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THEWORLD

tsunamis, earthquakes & hurricanes

waves of more than 6-7ft (about 2m) were recorded n e a r C a l i f o r n i a s C r e s c e n t C i t y, s a i d t h e P a c i f i c Ts u n a m i Wa r n i n g C e n t r e . A t s u n a m i warning extended across the Pacific to North and South America, where many other coastal regions were evacuated, but the alert was later lifted in most parts, including the Philippines, Australia and China. S T RO N G WAV E S H I T J A PA N S M i y a g i a n d F u k u shima prefectures, damaging dozens of coastal communities.A 10m wave struck Sendai, deluging farmland and sweeping cars a c r o s s t h e a i r p o r t s r u n w a y. Fires broke out in the centre o f t h e c i t y.
FOUR TRAINS ARE MISSING A L O N G T H E C OA S T, S AY S J A PA N R A I L WAY S ; A N D A S H I P C A R RY I N G 1 0 0 P E O P L E WA S S W E P T AWAY FIRE HAS ENGULFED S WA T H E S O F T H E C OA S T I N M I YAG I P R E F E C T U R E S K E S E N N U M A C I T Y, O N E - T H I R D OF WHICH IS REPORTEDLY U N D E R WA T E R A MAJOR EXPLOSION HIT A PETROCHEMICAL PLANT IN

S E N DA I ; F U RT H E R S O U T H A

ISANGRY
ARTICLE BY SOFIE OLOFSSON

J A PA N S N H K T E L E V I SION SHOWED a massive surge of debris-filled water reaching far inland, consuming houses, cars and ships. Motorists could be seen trying to speed away from the wall of water. In other developments:

HUGE BLAZE SWEPT AN OIL R E F I N E R Y I N I C H I H A R A C I T Y, CHIBA PREFECTURE SOME 1,800 HOMES ARE R E P O R T E D T O H AV E B E E N DESTROYED IN THE CITY OF MINAMISOMA, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE A DA M BU R S T I N N O RT H EASTERN FUKUSHIMA PREF E C T U R E , S W E E P I N G AWAY HOMES, KYODO NEWS AGENCY REPORTS

JAPAN

Ja p a ns m o s t p o w e r f u l e a r t h q u a k e s i n c e r e cords began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami.
PHOTO BY MORGUEFILE

CARS, SHIPS AND BUILDINGS were swept away by a wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude tremor, which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of To k y o. A s t a t e o f e m e r g e n c y has been declared at a nuclear power plant, where pressure has exceeded nor mal levels.Officials say 350 people are dead and about 500 missing, but it is feared the final death toll will be much higher. IN ONE WARD ALONE in Sendai, a port city in Miyagi prefecture, 200 to 300 bodies were found. The quake was the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and nearly 8,000 times stronger than the one which devastated Christch-

urch, New Zealand, last month, said scientists.T housands of people living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been ordered to evacuate.Japanese nuclear officials said pressure inside a boiling water reactor at the plant was running much higher than normal after the cooling system failed. OFFICIALS SAID THEY MIGHT need to deliberately release some radioactive steam to relieve pressure, but that there would be no health risk. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had earlier said the US Air Force had f lown emerg ency coolant to the site.But US officials later said no coolant had been handed over

because the Japanese had decided to handle the situa t i o n t h e m s e l v e s. T h e U N s nuclear agency said four nuclear power plants had shut d o w n s a f e l y. M e a s u r e d a t 8 . 9 b y t h e U S G e o l o g i c a l S u r v e y, it struck at 1446 local time (0546 GMT) at a depth of about 24km.

THE TSUNAMI ROLLED ACROSS the Pacific at 800km/h (500mph) - as fast as a jetliner - before hitt i n g H a w a i i a n d t h e U S We s t Coast, but there were no reports of major damage from those regions.T housands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas in the states of California, Oregon a n d Wa s h i n g t o n . T h e b i g g e s t

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