The US Coast Guard released an aerial video that shows tsunami waves created by the earthquake in Japan battering the Northern California town of Crescent City:
A Coast Guard Air Station North Bend HH-65C Dolphin helicopter conducts an over flight of Crescent City, Calif., Friday, Mar. 11, 2011, after an earthquake near Japan caused a Tsunami to strike the West Coast.
The Coast Guard has also compiled a damage assessment for Crescent City:
Location: Crescent City Inner Basin Harbor, Crescent City, CA
Cause: Tsunami following 8.9 earthquake in Japan
Damage:
• 47 vessels afloat but with some level of damage
• 11 sunken vessels
• 1 vessel grounded at mouth of Elk River
• Large debris including rocks, logs, and vessel debris scattered
about inner harbor and shore
• Navigable waters status unknown
• Significant damage to moorings and docks
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