat9318]

What occurred that afternoon was unprecedented, first came the 9+ Richter Scale Earthquake, twelve minutes later a Tsunami of extraordinarily gigantic size and ferocity made landfall, attacking the coastline. After which, the Nuclear Power Station at Fukishima experienced a catastrophic failure of its reactor cooling system, leading to a runaway meltdown, which caused the plant's reactors to explode, erupting highly radioactive contamination into the surrounding areas and into the atmosphere. As if that was not bad enough, uncontained wildfires broke out in the communities devastated by the Tsunami, with the entire horizon ablaze in many areas, including many vessels. The cataclysmic destruction to Japanese coastal communities was unlike anything ever known, with the Tsunami run up reaching 40 metres and at its furthest it inundated to a distance of 9.6 kilometres inland.

[@faithrada]

​@@michaeltaylor8835 Indeed.. Fukushima was the worst of it all. That complex should NEVER have been built there. Many wise people were ignored.

[@toxicdragon323]

Japan has been familiar with tsunamis for over 2000 years. Not to mention that Japan has defenses in place to deal with tsunamis from years of experience dealing with them, and somehow this tsunami still managed to penetrate those defenses and surprise the people there. That just goes to show how insane the magnitude of this event was, both the earthquake and the tsunami!

[@debbieellett9093]

I can not imagine the amount of clean up that had to happen. And then to rebuild! Much respect for the Japanese people.

[@elizavetapervaja]

Не дай Бог никому такого!🙏 Природу не победишь! 😢 Мое восхищение силой духа японцев!

[@rastaman610]

Человеческий разум не победить

[@jeffreydahlen2178]

After 11 yrs. I still feel for these people . The memories remain . The Japanese are a beautiful people and resilient .

[@deehaytch8442]

except for ww2 right?

[@dexterford8094]

@@deehaytch8442 ... That was 77 years ago. The current generations of Japanese people are not the same. I have been to Japan several times and always found the people to be polite, gentle and generous..

[@dexterford8094]

It is hard to believe that this was 11 years ago. Seems so much more recent.

[@deehaytch8442]

@@dexterford8094 yeah they polite gentle and generous...just don't surrender to them

[@jmash7751]

@Dee Haytch. What a stupid comment to make. Grow up!

[@alicomanken44]

🇹🇷😢bir daha olmaz inşallah 🙏 sizleri seviyoruz 🇯🇵

[@Electro_Sabotage]

The slow crescendo is terrifying. It's just keeps getting more intense until everything is under water.

[@やまにん]

貴重な映像ありがとうございます

[@leeholmes9962]

Japanese people are so resilient they had three horrific events that day and they picked them selfs right back up I have ALOT of respect for them ✌️🇬🇧👍

[@majorwedgie8166]

The best video about the tsunami I have seen yet... and I have watched most of them! My thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese people 🙏

[@MrPopo-nn7kp]

What a stupid pointless thing to say.

[@sumxeyra]

@@MrPopo-nn7kpi agree. there’s nothing to call “best”

[@jecj2024]

Probably watched this 50 times and how everything can change in minutes is unreal

[@Lucky138able]

I was in the Air Force stationed in Japan in 2011 when this happened. It was absolutely horrible to see the damage the tsunami caused when we were sent out to do search and rescue missions.

[@divin9363]

..... .

[@maxgrayson4130]

Salute to you men you there putting your lives on the line to save others. Top man

[@Ceobae]

no you didn't

[@cemo3292]

Cap 🧢

[@Not_your_mom1986]

@@cemo3292 why

[@davidturner4987]

It's unbelievable the amount of energy required to move this much water in such a short amount of time. I still cannot wrap my head around it and I still to this day feel for the Japanese people who lost their homes, communities and loved ones in this disaster. I am sorry you had to experience this.

[@quentinstratton5407]

I cannot seem to wrap my head around the sight of such a massive deluge of water swallowing everything in a real life footage! Each time I watch this I get a better sense of how massive this tsunami was!

[@melodiefrances3898]

The ocean floor was lifted up and dropped down 😱😱😱

[@玲子-y9c]

その日は仕事で東京にいました。非難しながら携帯でニュースを見て手が震えました。 何回、何十回、何百回、何千回 見ても衝撃を受ける…。 しかもその日の夜や翌日、その後の映像まで…

[@foreverealm]

I’m so sorry and sad for all that the people suffered. This is so unimaginable.

