tsunami Minamisanriku, Miyagi, japan

[@ekhamu]

自分の家族や知り合いが逃げ遅れて街に残っているという立場だったら、本当に辛いな···。

[@豚丼太郎]

自民党に票を入れれば定年まで安泰とうつつを抜かしてた防災課の糞公務員どもが普段から津波に関する勉強をちゃんとしてれば一人も死なさずに済んだのになぁ･･｡

[@maki9694]

今まで津波の色々な映像を拝見してますが、これは初めて観ました。 この映像を撮影された女性、すごいですね。 お母さんを心配しつつ現実を受け止めようとしている。頭が下がります。 皆さん、元気でおられることを祈ってます。

[@hasikkogasuki]

自分の身内や知人がこの津波に飲み込まれるのをただ見てるだけしかできない叫びを聞いて涙が出ました。命に関わるような災害を経験した事も避難をした事もないので実際こんなのが自分の町に来たらどうすればいいのか…

[@Trouble-Clef]

I am so sorry that you had to experience this and lose so many people you loved. My heart cried for Japan when this happened. I sincerely hope you are doing OK. I live on Vancouver Island and we are also in the ring of fire, and it’s also a very active earthquake zone. I live on the west coast facing Japan and only one minute from the ocean. I’ve felt many earthquakes but never experienced a tsunami and I hope I never do. The tsunami scares me more than the earthquakes do. All you can do to prepare is have an earthquake kit ready containing non-perishable food, water, blankets, medication that you may have to take, flashlights and batteries, toilet tissue, bandages, and anything you’d need to survive for at least three days. And know where to go in the event it happens. Know where you can go that gets you up high like a hillside or tall concrete building. It has to be concrete as wood washes away. And if you hear that you have to evacuate or you suffer an earthquake just go to the safety area. Don’t wait to see if the water can reach you. If you do wait it may be too late for you to get there. It’s better to go there and find out you didn’t need to go than it is to not go and find out it’s too late. That’s all you can do to be ready my friend. Being prepared is the best thing you can do to give yourself the best chance at survival. 🇯🇵🇨🇦

[@きっしー-j7b]

少し調べてみた。 志津川中学の標高は53.5ｍ、河口までの距離1.5ｋｍらしい。 動画の最初が高台からなのに最後のほうは堤防みたいな高さな感じなってるなんて恐ろしい・・ すごい考えさせられる動画です。

[@MendTheWorld]

Of all the horrific tsunami videos I have seen, this one is surely the worst. Not only to see an entire town swept completely off the map in one catastrophic event, but to hear the anguished wailing and misery of those who had to witness it, knowing that they were most likely seeing not only the death of the community they had known, but also the extinguishing of the lives of so many loved ones and neighbors. What an immense tragedy. I’m so sorry for your loss and pain.

[@baTonkaTruck]

I agree, this was just a clean delete of an entire township. Add on top, it’s snowing. These people will have to quickly seek shelter and figure out how not to freeze to death.

[@xynide]

this and kesennuma are the ones that were cleared off the map because of how close they were to the epicenter

[@supafuckinmingster]

no u

[@LarrySwishamane]

first time im actually seeing the true scale of mother nature's b!tchcide. i've only seen its aftermath or in progress. Not, the before images of what these coast, cities, infrastructure prior to. Plus, its like insult to injury. It occurred before the aftershock. then proceeded to continue, IN THE AFTERSHOCK.

[@matthewfors114]

@@baTonkaTruck luckily it was spring so even though it was cold enough to snow it wasn't like -2 degrees out. Can you imagine if the earthquake had happened in the dead of winter too? a week ago in california they had a hurricane and an earthquake at the same time. must have felt like end of times for all these people.

[@amedasuyuki1169]

6:57 「お母さん大丈夫？ダメだこれ、現実だから。」 切ない・・・ただ切ない。

[@hayakou5]

お母さんは、たぶん、頭抱えて　しゃがみこんで津波見てなかったんだと思うよ。 だから、「これが現実だから、見て。」と娘に言われてしまったんだろう。

[@campanerrigiovanni4885]

@@hayakou5 娘さんのお祖父さん(お母さんのお父さん)が確か志津川病院に入院していたと思います。 志津川病院は4階までが浸水して多数の犠牲者が出ました。 お祖父様もそこで亡くなられたようです。 お母さんは入院していたお祖父様の身を案じて取り乱したように嘆いていたものと思われます。 娘さんの気丈な態度はこの絶望的な状況の中、立派だったと思います。

[@X5edDGug]

6:57「お母さん大丈夫？もうダメだこれ現実だから…」って言葉が痛い

[@子ごん]

大変な中、貴重な動画を残していただきましてありがとうございます、現実に起こっている事に対して息をのむだけで言葉も出ない、酷すぎる。

[@佐藤真子-d1v]

津波の威力は凄いです(T_T)私も同じ地域で家も失くし今は別の場所で暮らしてます😣3・11が来る度あの光景が頭をよぎり、今でも辛いです。いつまでもくよくよしていては行けないと 少しずつ前を向いて行きます。あの日を忘れずに😭

[@tplpakyu]

加油

[@國松陳-o6z]

😆

[@fatimavallim8056]

Oro por você. Força e fé!!!!!

[@asra8161]

😢😢😢❤️❤️❤️

[@amilcarvalenca3381]

Keep strong.

[@mameazuki812]

母を心配する優しさと現実を受け止める気持ちの強さ 自分に同じ事が言える自信がない きっと立派に成長したされていると思います

[@melaniebrainerd3255]

The videos of this event never cease to blow my mind. It's so unimaginable what the people of coastal areas went through that day.

[@taniken]

一つの町が壊滅するのにわずか数分 津波は本当に恐ろしい

[@最強せんべい]

序盤中盤終盤隙がない完璧な立ち回りでしたからね これには流石に手が出ない

[@tadashi-3221]

５分くらいで町が、あっという間に津波に飲み込まれていく。

[@rionegar509]

Hhhhhhhhhh

[@paolaparodi979]

Sì da 01:00 a 06:00 un intero paese sommerso da un muro d'acqua...una tragedia per il popolo giapponese. Inimmaginabile senza questo video.

[@kayukitajima6349]

一瞬のうちに街が海の下に！これを現実として見て、撮影した子は、お母様を気遣い、偉かったですね。私なら泣き叫んてる！

[@東京建設会社]

当時、この映像がどのニュース映像よりも衝撃的でした 撮影者の声から毅然とした様子がうかがえて心強く感じたものです 震災から10年目ですが、あたらめて貴重な映像を残してくださったことに心より感謝申し上げます

[@BoneCK15]

It's so cruel how it also snowed that day. Many people lost their access to warm clothes and blankets. An absolutely miserable day.

[@biamariano5189]

Sim,num outro relato de sobrevivente ele disse que muitos sobreviventes após o tsunami morreram pelas ruas de hipotermia, por não terem onde se abrigar e se esquentar..., que tristeza Jesus Cristo!

[@anniebieber19]

Every person on the west coast of the US needs to watch this video. Japan is the most prepared country in the world for tsunamis & they were overwhelmed. Even after 7 years my heart breaks for the people of Japan.

[@robertlavallee591]

Americans living on the West Coast live in a dream world of it will never happen to us because we are Americans,if anything when there are tsunami warning they actually run to the shore to watch it,I've never understood the American attitude it can't happen to us,but we know it will one day.

[@stephencourton3328]

Fault off the US NW coast same type as one off Japan that caused this. Geological records indicate huge tsunamis every 500-900 years. Been over 500 years since evidence last one.

[@brazensmusings2738]

How can you call them prepared, when almost all houses are built with wood... Not to mention how this wood further causes extreme damage and casualties for all involved. I have seen multitudes of videos with citizens roaming the roads or being on the beach when the authorities repeatedly tell them not to, but they don't heed at all. I say they are more like Americans.

[@nathonix7072]

@@brazensmusings2738 Japan has some of the longest sea walls in the world, so yes they are the most prepared country for tsunamis. Also, Wikipedia has an entry for this town and has a lot about the tsunami. 50 years before they had a tsunami that reached one story height and caused a lot of damage, so they built a harbor wall two stories high to be ready if it happened again. This wave was over four stories high. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamisanriku

[@brazensmusings2738]

@@nathonix7072 Protection rendered from sea walls is not something to be proud of when the world has faced half a kilometre high (500m+) waves. The protection that really matters at the end is two-fold, foremost, public awareness that saves them from the ordeal in the first place as they orderly relocate to safer grounds. Which obviously failed to a great extent in Japan as many videos are from the beaches or buildings around it and cars escaping from the waves behind them. Even with the civil defence alarms blaring full force and urging them to relocate. Secondly after those walls are breached. How many can have reliable shelter in the affected zones, for how long and whether that becomes the reason they die when all else fails. Which again exactly happened, the wooden houses first floated off their foundations because they are not fixed due to earthquake protections ignoring tsunami dynamics, later these broke off after collisions with concrete structures or simply due to sheer tensions. Becoming a flood of nails and barbed planks, rest you can guess.

