Friday, February 8, 2013

Solomon Islands tsunami deaths confirmed

Still images show Lata in the Solomon Islands where a Tsunami on Wednesday left villages and homes ruined. Nine people died after the wave, caused by an 8.0 magnitude earthquake, swept across Santa Cruz island on the eastern edge of the Solomons.

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A major magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean and a tsunami warning was issued for South Pacific islands, US officials said.

A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami up to 1.5 metres (5ft) high that damaged dozens of homes and left several people missing, presumed dead. Authorities cancelled tsunami warnings on more distant coasts in the Pacific.

Aid workers struggled to reach remote villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday as the death toll rose from a tsunami triggered by a powerful undersea earthquake. At least nine people were killed when an earthquake set off a small but powerful

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