[@mathm7401]

The fact the Japanese recovered from this is inspiring. Such heart breaking devastation...

[@МишаСеверный-ц2д]

А ещё, японцы оправились от ядерных бомбардировок США в сороковых годах!

[@ラウスハロルド]

We have not finished. Japanese citizens pay a special reconstruction tax every year. There is still no end in sight for taxation. I don't know when the business will be completed.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

@@ラウスハロルド I know it's still a long road to recovery. It will forever leave scars on the beautiful land of Japan but the people and land can still be beautiful and survive.

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

WTF did you expect them to all give up and become extinct??? 🤔🤡🙄

[@clintoruss153]

@@ラウスハロルドI know but what happens if another earthquake hits

[@longrider42]

A floating dock from this event, ended up on a beach in Oregon. The power of water is truly scary.

[@barryrudge1576]

So many people not only lost loved ones, their whole families but also everything they owned, their lively hood and their communities. The footage is horrifying to watch but to watch it all unfold before your eyes is on a totally different level.

[@ashbash635]

Drowning is my worst fear ever since I jumped in an adult pool by mistake as a kid that was extremely deep. The panic I felt realising I was so far down was the worst feeling I’ve felt but luckily a coastguard had seen me and got me out just as I felt seconds away from breathing in water. I feel so bad for all the people who had to deal with this, the fear of seeing the ocean rush at you and your town with such force with absolutely no time to prepare and nothing you can do must be awful. I really hope they have managed to rebuild and recover best they could. I’ve just seen the date on my phone. 11 of March that’s eerie , 12 years ago today this happened. Pray🙏🏻 ❤💜❤️✌🏻

[@airgasmYT]

You’re honestly sort of a wuss

[@Maskatkro]

ohh my godd did you survive

[@Pugetwitch]

​@@Maskatkroobviously not, that's why they never replied to you

[@christophernovek24]

Thank you for the footage, especially because you risked your own life capturing it. Also I am so sorry for the victims involved.

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[@brandonstaelens664]

This footage is absolutely incredible. The sheer power of nature is something to be in awe of. R.i.p all who were lost

[@radio-su6lh]

I wonder if those guys on the two fishing boats survived, probably not judging by the immense power of that water streaming in. It was surreal watching them both try to leave the harbour just as the tsunami started to come in. Were they choosing to ignore the warnings and carry on with their work or were they just trying to save their boats by going out to sea before it arrived, if so they tragically miscalculated how quickly the Tsunami would come.

[@mikeissweet]

Yes I'm surprised to not see more talk of the boats. I think they wanted to save their livelihood but the water came too fast and too hard

[@daviswhite3591]

Saving the boats was exactly what they were trying to do. If they had made open ocean in time they would have been alright.

[@FloozieOne]

One of the boats survived, the other didn't. You just get a glimpse of the survivor @11:35.

[@Pugetwitch]

They were working, they probably stopped mid work and it got their boat ready to leave. They only had 30 minutes. What do you think they were doing?

[@kursatbozkurt2258]

私はトルコから日本人に愛を送ります. 私たちはあなたをとても愛しています. あなたは本当に善良で文化的な人々です. トルコ人として, 私は日本人を愛しています.🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@_Tommmmmm_]

Wow. I watched a lot of live coverage on this back when I was a freshman in college. I remember actually skipping class because of how mind blowing this was.

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

I always had the idea in my head that a Tsunami was a giant single wave that swept inland. When in reality it's more like an extremely high tide. Cool to see and learn but terrifying for the people that had to live through it!

[@rossgadsby9663]

Tsunamis are more like a swell in the ocean turning an area into part of the ocean for a while. Once it breaches the sea wall it's essentially got the entire weight of the ocean flooding in behind it until it settles and begins to recede. Absolutely horrifying

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

This is still spine-tingling to watch. You really have to respect such incredible power.

[@ShyBoozey2]

This is so crazy and scary, beautiful yet horrifying.. and yet they prevail, they always rebuild ❤ thank you for this treasure may all those rip. You will not be forgotten.

[@UQRXD]

The power of the ocean. I sailed it for years.

[@shoon7858]

the sheer strength of that massive wall of water destroying everything in its path is terrifying.

[@jasonstevenson110]

Gosh, I can't get my head around the sheer volume of water - gives a small sense of the energy released by the quake.