[@fujiiyhk]

津波に勝つには高さ以外ないって、思い知らされる映像ですね。

[@きーやん-w8n]

これが現実。うん。残酷だけど現実がありました。アップしてくれてありがとう。自分とみんなを守る勉強になります。 左の向こう側にも非難所のような建物があったが飲み込まれてるように見受けられました。もっと高いところに行かないとですね。

[@peterbrown2112]

This is one of the most tragic videos I've seen. My heart goes out to all the people and their families. This will leave a scar on my brain, so I can't even begin to imagine the trauma endured by all of those victims and survivors. NAM YHO RENGE KYO

[@jingerjar1365]

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[@manifestationqueen3124]

Nam myoho renge kyo 🙏🏾

[@2.7petabytes]

@@jingerjar1365 lol! Yeah, everything is the Illuminati… give me a break!

[@jingerjar1365]

@@2.7petabytes did you look at above link by Ben Fulford. Do your home work please

[@wiseguysartsbeatsstreets2333]

Exactly how I feel to this day🙏🏾

[@spalmer8398]

Unless you've ever been through a natural disaster you can't begin to imagine the shock, helplessness and hopelessness that they are all feeling in this moment. And those 3 emotions are enough to change a person in ways that are incomprehensible.

[@iluvatarchem]

Let me guess: Another American that thinks he has been through hell and is one freeking step away from actually showing off about it. You people are unbelievable

[@sarahpearce7465]

One I thing I will say is the Japanese people are very strong they have been through hell I have so much love and respect. This was an epic catastrophe on a massive scale.

[@peanutgallery0078]

It’s hard to comprehend the scale of what these people had to endure. 🙏

[@asahiruban773]

俺はたまたま高台に居たから助かっただけ。正しく想定外の事態だ。早く逃げればとか言うヤツ居るけど動画見てからの答えなら誰でも言えるって事だ。

[@nyaaa7055]

高台へ上ってた人たちはたまたまなんですか⁉

[@melodiefrances3898]

Yes, anyone can say that watching a video in their safe faraway home. But they didn't just live through 6 minutes if a 9.1 earthquake. I have experienced a 15 second one, and that was waaay too long. 6 minutes would be deeply traumatic and potentially disorienting. But you have to get your mind back and start running for higher evalation. Even though you might be hurt or worried sick about your family and want to find them, or you might think it's better and faster to drive, and the warnings are saying the wave isn't going to be that big, so you think the tsunami walls will hold, or you might be disabled, or you might want to go get your children first, and a million other things. Anyone who says why didn't they get away has never lived through anything remotely like this, and therefore has no right to judge. If they have experienced something like this, they wouldn't judge.

[@dianaamirarajaie5114]

Diana Amiar Rajale

[@emmanuelmathews1718]

​@@melodiefrances3898amen

[@OSAKA-it6zi]

警報出たら 逃げろや😮

[@ekhamu]

自分の生まれ育った街がなくなってしまうのを、何もできずにただ見つめるしかないことが、どんなに辛いことだろうか···。

[@marcosramos4596]

How does the city look now?

[@とよたさね]

震災関係の動画の中でもこれが一番インパクト強い

[@わわ-l8w]

大槌のも相当ヤバい。。

[@thomaskilburn5312]

The anguish in the background would break anyone’s heart. What happened that year is just truly shocking. 😔😐😯

[@fastballonly]

The panicky woman's shriek is "Shinjau!", meaning "they are going to die!". The tone of her voice is so sad and real.

[@imvolga1123]

Of course, no one wants it to happen. If I am this woman, I would be panic too. My condolences for those 16,000 deaths. 🖤😔🙏

[@larrywest8046]

Wikipedia has an entry for this town and has a lot about the tsunami. 50 years before they had a tsunami that reached one story height and caused a lot of damage, so they built a harbor wall two stories high to be ready if it happened again. This wave was over four stories high. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamisanriku

[@rhodvalenciaga2743]

Even worse, the evacuation centers which are 20 meters above sea level, were inundated as well.

