Northern California Coast Guard units respond to west coast tsunami

By KMUD | March 12, 2011 |

Click on the links below for videos of an aerial survey of damage resulting from a tsunami hitting the Northern California Coast Friday, March 11, 2011. Images are courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Coast Guard aerial damage survey video 1

Coast Guard aerial damage survey video 2

Coast Guard aerial damage survey video 3

Coast Guard aerial damage survey video

The photos below were taken as part of a scan done by the Humboldt Bay Coast Guard Air Station air crew. Images show the Crescent City area shorelines noting damage to docks and piers Friday, March 11, 2011. Northern California Coast Guard response crews were assessing and responding to impacts to area shorelines as a result of the West Coast tsunami caused by an 8.9 earthquake that struck Japan, Thursday.