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By Fiona Luis and Doug Bailey, Globe Staff And Globe Correspondent | December 27, 2004. PENANG, Malaysia -- On any normal Sunday, the public beaches at Batu Ferringhi on this island state are filled with a
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Coastguards warn lives are put at risk by people not knowing who to phone for help, as a safety campaign begins.
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Bodies washed up on tropical beaches and piled up in hospitals yesterday, raising fears of disease across a 10-nation arc of destruction left by a monster earthquake and tsunamis that killed more than 22,000 people.
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The false alarm that fresh tsunamis were heading toward India's southern coast sparked panic in three countries Thursday. Tens of thousands &#151; rescuers and villagers &#151; ran for their lives, fleeing inland, climbing roofs and jamming roads.
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Rescuers were praying for &quot;individual miracles&quot; of survival as they combed the beaches and islands of southern Thailand on Wednesday for thousands of missing tourists and locals swept away by tidal waves.
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Thousands of tourists were lazing on Thailand&#39;s renowned white sand beaches Sunday morning when an earthquake-driven wave turned their tropical vacations into a holiday of terror, sweeping people, bungalows, boats and cars out to
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SACRAMENTO -- They were at a seaside bungalow when the Indian Ocean swelled unexpectedly and roared mercilessly onto land. The invading currents swept Laura Wales in a swirl of debris, but somehow she survived.
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Hundreds of thousands of people in southern Bangladesh fled their homes in panic fearing a tsunami after a major earthquake off Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday.
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In town after town, the scene was the same from the helicopter taking one of the first glimpses of Sumatra's ravaged coast: whole villages ripped apart, covered in mud and sea water. The only signs of life were a handful of desperate people scavenging a beach for food.
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PONDICHERRY/MADRAS, India  - Thousands of  villagers huddled in emergency shelters on India's southeast  coast overnight, too scared to sleep in case more tsunamis  struck after a giant wave killed up to 3,300 people.
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By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  May 31--Ever since Hurricane Isabel battered Ocean View, Norfolk has gotten serious about protecting its beaches.
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Tsunami scientists and public safety officials are closely watching an earthquake-prone nation with thousands of miles of crowded coastlines for signs of an imminent disaster. Indonesia? Japan? Try the United States.
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By Anna Jeys  IT wasn't exactly the right weather as rain threatened to put a damp-ener on the launch of Birmingham's latest beach.
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least 48 people and left 33 missing and rescuers are racing against time to search for survivors. Wednesday. Others died in flooding or were swept away by massive waves as Tokage, which means lizard in.
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Rescuers are scouring the sea for missing tourists and soldiers are racing to recover bodies amid fears of disease as Asia counts the cost of a tsunami that has
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As developments sprout on once-empty sand, storms unleash fury on structures in their paths.
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By Myers, Mark  There is broad consensus by the marine science community that our world's coastal and ocean ecosystems are stressed and significantly impaired. Each year, about 1.5 million people move to coastal counties.