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More tsunami debris expected on Washington beaches
Winter winds and ocean currents are expected to deposit more debris on the Washington coast from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan. State Ecology Department spokeswoman Linda Kent says the amount of debris declined over the summer after peaking in June, but it could pick up as weather patterns ...
Pierce County native helps rescue Bounty crew
The pilot of a Coast Guard helicopter assisting in the rescue mission of the HMS Bounty is from Pierce County, the Tacoma News Tribune reported. Lt. Jane Pena is a 2000 graduate of Curtis High School. She piloted the first rescue helicopter in the rescue mission of HMS ...
Small tsunami wave measured near Seattle following B.C. earthquake
An earthquake off the coast of British Columbia triggered a small tsunami wave Saturday evening near Seattle. The earthquake hit the Haida Gwaii Islands around 8 p.m. and measured at a 7.7 magnitude. The National Weather Service issued a bulletin after the earthquake, which indicated there was tsunami ...
1.5 million tons of debris expected from tsunami
One-and-a-half million tons of debris from the tsunami in Japan is expected to hit Northwest shores in coming years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says. It's not known how much it will cost to pay for the cleanup, said KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Bob Robuck. The ...
Kayakers find possible Japanese house pieces
Kayakers surveying Washington state's most remote beaches for debris from last year's Japanese tsunami say they believe they have found part of a house, along with pieces of a washing machine, laundry hamper and child's toilet bowl. Three kayakers with the Ikkatsu Project wrote in a report this week ...
Pieces of boat with Japanese writing washes ashore near Ilwaco
What are believed to be pieces of a Japanese fishing boat have washed ashore near Ilwaco on the Washington coast, the Pacific County Sheriff's Office said Friday. The boat is in three pieces and has Japanese writing all over it.
Marine species from Japan found on Oregon coast worry state officials
Washington state officials are worried about sea life washing up on coastlines after marine species from Japan were found along the Oregon coast this week. A dock that was torn away during Japan's earthquake and tsunami in 2011 was found on a popular Oregon beach Wednesday. The washed-up ...
Huge floating dock from Japan tsunami washes up on Oregon beach
The Japanese consulate confirmed Wednesday night debris that washed up on an Oregon beach is from the 2011 Japan tsunami. The debris – a floating dock – came ashore on Agate Beach in central Oregon sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. It’s 66 feet long, 7 feet tall ...
Agencies plan for tsunami debris heading our way
Representatives of local, state and federal agencies in Western Washington are meeting Wednesday to discuss how to handle tons of debris heading toward our shores from the Japanese tsunami. The bulk of the debris may be north of the main Hawaiian Islands and east of Midway Atoll. Agencies ...
After fishing boat found off B.C. coast, men say they found Japan tsunami debris in Longview
After a Japanese fishing boat known to have been in last year's tsunami was spotted off the coast of British Columbia last week, two men on the Long Beach Peninsula said they have found garbage from the disaster. The Longview residents this month told The Daily News they found ...
Japanese fishing vessel swept away by tsunami found off Canadian coast
Officials have found a 150-foot Japanese fishing vessel near Queen Charlotte Island, B.C., which was swept across the Pacific Ocean after last year’s tsunami, Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office said Friday. The ship was found some 120 nautical miles from the Queen Charlotte Islands. Cantwell's office said Japanese officials confirmed ...
Report: First debris from Japan tsunami reaches West Coast
Two Seattle oceanographers say a large black float that was found two weeks ago at the northwestern tip of Washington is the first piece of debris identified as coming from the tsunami in Japan, the Peninsula Daily News reports. The researchers who have tracked wind and water currents in ...
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