[@abhijeetpatil7653]

Watching this after nine years, still feeling sorry for people and their loss

[@quickfruits6963]

Woman crying around 3:20 is calling “Ojii-chan”, grandpa😢 7:00 “Mom are you okay?” “...Everything is over, this is real (not a dream)”

[@paulmccormack5524]

Heartbreaking ☹️

[@KathyMaKB]

Thank you for the translation. It is unbelievably sad to see and hear her / them. I have watched every one of these tsunami videos. Some multiple times. I don't know what draws me to it. I can't wrap my head around it. My heart goes out to them. RIP

[@prince_ITOIGAWA]

この地点からの映像は2011年から何度も見させていただいてます。最近気がついたのですが、ここって高台に登った行き止まりになりますよね。津波が終わった後も、孤立してしまったのではないでしょうか。

[@goeagles6248]

津波到達してコンビニの駐車場に逃げ込み裏道に辛くも到達した車の人が無事に生き残れて今も元気に暮らしていることを祈ります。

[@campanerrigiovanni4885]

この状況下、津波が迫ってくる方向に車を走らせていたのは恐らくその先に家族か大切な人がいて、迎えにいこうとしてたのではないかと思われます。 ついに津波に飲まれかけてギリギリ回避するも、やむなく引き返せざるを得なかった運転者の心情を思うと辛いものがあります。 津波からなんとか助かってほしいと思います。

[@clarkewi]

This is the heaviest video of the tsunami. You can't believe your eyes.

[@ademvatansever4628]

Çok üzüldüm

[@taunteratwill1787]

No you can't, these fucking lying eyes all the time. :-)

[@thomaskilburn5312]

I agree. Just shut your eyes and wait for it to past. That’s all these people can do. Powerless to stop the disaster. Please comment if anyone agrees.

[@sguerilla6142]

truth. Minamisanriku, 30 meters tsunami. all in a few minutes....

[@leblosem]

@@thomaskilburn5312 I was in the 27F tsunami in chile and forced myself to look at the people trapped in the disaster. Those were the last moments for some of them and I wanted to remember their figures. We kept screaming at them so they wouldn't die alone.

[@estiw.6270]

This is really devastating. My bones hurts and Im crying watching this. 9 years ago. My heart heart goes to all the victims and families who lost their loved ones

[@laxmanpwar4248]

🤕

[@tf1090c]

Every time I see this video it breaks my heart 😰

[@elxanceferzade5215]

Every time I see this video it breaks my heart

[@taunteratwill1787]

Your heart must be beyond repair by now.

[@BigArt1970]

To say this is anything less than heartbreaking would be unfair. Almost soul crushing. This is one of the many videos I've watched since the 10th anniversary this March. This one makes me sob. I can't imagine what this looked like in person, the immensity of the size. The sounds of buildings and trees being torn apart. Mind boggling. And then as fast as it came in, it quiets and starts pulling everything back to the ocean, and in many video, only to be hit again by a bigger wave. Watching the water sometimes it looks like it's alive. It's not, of course, but it acts like it. My heart and love to all of the families who lost loved ones that day. 💔

[@yamazon39]

どれだけ人が死んだか、そしていろんな人が大変な思いをしてしまったかを、令和から生まれた子供にどれだけ恐ろしいかを知ってもらいたい。

[@jaimemaldonado4152]

I cannot imagine witnessing something like this in person . Absolutely terrifying

[@petesmoth6320]

Absolutely terrifying!! Whole villages, towns, and cities totally destroyed. Shocking to watch the wave encroach and slowly get worse.

[@incontruth4116]

You know some of those people on the hill watching knew they had family members below getting killed. So sad.

[@moodyfan4ever]

Can t believe there were still cars driving, they had enough time to go to higher grounds, or.

[@kevinhammond2361]

A huge percentage of the fatalities in Japan were aged 60+, but especially those aged 70+. Many either didn't want to evacuate, or were not able to evacuate

[@lornabarret7929]

And that's what makes it so sad ,the helplessness.

[@tinageekbeta]

@@moodyfan4ever So sad. Some places had less than 15 min warning....if you are at work, that is not enough time to go drive to and help save your elderly family members (though I heard many tried and died). Just not enough time for everyone, especially when you realize how long it takes to get to higher ground for many, depending where they were at. Just so tragic.

[@imvolga1123]

@@tinageekbeta Yes, some of them were aged (about 60-70+) and some didn't have enough time to go to the hill or a strong buildings.

[@fastballonly]

I noticed that, too. It is unlikely that he made it... It's been two years now. I live in Tokyo and I was unaffected by the tsunami. But looking at a video like this vividly brings back the shock from that day. It was unreal. Even from afar.

[@suze6083]

This is one of the most shocking footages of this disaster I’ve seen. I honestly couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I couldn’t believe this person was able to film this. I would have fainted! This is so unbelievable! Just to watch this & not being attached to this town & not to mention not knowing anyone there & I can’t even begin to have any idea how this must have felt knowing so many people are dying that very moment...people you might know. Oh, this broke my heart! This truly broke my heart!

[@jckhammer]

Yea this is mindblowing and horrifying. I can never complain about a minor flood ever again. Just can't even imagine the fear of the water rising and rising towards the roof and your as high as u can go and thats the end of escape . Not to mention how cold everything is and when the water stops there is nothing left to go home to as everything is gone. No food restaurants, shelter nothing .

[@kellwood1404]

75.5 ft tall wave.

[@biamariano5189]

@@jckhammer num outro relato de um sobrevivente, ele disse que pessoas depois do tsunami morreram pelas ruas de hipotermia, por não terem onde se abrigar e se esquentar

[@sylviarohge4204]

@@jckhammer The tsunami warning was issued 20-30 minutes before the tsunami hit. In itself enough time that everyone can visit higher area. Unfortunately, some ignored the warning and assumed the ramparts were high enough. There are also stone markers everywhere along Japan's coasts, some of them many centuries old, which warn against settling below them (old marker stones and stoles that survivors of the local tsunamis had set up). Unfortunately, people are very forgetful, if nothing happens for 2-3 generations, again everyone ignores the warnings.

[@robertlavallee591]

@@sylviarohge4204 You might want to remember that many of the deaths were elderly,the sick and children whose families were working but tried to get to them but lost their own lives in the process,but that's ok you throw your better than thou attitude at us.

[@わんちゃんちゃん]

この女子高生、将来は大丈夫。きっと強く人生を送れる。お母さんになった姿を見てみたい。

[@オセロット-c3j]

黒いセダン無事ならいいな

[@MissDistarr60]

I don't think anyone who wasn't there to experience this monumental tragedy, could even being to imagine what it must have been like. The water, the deafening sound, the knowledge that there will be people you knew and loved who didn't survive, and to stand there and watch your world being washed away before your very eyes. The pure fear and feeling of utter despair would be overwhelming. And as horrific as this is, these people would now be facing something more difficult. Trying to move on.

[@stephensmith2323]

I went through the earthquake of 89 in the loma prieta in the bay area no tsunami . I do remember the feelings i had as pure terrified hopeless and the fear of dying . Nothing compared to what they are feeling. So scary and so sad.

[@paolaparodi979]

@@stephensmith2323 Immagini strazianti.

[@Lugare2011]

WOW. @2:51 there are 2 cars still trying to make their way out to safety and it only looked like one of them might have made it. Within about 30 seconds, the area they were driving was fully covered by the water. The speed at which the water is moving is incredible.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Moving at highway speeds actually

[@kristinaeva2006]

Я надеюсь,что они все таки спаслись!!

[@ЕленаШеленкова-щ1ь]

Я думаю,что нет,если мозгов нет их не приставить,ведь наверняка было предупреждение,сирена там.Почему люди,которые снимают успели уйти,а те нет?

[@CC42_]

@Allegra Logan the water was moving no more than 30 mph. Your confusing the speeds when the tsunami is still travelling out in the deep ocean, closer to where the earthquake occurred with the speeds as the wave slows as it approsches shore.

[@Kimberlytheresam]

I dont think anyone driving in that area made it

[@gailknight3128]

Watching this is bad enough, but hearing the poor ladys' anguish is heartbreaking

[@klmullins65]

I know...it sounds like she's calling out someone's name...perhaps an elderly relative who was unlikely to make it to safety

[@taunteratwill1787]

So many broken hearts here. :-)

[@tasuki199]

@@klmullins65 Ojichan. Her grandmother.

[@kassmeer2894]

3a Artistries wrong! Ojiichan means GrandFATHER and Obaachan means GrandMOTHER. btw,I'm a pure Japanese.

[@tasuki199]

@@kassmeer2894 Thank you for the correction.

[@pussycat6469]

omg thats so powerful. incredible. and very sad. i feel for you.

[@paulrandig]

Imagine that this is the place you grew up, went to school, knew every corner, fell in love, first kissed, helped your neighbour, married, had trouble and good times. Then look at this video again...

[@willg4802]

you mean like Detroit, or Cleveland? Oh, those places suffered a much worse fate, a demographic one.

[@Osk0999]

娘さん強いなぁ　泣いてるお母さんを見てしっかりしなきゃと思ったんだろうな

[@最強せんべい]

序盤中盤終盤津波に隙を与えなかったのは良かったですねwww

[@amdm6225]

しっかりしなきゃじゃなくて、理解が及んでないんだよ

[@チキンカツ-v3n]

@@amdm6225 高校生がこれを理解できないと思うのか

[@アップロード太鼓の達人]

普通なら恐怖感に支配されるしかしカメラのブレはあまり見えないし撮影者の強い意志を感じられる。普通なら震えるぞそんなん

[@猿屋1983]

４０年５０年の思い入れのある親と、生まれて１７、８年の子供とはまた違うのだよ。もしかしたら新築でローン組んだばかりだったかもしれないし

[@daveburke3342]

Yeah I don't think the persons in the car made it out.......and that was only a fraction of all those who perished

[@andrewmarino5441]

At about 3:20 it looks like the flood wall that was initially protecting the area completely gives way and the tsunami almost moves uninterrupted. The speed and size increased dramatically because there was no buffer impending the flow and everything just gets swept away at that point.

