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Up to 20 Million Tons of Debris from Japan’s Tsunami Moving Toward Hawaii (1190L)

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tsunami are moving rapidly across the Pacific. Researchers from the University

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of Hawaii tracking the wreckage estimate it could approach the U.S. West Coast

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in the next three years, the UK Daily Mail reports.

"We have a rough estimate of 5 to 20 million tons of debris coming from Japan,"

University of Hawaii researcher Jan Hafner told Hawaii's ABC affiliate KITV.

Crew members from the Russian training ship the STS Pallada "spotted the

debris 2,000 miles from Japan," last month after passing the Midway Islands, the

Mail wrote. "They saw some pieces of furniture, some appliances, anything that

can float, and they picked up a fishing boat," said Hafner. The boat was 20-feet

long, and was painted with the word "Fukushima." "That's actually our first

confirmed report of tsunami debris," Hafner told KITV.

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March

11 has left some 20,000 people dead or missing.

Researchers say up to 20 mn tons of debris from Japan's March 11 tsunami could reach U.S. West

Coast in three years. …

Hasan L. Good Morning American. Available online at Good Morning America. Retrieved October 25, 2011.

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