Japanese workers clearing streets in Asahi city:

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One of the things I read earlier today was that when the tsunami warnings were first made, people rushed to the tsunami evacuation points in some towns, but they turned out to be still too close to the shore/low lying areas to avoid being swept away and that some people might not have heard the warnings to get to higher evacuation points. With waves over 10m tall, it overwhelmed everything in its path for miles inland.

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Entire buildings are floating by seemingly intact, which are then churned into bits by the roaring wave action.