Tsunami sweeps through Kesennuma City in Japan

12 March 2011 Last updated at 05:45 ET Help

Footage has emerged of Friday's tsunami sweeping through Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture, north-eastern Japan.

The force of the wave washed away houses and cars in one of the worst hit areas after a devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit off Japan's north-east coast on Friday.

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