A steel, 10-ton floodgate was slowly raised Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades, unleashing a torrent of water from the Mississippi River, away from heavily populated areas downstream. The water spit out slowly at first, then began gushing like […]
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Japan: 8.9 Earthquake Spawns Deadly Tsunami, Evacuation Near Nuclear Reactor, and Fire at Oil Refinery
Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot tsunami that washed away cars and tore away buildings along the coast near the epicenter. Residents near a Tokyo Electric Power Co. nuclear reactor were ordered […]
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