by Maayana Miskin
A tsunami hit northern Japan on Friday morning, following on the heels of an 8.9 earthquake. Video footage showed waves estimated at 7-10 meters high hitting the city of Sendai, which has a population of one million.
There are no casualty estimates as of yet. Several people are known to have been buried in a landslide caused by the earthquake, and others were injured when a roof caved in during a graduation ceremony in Tokyo.
Japan has issued top-level evacuation alerts for the entire coast, and its meteorological agency warned that second and third tsunami waves could be on their way. Residents have been told to immediately evacuate to higher ground, or if that is not possible, to the rooftops of strong buildings.
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