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Topic: tsunami

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Tsunami warning retracted for West Coast

Charles R. Davis
FILE- This Oct. 27, 2010 file photo shows an area ravaged by a tsunami on Mentawai island, Indonesia. Indonesia's tsunami detection system, made up of seafloor sensors that communicate with transmitting buoys on the surface, has been rendered useless by vandals and lack of funding. Now Indonesian and U.S. scientists say they’ve developed a way to dispense with the expensive buoys and possibly add crucial extra minutes of warning for vulnerable coastal cities. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File) (AP)

Indonesia tsunami kills at least 222

Matthew Rozsa
Faisal Marwan, left, who was injured in Wednesday's earthquake, stands on the ruins of his shop as police officers clear the rubble in Tringgading, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Over a hundred of people were killed in the quake that hit the northeast of the province on Sumatra before dawn Wednesday. Hundreds of people were injured and thousands buildings destroyed or heavily damaged. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) (AP)

The devastation of Indonesia

Jennifer Nourse - The Conversation
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Larry Schwartz - Alternet
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Fishermen look for boats to salvage damaged overnight in the port of Iquique, Chile, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. ( AP Photo/ Luis Hidalgo, Pool)

Lindsay Abrams
A fire burns at a restaurant after an earthquake in Iquique, Chile, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. A powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off Chile's northern coast Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Cristian Viveros)

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World War for water?

Michael Klare - TomDispatch.com
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Erika Thorkelson - The Walrus

"Wave": An unimaginable loss

Laura Miller
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Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"

White people hit by tsunami!

Andrew O'Hehir
Debris left by the 2011 tsunami is piled up in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tsunami debris is now washing up on the West Coast of the U.S. (AP/Itsuo Inouye)

Justin McCurry
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5 disasters blamed on gays

Mark Guarino
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