[@takk0219]

7:00 She said "Are you OK Mam? It's over, This is real."

[@santanamauricio]

Easy to say watching in your home. Like to see how you would really react in that situation.

[@iamjustjudy]

When you get some water in your basement and are upset about it. This puts it into perspective.

[@moodyfan4ever]

People who live there on higher grounds are escaping the tragedy, but to watch it from up there most be traumatic for the rest of their lives.

[@user-ms6zm3hs4s]

だめだコレ現実だから… 自分はお母さんに言ってるんじゃなくて、自分に言い聞かせてるように感じました。

[@最強せんべい]

これは仕方ないですよ 序盤中盤終盤隙を与えない完璧な立ち回りを津波は見せてくれましたからね 悔しかったでしょー津波に圧倒されて、でも僕は期待しますよ この津波の完璧な立ち回りに対してこの女性がどう切り込んでいくのか、楽しみですね 頑張ってほしい

[@tadashi-3221]

僕もそう思う。自分に言い聞かせてる感じにとれる。

[@ToshiFwba]

なぜか、この動画が右欄に現れた。 その言葉は、この現実のとらえ方次第 この言った子も10歳年を取った。 その時と今とではその「現実」の重みがはるかに重く感じられた10年だったかもしれない。 大人はこの「現実」が非常に重い。人生の経験や知識があるから。 今、この動画を見てこの子はどう思うか。 経験を積んで苦しい現実から這い上がったのなら、それは今後に生きる。 どう成長したんだろう。この子は。

[@ayumi0707]

Toshi 私は周りの泣いてる大人より、よっぽど役に立つと思います。

[@西野道広]

コメ主にいちばん最初に返したヤツの、言ってる意味がわかりませんね???

[@kaito6378]

2分辺りですでに街を飲み込み始めてるのだが、それでも距離が遠い＆建物が障害となって津波が来ていることに気付かない人々が、まだ何か大き目の施設のところにポツポツといるな。津波自体は見えなくとも、物凄いつもと明らかに違う「ゴォーーーーー」という音が耳には聞こえてただろうから、「とりあえず遠くへ逃げよう」ととっさにだ判断し車を走らせて助かった人は果たして何人いるのか、そして何人がこの津波に飲まれてしまったのか。。。

[@heavypen]

何年経っても衝撃的

[@tatsuko4148]

あの日テレビをつけると、これが現実なのかと目を疑うような映像が流れていた。 逃げて！逃げてー！と私は思わず画面に向かって祈る思いで声を振り絞っていた。 それから私は被害の大きさを徐々に知りました。 一夜が明け、多くの町は地獄絵図と化していました。これを撮っている娘さんの、お母さん？のおじいさんのいる家が見てる前で津波に襲われたのでしょうか｡泣き叫ぶ声に涙しました。娘さんの、気丈だけどお母さんが取り乱しているのに自分は辛いけど、しっかりしなければという思いが伝わる映像でした。

[@からき-f5x]

私も当時、画面越しに津波の映像を見て唖然としていた事を覚えています。 お母様のお声をよく聞くと「病院行く、じいちゃんさ病院にいんだ。」とおっしゃられていた様ですね。とても胸が痛みます。東日本大震災でお亡くなりになられた方々のご冥福をお祈りします。

[@miabutterfly2442]

A whole town gone!! 😢😢🙏 Rip peace to all the people who lost their lives. Thank you Miki Endo for saving as many people as you could. May you rest in peace.

[@rodmcgregor542]

This video was taken from the grounds of Shizugawa Junior High School. A very wise location! The High School is on the opposite side of the valley and also on high ground. The roadway with a white guard rail just below the camera is the entrance drive going up to the school. The white, multi-story building seen in the early minutes survived the tsunami but sadly the video clearly shows that the majority of the city was destroyed and so many lives lost. The white building can still be found on Google maps street view images. Be sure to select "Aug 2011" as the date for street images because the building is now demolished. Understandably, Google image data is really messed up in these damaged areas.

[@sallycress7797]

Just staggering how far inland the water came and such destruction done! Heartbreaking!

[@dennisdunn8892]

What a shock it must have been to think the sea could come up so far... Unbelievable, sad and scary.

[@imsa15463]

astonishing, amazing the power that water has.

[@taunteratwill1787]

Amazing? No not really.

