When the Japanese nuclear disaster began

By Michael J.W. Stickings

There's some video currently making the rounds, released by Tokyo Electric Power Company, of the tsunami hitting Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Here's the ITN report:

CNN has more:

The video shows the giant wave generated by the historic March 11 earthquake crashing over the plant's seawall and engulfing the facility, with one sheet of spray rising higher than the buildings that house the plant's six reactors. Tokyo Electric Power, the plant's owner, told reporters the wall of water was likely 14 to 15 meters (45 to 48 feet) higher than normal sea levels -- easily overwhelming the plant's 5-meter seawall.

And of course it's not over yet.