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  Honolulu, Other Parts Of Pacific Brace For Tsunami

  World | March 11, 2011 16:36 IST

  Honolulu, March 11: Hawaii and other parts of the Pacific braced for a destructive tsunami early Friday after a massive earthquake struck in Japan.Tsunami sirens were sounded and coastal areas were being evacuated in Hawaii,

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  Tsunami To Touch South America In 21 Hours

  World | March 11, 2011 16:31 IST

  Tokyo, March 11: The huge tsunami waves triggered by the 8.9 earthquake in Japan are expected to touch the shores of South America 21 hours after the first occurence.  Tsunami waves will be touching Hawaii

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  No Radioactive Leaks At Tohoku Nuke Plants

  World | March 11, 2011 14:49 IST

  Tokyo, March 11 : The Japanese government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has said no abnormal levels of radiation have been reported at four nuclear power plants in the quake-hit Tohoku region. Tokyo-based NHK news agency

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  11,000 Evacuated In Russia After Japan Tsunami

  World | March 11, 2011 15:13 IST

  Moscow, March 11 :   Russian authorities on the fareastern Sakhalin Island and nearby territories have evacuated some 11,0000 residents from coastal areas in anticipation of tsunami waves unleashed by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off Japan's

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  Death And Devastation In 10 Minutes

  World | March 11, 2011 15:12 IST

  Tokyo, March 11: People in cars tried to outrun the huge tsunami waves that lashed the coastal highways of Japan soon after the 8.9 temblor hit the island nation sitting on the Pacific Ring of

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  Indonesia Struggles As Tsunami, Volcano Tolls Rise

  World | October 27, 2010 22:53 IST

  Mentawai Islands (Indonesia), Oct 27: Helicopters with emergency supplies finally landed today on remote Indonesian islands slammed by a tsunami that killed more than 300 people, while elsewhere in the archipelago the toll from a

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  Pak Floods Far Worse Than Tsunami, Says UN

  World | August 10, 2010 15:40 IST

  The flood situation in Pakistan continues to be grim.Thousands of residents are evacuating Muzaffargarh city in Pakistan's Punjab province after local authorities issued an urgent flood warning.Flood warnings were played out from loudspeakers of mosques

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  At Least 100 Killed As Tsunami Hits South Pacific Islands

  World | September 30, 2009 3:17 IST

  A strong quake triggering tsunami in the South Pacific killed at least 100 people in the Samoa, totally devastating the islands, giving rise to the fears that death toll might exceed one hundred valuable lives.