Japan hit by 1.2m tsunami wave
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Japan has evacuated more than 320,000 people as a tsunami triggered by Chile's massive earthquake sent waves up to 1.2 metres high barrelling into its long Pacific coastline.
Floodwaters inundated buildings and left cars stranded in eastern harbours on the main island of Honshu and on far-northern Hokkaido, while white-crested waves raced from the ocean up coastal rivers.
By nightfall last night, police had reported no casualties and authorities downgraded the threat a notch from a "major tsunami alert", a warning of possible three-metre waves they had issued for the first time in over 15 years. (Herald Sun) Source: Source 1
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Name: Ofelia
Comments: What is the answer to stopping a tsunami? I have seen people talk about putting up large walls, some said planting mangroves and others just simply said no one should build near the shoreline.
There is no way to stop a tsunami Ofelia. Imagine a huge earthquake taking place that triggers a humongous tsunami how in the world do you stop that? No walls will stop it.
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A study in disaster: a visit to post-tsunami Japan
Kotaro Nakamura, a 57-year-old San Diego State University professor and architect, studies disaster-torn communities. Nothing, though, prepared him for July's trip to his native Japan. Ref. Source 1