[@johnrolannaujero9503]

Its terrifying

[@FurnitureFan]

It is, it's monstrous how it keeps flowing. I watched in horror at the time. Unbelievable how it moved across the country.

[@imvolga1123]

It's powerful and terrified at the same time.

[@textmachine09]

I remember watching this on live TV. Got chills run down my spine.

[@НаташаНарбекова-у9ц]

Плачь женщины.....,понимающей ,все потеряно, что страшная стихия может поглотить ,далее живущих....Это ужасно......Прошло 10 лет.....Мне так жаль этих людей.....И до сих пор, смотря видео 3.11 .....плачу и плачу....Усопшим упокоения,выжившим,что бы никогда не повторилось.....Гордые ,сильные. Счастья вам на 10000000000 лет!

[@ヨーゼフは犬ハイジ牧場]

町が飲み込まれて行く様を 目前に見て恐かっただろう、寂しかっただろう、衝撃だっただろう。色々と考えさせられる動画でした。

[@最強せんべい]

自分的には津波の序盤中盤終盤隙を与えなかったこの立ち回りこれは完璧でしたね 相手が悪かったですね いや～でもよく戦ってくれましたよこれは評価に値しますね

[@jckhammer]

I live in a flood plain here in canada but i will or cannot ever complain about a flood after watching this footage. This is horrifying and something that cant be imagined unless you are on that roof. Never have seen something this intense before on a flood. This is truly terrifying for these ppl and the water rising and rising. Not slowly either but with extreme force and speed

[@トール-k3r]

Tsunami

[@Indrid__Cold]

When the water in your river starts running backward, you know some serious shit is going down.

[@rckn-rndlwestvirginiarc4388]

So sad and heartbreaking....just knowing that many did not make it to safety....I have no idea what all of you went through that day, and the days following.....just know that my thoughts and prayers are with you always

[@stephensmith2323]

Omg o didn't realize the power that this one had. It flattened the whole city unbelievable ....wow god bless them

[@nobu0192]

昔津波にあった先人が石碑でこの下に家を建てるなって書いたらしいけどやっぱりその下は津波が来てその上は大丈夫だったらしい 津波の映像は定期的に観にきます

[@itiyokimo8563]

先人の言うことは聞くべきだね。意味もなくそんな石碑建てない。歴史ある古い神社仏閣が高台にあるのも津波の被害に遭わない場所を選んで建てたから

[@pamelag6673]

At the very end, the man... standing, looking, unmoving, likely in shock but aware of his heart already breaking. I can't imagine living with those images seared into my mind🙏😢

[@robertlavallee591]

The arena sitting in the back ground on a small hill was over whelmed by the wave,obviously being used as a tsunami shelter since I could see people going inside and cars driving up to it,I don't imagine anyone could have survived in there...the towns population was 17,000,10,000 lost their lives in this one place,it was the hardest hit...if you go stories as a height,the wave actually reached over 5 stories in this place.

[@blinderII]

It's hard to comprehend how anyone could deal with this happening to their town. For me, it would be difficult for my brain to process and accept what's happening right in front of my eyes. Talk about turning a person's life upside down. How these people managed to pick up the pieces and move on with life is beyond me. I'm so sorry this happened to the wonderful people of Japan. So much loss 😞

[@haydentrudeau6816]

The people that did make it to higher ground did so with just minutes to spare I'm sure it took all of their resources and all their energy to get there and I'm sure families were separated not knowing if they made it to higher ground

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

pure hell. Imagine watching this happening to your town? Pure hell.

[@SparkyOne549]

I don’t think there are any words that exist that can accurately describe this entire situation. What these people went through..utter devastation of their lives.

[@ko.ala.b]

even after all these years this is so incredibly sad. i hope these wounds do heal.

[@佐藤真子-d1v]

この景色が我が故郷😭何も出来ず見ている事しか出来なかった🥺こんなに津波の威力強いだね💦二度と起こらないようにと願って👋居ます

[@оксанагерасимова-ф1ъ]

До чего же жутко! 10 минут и города как не бывало

[@kylecorrow6743]

I can't begin to even imagine this type of destruction in my town.

[@taunteratwill1787]

What a pity. I have no problem imaging it, and no problem causing it too. :-)

[@jackwest4906]

May 22 2011. I'm a Joplin tornado survivor though we had enough warning but nothing compares at japan. No warning for the strongest quake but a tidal wave 15 minutes later. Thousands of people and animals swept out to sea. I hope my relatives survived. Jaci

[@ЗауреСуюнова-е2ь]

За 8 минут не стало города !!!! Вода превратила все в щепки , в прах...люди плакали , сердца обливались кровью..Потом пол минуты вода постояла и унесла в океан все что перемолола...как же человек бессилен..