[@GouganeBarra-u4t]

After 4 minutes you'd be thinking what all the fuss is about. Then at 5 minutes the whole cataclysm begins. The deluge at 10 minutes is truly shocking. There's just such a volume of rushing water that it's hard to imagine anybody caught up in it surviving. I'm just so glad I live in Ireland. Prayers for all the unfortunate souls who didn't make it past that day.

[@smoothsavage2870]

As soon as you said you were living in Ireland, my mind instantly heard this comment in an Irish accent lol. But yea, tsunamis seem to build and build as time goes on. After the 2 back to back hurricanes in southeast USA these past couple of weeks (Florida to be exact), i've been binging all natural disasters. Tsunamis seem to be the hardest to save yourself from.

[@musiccitymadman2023]

I'm in awe of the massive power of mother nature . And we are so small and helpless against her.

[@elenaaron7102]

Successful people don't become that way overnight.most people you see as a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life.....

[@charlottegrace5695]

But of a truth they are scammers but real brokers are out there too waiting for investors.

[@mariacari4646]

So don't be scared of giving any one a try.

[@ljanray4770]

Talking of being successful!l think that am blessed because if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as Mrs Bonnie Berville...

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[@hudaityay9584]

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[@xyzct]

I thought I had watched every single 2011 video a 100 times each. I can't believe I've never seen this particular low angle before! Absolutely mind-blowing.

[@JP-1966]

Terrible témoignage du tsunami de 2011 et de ses ravages !! Merci pour ce partage. Il en faut du courage pour affronter tout cela et se projeter dans le futur…. 🙏🙏🙏

[@TheLuckyjoenga]

Watching this reminds us to enjoy our time on Earth. Live in peace, harmony and joy. Our time here is too short. You never know what could happen in a second.

[@robasterino4563]

Yup you could die in a horrible explosion like the ones in Pearl Harbor did on that day that still lives in infamy

[@bahloulmounder8724]

Well said, we have to think about our purpose on this short life and prepare for our hereafter.

[@ismetalgan4554]

Tek güç vardır oda Yeri göğü yaratan Allaha aittir

[@kgrant3184]

SUPERB, but very distressing, footage. I can only imagine your horror at losing EVERYTHING... Thank you for documenting the incredible destruction. I have watched the Kesennuma school clips from inland, up the river, multiple times (and seen the white kappa fleeing the tsunami up and over rooftops - like both the black and white kappa fleeing the fields in the Sendai aerial vids). But, I had never seen THIS footage. What most impressed me, were a) the resilience of the Japanese people, b) the "let's get it done" attitude - the next day, clothing and bedding were already washed and neatly hung, drying in the March 12th (my bday) sun, and c) the honesty and integrity of the Japanese - I saw/ heard of very little thieving from stores. I contrast that with the hurricane/ flooding in Houston, Texas, where I watched all sorts of videos of people breaking into the stores and stealing every thing from TVs & other electronics, to expensive sneakers. Really? You have no food or clean water, and you steal sneakers? How incredibly low - as the store employees and owners are ALSO suffering in the flooding. Anyway, there was very little of this in Japan (though I understand some looting did occur). The 13th anniversary has just passed, and I so hope that folks are healing, and recovering, and returning wiser and stronger. All best wishes from this Canuck!

[@antonioaraujo3029]

A natureza é implacável. Dá mto medo . Pior de tido é a perca de vidas . Parabéns pelo vídeo. 🇧🇷

[@PierreMarois-e8t]

What chaos. Otherwise, what resilience these great Japanese people possess!❤️❤️❤️

[@cryingforbread]

i still cant believe when you first posted this in february (before it got taken down), we were a day apart when we posted these. and we didn't even know eachother!

[@Tchud]

Funny how this came across my feed!! I was there, of course. March 11, 2011. We first responded from Malaysia, and got to Japan (where I lived) in three days. When I saw Kesennuma, fishing port, it was in ruins. One truck was thrown against the back wall like a toy. Our craft could now beach where the quaywall used to be 8 feet above sea level. Now it WAS at sea level so we could pick up the engineers and their trucks, which were radioactive. We went to Oshima Island to get the residents food, water and get the electricity going. We did this for about two weeks. It was the craziest thing I have ever seen, and the residents were grateful- they had no power for ten days, and it was freezing. BTW, that LCU the 1634? I was the craft navigator on that boat. We were embarked on the USS Essex for Spring patrol at the time. I can say without a doubt this was the most frightening thing I have ever seen. I left Japan in 2012 after living there twice over a period of six years.

