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Some scientists defend tsunami warnings (AP)

March 1st, 2010

Seawater moves upward (from left to right) in the mouth of the Kamo River that flows into the Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. The tsunami from Chile's deadly earthquake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.  (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force…

Scientists defend warning after tsunami nonevent (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Seawater moves upward (from left to right) in the mouth of the Kamo River that flows into the Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. The tsunami from Chile's deadly earthquake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.  (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force…

Tsunami lightly swipes Asian coasts (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Seawater moves upward (from left to right) in the mouth of the Kamo River that flows into the Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. The tsunami from Chile's deadly earthquake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.  (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - A tsunami that raced across the Pacific swiped island nations and Asian coasts lightly Sunday, proving to be more spectacle than destructive force for communities that had hours…

Tsunami warning lifted; Waves reach Japan, Russia (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Seawater moves upward (from left to right) in the mouth of the Kamo River that flows into the Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. The tsunami from Chile's deadly earthquake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.  (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - The tsunami from Chile’s devastating earthquake hit Japan’s main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert.…

Tsunami spares US, takes aim at Japan (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Honolulu police officers patrol an empty Ala Moana beach park during a tsunami warning for the Hawaiian Islands in Honolulu, Hawaii, February 27, 2010. Hawaii sounded warning sirens and began evacuating residents near the coastline on Saturday ahead of a tsunami generated by a massive earthquake in Chile.  REUTERS/Hugh Gentry (UNITED STATES -  Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP - With a rapt world watching the drama unfold on live television, a tsunami raced across a quarter of the globe on Saturday and set off fears of a…

Tsunami from Chile quake reaches Japan (AP)

February 28th, 2010

AP - The first tsunami from Chile’s earthquake has hit Japan’s outlying islands, but the initial waves are small.

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