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Tsunami surging to Hakozaki-cho of Kamaishi city (Footage provided by viewer) The Japanese text is followed by an English translation. 岩手県・釜石市の箱崎町を襲った津波の様子を捉えた映像。 根浜海岸(釜石市鵜住居(うのすまい)町)と箱崎町の間にまたがる山道より、箱崎町の漁港方面を撮影。 曇天の中、箱崎町の湾港部から、すでに水が大きくあふれ出て、住宅が密集する地域を襲っている様子から映像は始まる。撮影者の周囲の人々からも、驚がくの声が上がる。 海岸付近に連なる暴風林の合間から、波が、どんどん町内に向かっていく。 町内の家屋という家屋は、みるみるうちに破壊され、町の高台近くまで押し流されていき、街中に土煙がたなびく。 気がつけば、高台付近をわずかに残し、町は完全に水没した状態となっていた。 「箱崎全部(水没)だ」と口にする人々の声も聞こえてくる。 しばらくすると、引き波が始まり、今度は、町から海の方に向かって水やがれきがあふれ出るように流れ出す。 徐々にあらわになってくる町の惨状。水没していた箱崎漁村センターの白壁の建屋も、泥流の中に、変わり果てた姿を見せてきた。 破壊された家屋など、無数のがれきが、逆流により、湾港部の水面を埋め尽くす。 再び晴れ間がのぞき、日の光が差し込めたころ、波は完全に引き切り、町全体の深刻な被害状況があらわになった。 撮影者と周囲に避難していた人々はこの後、流された人々を救助しながら、津波に流されてきたドラム缶などを拾い、木を入れたり、火をつけるなどして暖を取りながら、この山で一夜を過ごしたのだという。 Footage: Capture of the tsunami attacking Kamaishi city of Iwate prefecture. From the mountain trail between coast of Nehama (Unosumai-cho, Kamaishi city) and Hakozaki-cho, the fishing port of Hakozaki-cho is recorded. The video begins with the image of a cloudy sky, where water is already flowing out vigorously from the port of Hakozaki-cho, attacking a densely residential area. Voices of shock are raised by those surrounding the recorder of the video. From between the rows of windbreak at seashore, waves advance to the inner city rapidly. Houses within the town are destroyed in mere moments, washing them away to elevated grounds. A cloud of dust hangs all over town. We come to realize that the town has been completely submerged, aside from the top part of a hilly area. Some people mention that Hakozaki has now been taken by water in its entirety. After a while the backwashes begin and this time, the water and debris gush out toward the sea from town. The town's disastrous scene becomes more and more apparent. The Hakozaki fishing village center building with white walls that had sunk out of sight returns to the surface of mud flow in its ruined state. A million pieces of rubble, including destroyed houses fill up the water in reverse flow at the mouth of the bay. When the sun rays break out from the clouds again, waves have completely drawn and the whole town's grave situation of damage becomes apparent. The recorder of this video and other evacuees later spent the night on this mountain, rescuing the lives of several people swept up by the waves and picking up floating oil drums to ignite branches for a warming fire. 地図を見る http://www.fnn-news.com/311/articles/201103110062.html View map http://www.fnn-news.com/en/311/articles/201103110062.html