A small town in the Miyage Prefecture. Its Wikipedia entry already reflects the devastating effect of the tsunami:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamisanriku,_Miyagi A report from English reporters on the devastation:And a shorter video:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8381007/Tsunami-sweeps-through-Minamisanriku.html (In fact, if you ever see different versions of this video, you'll notice how narrowly some people outrun the rising wave)But on to the good news tonight:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nikkei.com%2Fnews%2Fheadline%2Farticle%2Fg%3D96958A9C93819490E3E7E2E3E28DE3E7E2E1E0E2E3E3E2E2E2E2E2E2%3Fn_cid%3DTW001 Basically, 9700 Minamisanriku residents that they weren't able to contact were discovered at a local shelter! I'll update this entry if any of the English news sites pick up on this great story!
Update! It turns out that the article was badly worded, and optimistically translated by a lot of us. It meant to say that they've found 9700 out of the 17000 residents. There's still about 8000 people missing.