BREAKING NEWS MAJOR EARTH QUKE OF 8.9 MAGNATUDE HITS JAPAN, TSUNAMI HITS JAPAN - REPORTS OF WATER/FLOODING NEARLY 100 KM INLAND

A catastrophe of biblical proportions has hit Japan.



MAPS, DETAILS...
Fires, landslides...
Cars, ships, buildings swept away...
KYODO WIRE...
4 million without electricity in Toyko...
Nuclear plants shut down...

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CNN via NHK is reporting that fires have broken out in Tokyo.Bullet trains have stopped.

W7VOA JMA: 10-meter tsunami at Sendai port. Airport flooded.

Video of the tidal wave hitting Japan

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