Wave Damages Semester at Sea Ship in Pacific
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - A research ship  carrying 990 people as a floating university was headed to  Hawaii for repairs on Thursday, a day after it was damaged by a  large wave in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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The damage caused by the waves which swept coastlines in South Asia following a seabed earthquake is likely to exceed 10 billion euros(13 billion USD), an insurance expert said.
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Six people were missing after a U.S.  Coast Guard helicopter crashed into the stormy Bering Sea after  plucking the last remaining crew members from a disabled  Malaysian cargo vessel, officials said on Thursday.  Those missing after the helicopter crash late on Wednesday  included crew members plucked from the stricken Seledang Ayu, a  738-foot Malaysian-flagged freighter that later split in two.  The ship was carrying soybeans, according to one news report.
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The 225m-long `Selendang Ayu&#39; ran aground near the Aleutian islands in the Bering Sea. The environment is at threat, but bad weather is preventing a clean-up.
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MASSIVE surf forced the postponement of the Pipeline Masters in Hawaii yesterday, but that did not stop 24 surfers from attacking waves of more than eight metres at nearby Waimea Bay.
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A strong earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan has rocked the island&#39;s northeast, damaging buildings and injuring several people, officials say.
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By Kathy Marks Asia-Pacific Correspondent  There are fears of an environmental disaster in the unspoilt waters off Antarctica after fire broke out on board a Japanese whaling ship, leaving it adrift near penguin breeding grounds.
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A damaged car perches on a brick wall December 27, 2004 after a quake-triggered tsunami hit Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, near the epicentre of the quake off Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island.
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A U.S. nuclear submarine ran aground 350 miles off the Pacific Ocean territory of Guam, injuring about 20 crew members, one of them critically, the Navy said on Saturday.
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ANCHORAGE, Dec. 10 -- High winds gusting across the Bering Sea hampered efforts Friday to stem an oil spill from a broken freighter, and there was still no sign of six crew members who were lost when a rescue helicopter crashed in the turbulent waters.
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A U.S. nuclear submarine that ran aground over the weekend appears to have struck a natural feature on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, a Navy spokesman said Monday.
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The U.S. Navy is surveying the Malacca Strait and coastal waters off Indonesia for signs that last month's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami altered the sea bed under the world's busiest shipping lane.
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Pictures of the devastation left by huge earthquake-triggered waves around the Indian Ocean.
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The cruise ship is called the Pride of Aloha but passengers are saying their trip was a shame. The trouble cruise came to an end this morning.
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Waves up to 40 feet high crashed onto the Hawaiian coast Wednesday, leaving sand and debris on roadways and prompting officials to close beaches.
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High wind gusting across the Bering Sea hampered efforts Friday to stem an oil spill from a broken freighter, and there was still no sign of six crew members lost when a rescue helicopter crashed in the turbulent waters.
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CANCUN, Mexico - A crippled tourist boat and a vessel towing it partially sank off the Caribbean coast, severely damaging nearly 11,000 square feet of coral reef, officials said Wednesday.