Solomon Islands tsunami deaths confirmed
A major magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean and a tsunami warning was issued for South Pacific islands, US officials said.
A spokesman for the Solomon Islands prime minister, George Herming, said the 1.5m waves that roared into Santa Cruz Island on Wednesday were too fast to outrun for some villagers. Among the dead was a group of five elderly people and a child who were
In Solomon Islands, emergency crews are on their way to the remote Santa Cruz islands after a tsunami caused serious damage to at least five villages. The one metre high tsunami was triggered by a 8.0 magnitude earthquake and travelled half a kilometre
In Solomon Islands, emergency crews are on their way to the remote Santa Cruz islands after a tsunami caused serious damage to at least five villages. The one metre high tsunami was triggered by a 8.0 magnitude earthquake and travelled half a kilometre
There's still “a little bit of nervousness,” among the 4,000 residents of Lata, some of whom spent the night in the hills, or in emergency shelters set up at a school and a local church, Andrew Catford, World Vision's country coordinator in the Solomon
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