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02/06/2012
Tsunami warning triggers stampede in Cebu City
“I couldn’t help but feel eerie because people were crying. I started to get scared, too.”

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02/07/2012
Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan’s earthquake and tsunami
In the confusion following the earthquake and tsunami that damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex last March, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was standing by to help. But a trove of e-mails posted on the NRC’s Web site shows an agency struggling to figure out how to respond and how to deal with the American public while cutting through what one official called “the fog of ...

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02/07/2012
Tsunami mystery: Who is Meri Yulanda?
MEULABOH, Indonesia — To the international media, Meri is a "Christmas miracle" who arrived home just before the tsunami's seventh anniversary. But to her family, Meri is equal parts miracle and mystery. read more

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02/06/2012
Tsunami warning texts cause panic, chaos in Cebu streets
(UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.) A tsunami -- or perhaps more accurate, a tsunami of warnings -- caused panic among Cebu City residents on Monday afternoon, as citizens received tsunami alerts, both official and unofficial, in the wake of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit off Negros island. The alerts, coming from government, media, loved ones, and strangers, resulted in traffic jams and frayed nerves.

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02/06/2012
Philippines issues local tsunami alert after quake hits between islands
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, prompting the country to issue a tsunami alert for the coastlines near the epicenter.

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