[@linhlethithuy8259]

what an incredible video, thank you for sharing this footage! it's so powerful to see the resilience of Kesennuma City after such a devastating event. but honestly, i can't help but wonder if showing this footage helps raise awareness or if it just makes people anxious about natural disasters. what do you all think?

[@Vinterbukser]

We think that these towns were rebuilt and life carries on but it's not like a replica of each town was reconstructed - that would be both impractical and impossible. How strange it must feel if 50% or more of the town you grew up in was destroyed and replaced by new buildings, so that within a short time, a whole new town appeared and only the mountains surrounding you were familiar. Maybe the main roads stayed the same, but the skyline, the buildings, shops and parks must have been altered greatly. The shortcuts and alleyways you knew, maybe your neighbours, the woods, all gone and replaced. The memory of the town you remember mixed with the image of the town you now see - it's hard to imagine how that must feel

[@pnwesterner6220]

The towns really have not rebuilt very much

[@imneverwrongsometimestruthlies]

Time flies by for the watcher but it stands still for those that suffer --

[@clarenceghammjr1326]

If they rebuild those areas it shows they have learned absolutely nothing

[@Pugetwitch]

So many aqualife and animals all gone too

[@Pugetwitch]

Lots of fish keepers out there who take care of Koi and some of them can be quite expensive and not only that but they are beloved pets that can live for up to 30 years sometimes!

[@jesusmorenopostigo197]

Que descansen en paz todas las víctimas y mucho ánimo a los supervivientes y damnificados...que Dios los bendiga a todos 🙏 .

[@angelinegutierrez5798]

Eso fue hace 10 años

[@cassiohenrique1745]

@@angelinegutierrez5798 lol

[@ohwell2790]

Shows just how fragile life is. Looking at the world now seeing just how badly people treat each other. Such a shame

[@rogercullins6637]

At 9:32 - if you look in the upper part of the picture in the "smooth" water... there is a white line that shoots across the entire channel (right to left). Does anyone know what that could be?

[@daddybob6096]

My wife and i were living in our home on the North Eastern coast of Cebu Philippines when this earthquake and following tsunami occurred near Japan. The authorities in our area, made an announcement by vehicle loud speaker warning that the tsunami could reach the Philippines in a couple of hours. We immediately went in our vehicle to high ground for a couple of hours. As far as i know, our neighbours right alongside the sea, just stayed in their houses.

[@debraclevinger1400]

I just don't unfersta why those boats went out towarda it. I mean so did those people think that all the alarm s were for nothing very good vid god bless to thefamilies affected most

[@Geoplanetjane]

The boats were trying to get out of the harbor, out beyond the point at which the tsunami was high

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

@@debraclevinger1400 Because the sea is safer than the shoreline. The tsunami slows down but grows in height they closer to the shallows, so you can simply ride a normal wave which is higher than normal in the ocean and that's it but in the harbor and the shorelines the wave becomes a wall that will demolish everything in its path.

[@clarenceghammjr1326]

Relocating to pasay in metro manila, first thing I did was plan a route of escape and a secondary

[@chch4509]

🇹🇷🇯🇵 başımızdan gelen bir çok iyilik ve kötü olaylarda insan büyüyor. Başımız sağolsun ölenlere rahmet kalanlara sabır.

[@donnacabot3550]

Man, it’s gut wrenching to watch.

[@athopi]

Over the years I have watched hundreds of hours of video of this tragic event. Yours is the first time I've seen the destruction taken from a boat on the water. Good job and God Bless the people of Japan!

[@mattsmith5421]

It's not filmed from on a boat

[@mattsmith5421]

They're on land you can see the road and lampposts next to them

[@athopi]

@@mattsmith5421 You need lessons in good manners to not intrude into a conversation between two other people with your ignorance.

[@Geoplanetjane]

Eh???

[@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286]

@@athopi 7:35 you're either stupid or blind. Ima guessing both

[@margaretzoheir4468]

Anyone who lived through this horrific event will carry it with them for the rest of their lives. May God give them strength. 🙏

[@michaelpage7691]

To this day I have felt overwhelmed by the destruction that the tsunami caused and the people who were killed, injured and displaced. The one thing it shows is the resilience of the Japanese people. 👍🏻😁🇦🇺

[@headsupfiction8582]

You’re at a point where you think this is horrifying, then the real tsunami starts.

