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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi Sends Massive Waves Crashing Into Coastlines

Typhoon Jangmi swept across Japan over several days, bringing powerful winds and heavy rainfall that caused widespread damage throughout the country. Along the coasts and on remote islands in various regions, massive waves crashed against the shore as the typhoon made its way through.

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Japan: Izu Oshima Pounded by Giant Waves as Typhoon Jangmi Strikes

Typhoon Jangmi swept across Japan over several days, bringing powerful winds and heavy rainfall that caused widespread damage throughout the country. On the island of Izu Oshima — located roughly 120 kilometers south of central Tokyo — massive waves were seen crashing against the shore on Wednesday, June 3.

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Japan: Izu Oshima Pounded by Giant Waves as Typhoon Jangmi Strikes 2

Typhoon Jangmi swept across Japan over several days, bringing powerful winds and heavy rainfall that caused widespread damage throughout the country. On the island of Izu Oshima — located roughly 120 kilometers south of central Tokyo — massive waves were seen crashing against the shore on Wednesday, June 3.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken in July 2013 shows a handkerchief featuring the late Himeka Suzuki's award-winning painting. Himeka was killed at age 10 by the massive tsunami waves that engulfed her hometown of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other places along the northeastern Japan coast in March 2011.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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2 years after quake

NATORI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show a coastal area in the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2011 (top), as the area is hit by massive tsunami waves following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, and the same location on March 6, 2013, with levees being reconstructed along the coast.

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Bus removed from roof of building

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A bus is lifted off a two-story community center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeast Japan. Tsunami waves carried the bus to the rooftop of the 10-meter-high building.

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Bus removed from roof of building

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Combined photos show a bus on the rooftop (top) of a two-story community center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 7, 2012, and the process of removing it on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeast Japan. Tsunami waves carried the bus to the rooftop of the 10-meter-high building.

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Bus removed from roof of building

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A bus is lifted off a two-story community center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeast Japan. Tsunami waves carried the bus to the rooftop of the 10-meter-high building.

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Search for quake victims in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - Rescue workers search for quake and tsunami victims at a beach in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 18, 2011, near rough waves in the sea. The area was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KAMOGAWA, Japan - In this aerial view, the sea current rises into the mouth of the Kamo River in Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast.

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A car drives through a flooded road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

TOKYO, Japan - In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, firefighters are seen guarding the waterfront near the mouth of the Sagami River in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 28, 2010. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Local fish market workers retrieve plastic containers at a fish market in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A man rides a motorcycle on a road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A car runs on a road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - People walk on a street in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A man wades through a flooded road with a container in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters, and flooding of some piers and seaside town roads.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A man stands by a roadside in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - In this aerial view, water is flowing under a building and flooding a road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters, and flooding of some piers and seaside town roads.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Houses near a port in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, are inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Seawater is seen flowing into an urban area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Houses near a port in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, are inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Seawater is seen flowing into an urban area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters.

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High school students urge mayor to preserve tsunami-hit town hall

Kozo Hirano (standing), mayor of Otsuchi town in Iwate Prefecture, greets a group of local high school students on Nov. 17, 2015, in the northeastern Japan town during a discussion over his plan to demolish the former town hall that was destroyed by the 2011 tsunami. The students called for the ruins to be preserved instead so as to serve as a reminder of the disaster's lessons to future generations. Forty people, including the town's mayor at the time, were killed when massive tsunami waves hit the town hall on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi plant right after tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station at around 4:57 p.m. on March 11, 2011, immediately after it was hit by a tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake. The image also shows waves returning out to sea. (Photo courtesy of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry's Tohoku Regional Bureau)(Kyodo)

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Tsunami-hit coastal town

SENDAI, Japan - Low-lying areas (back) along the coast are seen devastated by a tsunami in Minamisanriku, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011, two days after a massive earthquake and tidal waves. The letters ''SOS'' are drawn on the ground of Shizugawa High School (front) on high land as residents fled to the school premises. (Kyodo)

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Search for quake victims in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - Rescue workers search for quake and tsunami victims at a beach in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 18, 2011, near rough waves in the sea. The area was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami damage in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Houses and buildings are seen washed away by massive tsunami waves after a powerful quake in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Bus removed from roof of building

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Combined photos show a bus on the rooftop (top) of a two-story community center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 7, 2012, and the process of removing it on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeast Japan. Tsunami waves carried the bus to the rooftop of the 10-meter-high building. (Kyodo)

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Bus removed from roof of building

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A bus is lifted off a two-story community center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeast Japan. Tsunami waves carried the bus to the rooftop of the 10-meter-high building. (Kyodo)

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Bus removed from roof of building

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A bus is lifted off a two-story community center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeast Japan. Tsunami waves carried the bus to the rooftop of the 10-meter-high building. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - In this aerial view, water is flowing under a building and flooding a road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters, and flooding of some piers and seaside town roads. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A man wades through a flooded road with a container in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters, and flooding of some piers and seaside town roads. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

TOKYO, Japan - In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, firefighters are seen guarding the waterfront near the mouth of the Sagami River in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 28, 2010. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Local fish market workers retrieve plastic containers at a fish market in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KAMOGAWA, Japan - In this aerial view, the sea current rises into the mouth of the Kamo River in Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Seawater is seen flowing into an urban area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reach Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A car drives through a flooded road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide areas along Japan's Pacific coast. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Seawater is seen flowing into an urban area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A man stands by a roadside in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A man rides a motorcycle on a road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - A car runs on a road in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Houses near a port in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, are inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - People walk on a street in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Houses near a port in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, are inundated with seawater after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A woman in a wheelchair waves while crossing a recently reconstructed bridge in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Minamiaso, southwestern Japan, on May 6, 2021, during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay. The bridge collapsed in the April 2016 massive earthquakes that hit the region. (Pool photo

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Heisei: Northeastern Japan earthquake-tsunami disaster

Massive tsunami waves triggered by a major earthquake in northeastern Japan engulf houses in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo