Disasters destroy homes in S Pacific
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January 6, 2010, Wednesday
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LANDSLIDES and a tsunami destroyed the homes of about one-third of the population on a Solomon Island, but lives were likely spared as residents with memories of previous disasters fled quickly to higher ground, officials said yesterday.
From the air, extensive damage could be seen on a remote western island after a 7.2-magnitude temblor triggered the landslides in the Pacific Solomon Islands on Monday, said disaster management office director Loti Yates.
No injuries have been reported after the biggest in a series of quakes churned a tsunami wave that was up to 3 meters high as it plowed into the coast, officials said.
However, more than 1,000 people have been affected after some 200 houses were destroyed on Rendova, an island some 300 kilometers from the capital Honiara. Only 3,600 people live on Rendova.
Photographs taken from police helicopters yesterday showed debris lining the foreshore and damaged houses.
From the air, extensive damage could be seen on a remote western island after a 7.2-magnitude temblor triggered the landslides in the Pacific Solomon Islands on Monday, said disaster management office director Loti Yates.
No injuries have been reported after the biggest in a series of quakes churned a tsunami wave that was up to 3 meters high as it plowed into the coast, officials said.
However, more than 1,000 people have been affected after some 200 houses were destroyed on Rendova, an island some 300 kilometers from the capital Honiara. Only 3,600 people live on Rendova.
Photographs taken from police helicopters yesterday showed debris lining the foreshore and damaged houses.
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