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The day of the earthquake About 9:00 p.m. in Kamaishi City
" Here comes an aftershock. "
" It's shaking, we're shaking. "
" It's a powerful aftershock! "
The crew heads toward the city
" Isn't that a storage shed? It must've drifted all the way here. "
" I wonder where it came from. "
" This is just unbelievable. "
Near Owataricho in Kamaishi City
Yuji Takahashi, reporter, Iwate Menkoi TV " We're in a residential area about 5 minutes from Kamaishi Station. This area appears to have been flooded. "
" It looks like the car was swept here. "
" Over here there's a backpack and TV that appear to have drifted here. "
" Looking inside, you can see that the furniture is a mess. "
" This fence is thrashed. "
" These homes look like they've been torn inside out. "
" That's a vending machine. "
" There's a vending machine knocked over. "
" Whoa, what is this? "
" Cars are piled up between the houses. "
" They were swept here by flood waters and deposited with further debris. "
" The door to that house is broken. "
" The bumper is twisted off this car. "
" There's just been another aftershock. It's about 9:10 p.m. "
" It's shaking violently. "
" Some things are falling from the homes. Power lines are swaying. "
" It's deathly quiet. Most likely everyone has evacuated. "
" In front of this home, there's a car piled on top of another car. It must've been swept here. "
" They're piled on top of each other. The door to that home is also destroyed. "
" This is a shop selling food containers. "
" A car plowed inside it. It's in ruins. "
" This is a thick concrete wall. You're average concrete blocks... "
" It's crumbled and caved in toward the house. "
" I couldn't tell what this was at first but it's the underside of an overturned car. "
" It's not the only one. There's a second overturned car over there. "
" Here's another overturned car. "
" I wonder what this once was. "
" How could something like this happen? There's a car perched on top of another car. "
" It's surrounded by other overturned vehicles. "
"It's impossible to tell if this was merchandise or rubbish. "
" This is a cigarette vending machine. "
"This must be a tobacco shop. Not one sign of any merchandise. "
" It's filled with driftwood and other debris. "
" A car is leaning against a utility pole. "
" It looks like it's standing against the pole. "
" It was obviously swept here by flood waters. "
" Someone was living here until just a while ago. "
" The tsunami clearly reached the ceiling. "
" There's debris stuck to the air conditioner. "
" It's about three meters high. "
" There are traces of mud here. Flood waters much have reached this high. "
" The force of it shattered the windows. "
" The sofa and furniture are in complete disarray. "
" This home was completely demolished. The roof is touching the ground. "
" The traffic light is bent to a 45-degree angle. "
" There must've been a home or a shop over there. "
" All that remains is a mountain of debris. "
Further up ahead...
" There's more water over here. "
" Videogame software, food and comics. "
" A fire truck. "
" That's a fire truck. "
" Earlier we came across a firefighting hose on the ground. "
" There's a fire truck and a delivery truck. "
" There appears to be another car underneath it. It's buried under debris. "
" What appeared to be debris turned out to be a car. "
" The ground is covered by a sea of debris. "
" A closer look reveals comics, a sofa, a trash can. All signs of life. "
" It looks difficult to proceed from here. "
" Let's try, since we've come this far. "
" Oh, no! Be careful. "
" This is bad. Unbelievable. "
" Yes, it's definitely a fire truck. "
" There's no way past it. It's a car. "
" The delivery truck is perched on top of an overturned car. "
" Next to it is a fire truck stuck in debris. "
" Could it have drifted here? "
Crew tries to proceed while watching their footing
Near Kamaishi Health and Welfare Center
" The ground is growing unsteady as we near the ocean. "
" There have just been several aftershocks. Here you can see pile after pile of vehicles... "
" The threat of collapse is too great. I'm afraid it's time to retreat. "
" It's too dangerous to proceed any further. "