[@rangerjones5531]

Just...WOW! I just don’t have the words! Great footage, scary as hell too. Thanks so much for posting this!🙀🇺🇸

[@danmyers9372]

What can’t be communicated from a video is the stench following major flooding events like this. Rotting fish (if near oceans) and food (from fridges/freezers), garbage, sewage (human waste from flooded out sewer systems), diesel fuel and whatever else you can imagine. As a retired Homeowner Insurance estimator flood claims were some of the nastiest I/we had to deal with. Horribly tragic.

[@MPWEST83]

God bless these people for everything they went through. I can't even imagine...

[@jonathanwalther]

26:30 What happened to all these ships? Why are they burnt?

[@rochellecano4216]

i have so much love and Aloha for the people of Japan who went thru and endured this very tragic natural disaster. they are still healing from their losses and overcoming their suffering. love you Japan!

[@orion7326]

Japanese don't say aloha. The Hawaiians do. The Japanese say Konichiwa.

[@wibblywobble7068]

@@orion7326 I've got a feeling they're Hawaiian. And It doesn't just mean hello, context orion.. :P

[@rochellecano4216]

@@orion7326 japanese tourist is #1. they know and use "ALOHA" WHEN THEY COME TO BEAUTIFUL HAWAII. We in Hawaii understand, know the japanese culture. many of my friends are Japanese. In Hawaii we grow up with many, many different nationalities and we live ALOHA AND GIVE ALOHA HERE'S YOURS.♥️♥️🤗👍

[@orion7326]

@@wibblywobble7068 I didn't think about that. Thanks for the reminder.

[@orion7326]

@@rochellecano4216 Thanks for explaining that. I had no idea. Aloha ma'am, all the way from India.🇮🇳❤️

[@Flackack]

I remember watching documentaries on tsunamis in the late 1990s. At the time there wasn't much by way of footage at all, except for grainy film of the Alaskan tsunami in the 1960's, and that footage by no means captured the actual influx of the water. The Boxing Day and Japanese tsunamis allow us to now understand how the destruction occurs.

[@chibalotte2010team26]

たった10分で景色が全く変わってしまっている…。 改めて恐ろしさを感じます。 非常に悲しく辛い出来事でしたが、我々はこれを教訓にしないといけないですね😢

[@BassSwirls]

My thoughts are with the good people who are still recovering from this absolute tragedy, all these years after.

[@ulgoatsahf]

11 yıl önce canlı yayında izlediğim bu görüntüler çok korkunçtu. Şimdi güzel ülkem Türkiye acı içinde. Canım ülkem artık acıların son bulsun.

[@ismayilorucov4829]

Keçmiş olsun Türkiyəm 😭😭🇦🇿❤️🇹🇷

[@sjones5616]

That was heartbreaking. Really did feel bad for our friends in Japan. Much love from Texas.

[@phuongrambo8293]

this is a really well-made video, and it's great that you shared such an important moment in history. however, i think it’s worth mentioning that while the footage is powerful, it may be a bit too graphic for some viewers. the impact on people's lives is huge, and sometimes it feels like we focus too much on the destruction rather than the resilience of the community. just a thought!

[@Pugetwitch]

Don't watch it if you don't know what you're in for. If you're watching real life footage of a tsunami, you should know that it's going to be a tragedy.

[@emmaathome2902]

I always wondered where the ferry ended up. Now o know, sad but great video. Thank you.

[@ДМН-т2ы]

Японцы многострадальный народ, никогда не жалуются. Сами все убирают. Чистят. И продолжают жить. И не бегут из своей страны.

[@snuffle2269]

Watching the current develop as the water exits and then reverses with the speed increasing such that the outbound fishing boats can't make forward speed is one thing. But then the final rush is something out of my civil engineering hydraulics course BUT ON A GIANT SCALE. It's been a long time since I watched the videos for days of the power of a tsunami. Deep respect to the Japanese and so sorry for the loss of life and damage.

[@GoldManagement8180]

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[@123TauruZ321]

The amount of water displaced was just unfathomable. So much power and force at work.

[@near--zero]

I felt an immense sense of brotherhood when I saw the US flag on those vessels at the end. I hope that Japan and the US always remain close allies.

[@nazirbismillah7796]

Feeling guilty after killing over 400k people by nuking them twice this tsunami probably only killed 15k crocodile tears my dear

[@near--zero]

@@nazirbismillah7796 karma for what they did to china. Look up section 731. Incineration in a fireball compared to vivisection ... Get a life.

