All flights to Tokyo from the UK have been cancelled this morning after one of the world's worst earthquakes in recent years struck off the coast of Japan earlier today.
Measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, the earthquake sent ten-metre waves surging inland and sparked fires in Tokyo.
Japan's meteorological agency said the tsunami struck Sendai, which has a population of about one million. Thousands of people were fleeing for their lives as killer waves swept through cities and residential areas.
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Measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, the earthquake sent ten-metre waves surging inland and sparked fires in Tokyo.
Japan's meteorological agency said the tsunami struck Sendai, which has a population of about one million. Thousands of people were fleeing for their lives as killer waves swept through cities and residential areas.
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Utter devastation: Flames engulf houses swallowed up by enormous tsunamis waves that swept through Japan after a massive earthquake this morning
Threat: Local footage shows another wave speeding towards the shore
Japan submerged: Government broadcaster NHK shows cars on a flooded street in the Miyagi region following the earthquake-triggered tsumani
Drivers were seen fleeing the waves on highways close to the coast as the impact of the huge quake swept ashore while the car park at Disneyland in Tokyo was submerged.
Dramatic footage showed the surge washing away cars, a bridge and buildings at the mouth of the Hirose-gawa River, which flows through the centre of Sendai, while a roof caved in at a graduation ceremony in Tokyo.
Dramatic footage showed the surge washing away cars, a bridge and buildings at the mouth of the Hirose-gawa River, which flows through the centre of Sendai, while a roof caved in at a graduation ceremony in Tokyo.
