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This is Ecuador’s Tungurahua, or “Throat of Fire”, volcano as it erupts on August 24, 2014. (Reuters)
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Somjit Bhuddharaj, 58, gestures after placing flowers next to a plaque with the name of his family, who was killed in the 2004 tsunami, at a wave-shaped memorial in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave, December 26, 2014. (Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha)
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Asia remembers devastating 2004 tsunami with tears and prayers
Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Reuters—Survivors of Asia’s 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible...Caption:
View of a large fire in the historical center of Iquique, Chile, 01 April 2014, after a 8.2 Richter scale earthquake hit in the Pacific Ocean, triggering a Tsunami, in the North of Chile. (EPA/Alex Valdes)
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Huge earthquake off Chile’s north coast sparks tsunami
Santiago, Reuters—A major earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of northern Chile on Tuesday, causing five deaths and triggering a tsunami that pounded the shore with 2-meter-tall waves. Officials said the dead included people who were crushed by collapsing...Caption:
A protester holds aloft an anti-nuclear power plant sign as they stage a rally at a park in Tokyo, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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