This is the latest from Kesennuma. Yuki Oikawa, the Assistant Chief and Supervisor of the Kesennuma City School District is alive. (He is pictured in this photo.)

He reported to a friend in Sendai through a cell phone message that states:

It says (rough translation):

This is Oikawa from Kesennuma. I'm alive, but living quite the survivor lifestyle.
Right now, I am going back and forth between schools and the board of education to help coordinate relief efforts for the survivors here.
Kesennuma and its surrounding areas are devastated by the tsunami and fires of unimaginable proportions.
We are cut off from basic utilities/communications, and shelters lack supplies.
Please coordinate efforts in your area [i.e. Sendai] to help channel food and fuel to the affected areas.
We'll be trying our best (Ganbarimasu)
Oikawa

If you would like to help Kesennuma, there is a group on the ground right now focusing their efforts on Kesennuma. You can donate online to: http://peacewindsamerica.org/

Kesennuma before and after:

What Kesennuma looked like during the tsunami and what it looks like now: