Archive for February, 2010

Chile tsunami reaches Japan; Pacific damage small (AP)

Houses are flooded in seawater in a section of Kesennuma, northern Japan on Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. Japan, fearing the tsunami could gain force as it moved closer, put all of its eastern coastline on tsunami alert Sunday and ordered hundreds of thousands of residents in low-lying areas to seek higher ground as waves generated by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific at hundreds of miles (kilometers) per hour. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP – The tsunami from the deadly earthquake in Chile hit Japan’s main islands and even reached the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves didn’t cause significant damage. Hawaii and other Pacific islands in their path were also spared.


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At least 300 killed in Chile earthquake; tsunami waves do little damage to Hawaii, Japan

One of the most powerful earthquakes on record struck Chile early Saturday, sparking fires, causing homes, highway bridges and hospitals to collapse, and triggering a tsunami that rolled threateningly across the Pacific.

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Chile assesses damage from mammoth earthquake (AP)

A collapsed bridge over the Claro river is seen near the town of Camarico, Chile,  some 112 miles (180 kilometers ) south of Santiago Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. The quake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of the capital and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP – A weeping man strokes the hand of a dead woman in a collapsed cafe. Survivors huddle around bonfires in the rubble of their homes. Smashed cars lie beneath bridges torn asunder by one of history’s strongest earthquakes.


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Tiny tsunami reaches Japan; Pacific damage small (AP)

An official of the Japan Meteorological Agency points to a chart depicting wave height following the earthquake in Chile during a news conference in Tokyo February 28, 2010. Japan warned on Sunday that its northern Pacific coast faced a possible tsunami of 3 metres (10 ft) or more and ordered thousands of coastal residents to evacuate to higher ground, after a massive earthquake in Chile.  REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP – The tsunami from an earthquake in Chile hit Japan’s main islands on Sunday, but the initial waves washed ashore without causing any damage after sparing most of the Pacific islands that were in its path.


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Chile struck by one of strongest quakes ever (AP)

A collapsed bridge over the Claro river is seen near the town of Camarico, Chile,  some 112 miles (180 kilometers ) south of Santiago Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. The quake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of the capital and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP – One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by a giant, and the head of the emergency agency said authorities believed at least 300 people were dead.


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Thousands still lack power after Northeast storm (AP)

Fallen trees hang on utility wires in East Derry, N.H., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. Utility crews pushed through deep drifting snow and fallen trees to restore electricity to homes and businesses that lost power during a slow-moving winter storm that pounded the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP – Frustration turned to resignation Saturday for hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast struggling to survive another day waiting for utility crews to restore electricity after powerful storms socked the region with heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.


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Feds interview New York Mets’ Jose Reyes about link to Tiger Woods’ doctor, Anthony Galea

Federal agents have interviewed Mets shortstop Jose Reyes about his association with a Canadian doctor who is under investigation for drug violations, including conspiring to smuggle human growth hormone into the United States.

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