Shocking Video From Japan Earthquake

A giant whirlpool, an airport inundated by tsunami waves, and a refinery ablaze are among the myriad images coming out of Japan after a massive earthquake hit off the coast of the heavily populated island of Honshu on Friday.

Among the videos from Japanese television posted via YouTube by the Associated Press and the Daily Telegraph (see below): muddy waves taking over the runways of the Sendai Airport, flames engulfing a refinery, and a giant whirlpool formed off the island's east coast.

The New York Times has continuing coverage of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake, one of the largest in the past century.