[@CreachterZ]

And they don’t bomb us again in a war that we didn’t want and they did.

[@juankroosfrausto7411]

To be a an enemy of the USA is bad but to be a friend is fatal.

[@near--zero]

@@juankroosfrausto7411 yeah OK bro

[@sarahferguson327]

We had some destructive quakes in New Zealand the same year as this one happened in japan. News from Japan put us even more on edge and every time we had a decent sized quake, our coastal suburbs would be evacuating n middle of night just in case. These videos gave us nightmares. Some unfortunate Japanese migrants went back to japan after our first big quake, only to be home in Japan at time of their quake too 😢 horrific.

[@PurplePandemonium]

I was in highschool at the time, our Japanese sister school sent us paper cranes for the February quakes and it wasn't long before we were folding paper cranes to send back once their quake hit

[@ОльгаМиронова-ъ9ь]

Как это страшно. И пугает полная беспомощность и абсолютное бессилие перед разгулом стихии.

[@E266PD]

Япония обречена на гибель, но первой под воду уйдёт Англия. Дело времени.

[@raphaelaiello]

Japanese people are incredible! They can raise from ashes like phoenix...Amazing how they recover fast from big catastrophes 😔

[@Indrid__Cold]

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this! These videos allow those who study the tsunami phenomenon to greatly improve their understanding. You are an angel😇 to the study of sub-sea earthquakes. My sincerest compliments!!!

[@abdurparu4708]

there were animals who died bro

[@meyague]

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[@張政郎-w3s]

311經過這麼多年了、看一次難過一次，人無法跟大自然對抗、天祐日本🇯🇵

[@ritasousa234]

Foi muito triste, pois muitos perderam suas vidas, seus bens, foi devastador, como tudo aqui neste mundo, mas o tempo faz com que tudo volta o normal, o bem mais precioso e a vida daqueles que foram, e não volta mais. E muito triste. Foi uma tragédia.

[@stoddard1953]

Absolutely impressively terrifying at how Mother Nature works. It doesn't matter what the weather is. When a tsunami is coming it will come, and it will roar. Now, fortunately for Japan, they rebuilt from this Earthquake marvelously. It's a testament that even the most deadly of disasters cannot phase Japan. They are ready.

[@BabyMonkeyDefender]

What a lovely thing to say. It's all true about their resilience and fortitude. Amazing people.

[@Coursidia]

In your opinion : why do you think your mother nature do this terrifying and horrible distruction?! Why is this system of flooding or earthquakes on this world?! Do you think nature who made these Earth systems?!

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

the japanese are hearty people. the country of japan has pretty much every natural disaster that you can think of. Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, nuclear meltdown .... you name it and they've probably had it. From the US I hope you guys are doing OK over there... I wish you well

[@dennisduncan7561]

Tornadoes?

[@peterpan408]

Nuclear explosions, incendiary fire storms..

[@DJ-Dreaming]

I hurt with you Japan. Island arks are 'beautiful places', the geological upheaval; however, that comes with such feature is a different kind of beast. Understanding this is your home, just as it could have been mine, is still home and everyone understands this. I have the greatest admiration for all Japanese in honoring the land for which you live whether good or the bad happens.😍😍🗾

[@insanemainstream3633]

The air siren sends chills down my spine. RIP all those who perished.

[@sergeiobninsky1689]

I’m thinking about the people on that boat who tried to head out to open sea but couldn’t overcome the force of the tsunami.😢 At 5:31 - 7:15 Did people on that ship survive?

[@Fairygrl_TW]

New sub, Ive always been so curious of nature, Tsunamis have got to be the most devastating. I try to watch all natural phenomenons to see there cause and effect. To see how people react to such a power. To learn what to watch for or how to escape. Its truly devasting and my heart goes out to all involved. Heartbreaking. Blessings and Thanx for sharing.

[@sarahferguson327]

Such a good record, they did a really good job of filming under the circumstances

[@prinzessinknuffknuff8891]

This is madness, at first it all looks so harmless!

[@PaulNurse1]

Does anyone have a translation of the tannoy messages please. I was wondering if its a pre-recorded general warning or does he speak of the severity of the tsunami.

[@melodiefrances3898]

How do you even start to clean this up?

[@dexterford8094]

I was wondering how they manage to get those large ships back into the water.

[@Killatunga]

Holy crap, you cannot animate that... reality is always far scarier than anything we can imagine