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More than 900 homes destroyed by Solomon Islands tsunami

Bodies floated out to sea and thousands of residents camped out overnight Tuesday on a hillside above a devastated town in the western Solomon Islands after a tsunami that struck without warning washed away coastal villages, killing at least 13 people. The death toll was expected to rise.

 

More than 900 homes were destroyed and some 5,000 people affected by the tsunami that struck a remote region of the Solomon Islands, a government official said Tuesday. (AP)

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.03.07, 02:07