[@masakobozzelli6141]

感動: ただひたすら黙って、記録していた娘が、おそらく憔悴しきっている母親を気遣って「お母さん大丈夫？」と初めて声をかけた時、母からの返事は聞こえなかった、、。娘は、母からの返事を待つことなく「だめだ、これが現実だから」と力強く言った。

[@PatrickWilliamMartin]

This one still blows my mind.

[@dominicweber9294]

This is out of world

[@esukun1548]

3:12 Her grandfather was staying in the hospital in this city.

[@masashiisan]

they should have rescued their grandpa

[@cee_el]

Jude Villarta how?..

[@masashiisan]

@@cee_el when there was a warning, i was thinking they should have imidiately gone to the hospital to rescue since the water hasn't flow but then i just realize it must have been far from there home.. so they can't.

[@cee_el]

Jude Villarta idk where the hospital was at but knowing how fast the water took over, it would be difficult even if they were closer to each other.

[@masashiisan]

@@cee_el yes

[@peanut71968]

Such an horrendous event to experience. Been in a lot of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados 🌪 snow ⛄️ storms but this? Blessings to Japanese people everywhere!

[@Ranchpig67]

That wave was close to 100' in spots. Never stood a chance. So blessed that it happened during day time and that the people for the most part take these events seriously.

[@silverschooner5821]

Such a monstrous thing, deep and relentless, overrunning everything in the valley. RIP to the victims, and my condolences to the survivers! Much love from America to Japan. 💝😢🇺🇸🇯🇵

[@wildcat458]

It's called earth 🌍

[@SUPERSPAZD]

@@wildcat458 🙄

[@willg4802]

The guy standing in the foreground near the end, just watching. He had to be thinking...."what now?" If his family wasn't on the mountain with him he might have been thinking about jumping into the whole thing.

[@taunteratwill1787]

No i don't think he was planning to jump. That's just you wanting to do that. :-))

[@lindsayschilling8707]

😪

[@Og-Judy]

Shell shock .... WTF did I just watch? 10 years on and it's still unfathomable to see such destruction in such little time. People had little time to get to high ground, especially the handicapped and frail elderly. God bless Japan.

[@klmullins65]

Wow! Look at the difference ONE MINUTE made to the river between 1:43 and 2:43!!

[@user-pi6sf2bt9z]

Народ Японии, пусть этот ужас никогда больше не повторится! Это большое горе! К сожалению, природа непредсказуема, сильна, противостоять ей невозможно... Сколько читаю, про вас говорят, вы мужественный народ и дай Бог вам всем, здоровья, счастья, процветания!!!

[@СниКольорові]

Боже какая трагедия ,сколько людей потеряли дома,близких,слезы от увиденного и сочувствие людям.природная катастрофа страшная. Мои соболезнования...

[@incontruth4116]

I grew up in a small coastal town on the Pacific Ocean surrounded by hills and I can’t imagine what that would be like to watch my entire community get washed away. Poor people.

[@dragomilijevic7443]

Q

[@dukecity7688]

Cascadian subduction zone.

[@夜-e6e]

切な過ぎるょ・・・💧

[@tauras88d]

i know, dosen"t it just pluck heartstrings and bring a tear to your eye to hear the screams of terror from these poor people:(

[@MariaLuiza-jh5bb]

Assustador !!! 😯 É muito , muito muito ,triste !!! 😔😔😔😔😔 A gente chora pelas inúmeras vítimas desse caos !!! 😢😢😢

[@goahead2050]

Neste mundo. Nada nos pertence... Quando da um incidente desta proporção. A pessoa só tem as roupas do corpo, e com sorte, alguns documentos....

[@po4RP20361]

If that was me watching my town and family being rolled over, youd be hearing the sounds of a man screaming, crying and puking

[@SUPERSPAZD]

😞 💔 😞

[@jacienz]

around the 2:00 and 2:39 minutes you can actually see cars travelling heading towards the incoming waves and people walking on the streets, unaware of what is happening with the waves coming in the background.

[@Aleks10Cam]

+ranoka Very sad. :_(

[@muhammadihsanpratama3158]

Don't forget 1:37

[@willg4802]

DOH!

[@hyakoutake]

they must have heard at least something from the incoming wave!? i mean..

[@robertlavallee591]

People at ground level with buildings blocking their view are unaware of what is actually coming their way.

[@jennifer-xo8cu]

I don't think I would know or think to evacuate in time - it seems like no big deal at first then like water is every where. Maybe people who live by the ocean know what to look for.