Tidal wave threat 'over-hyped'
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Geologists say the risk of a landslide in the Canary Islands causing a tidal wave able to cross the Atlantic is vastly overstated.
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Both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas are vulnerable to tsunamis like the one that devastated Indian Ocean shorelines in December and experts said on Tuesday they are scrambling to try to get warning system in place before politicians lose interest.
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&quot;Seven more are still missing in the area,&quot; Penang Civil Defence Director Mohamad Johari Mohamad Taufik told Reuters. 3-metre high (9-ft) waves hit the coast from around 1:30 pm on Sunday.
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By Jessie Mangaliman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 15--Waves up to 20 feet high will batter the coast this weekend, creating dangerous conditions for anyone tempted to watch from rocks or even piers, the National Weather Service said today.
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&quot;It does not look good. I&#39;m not predicting a disaster or anything like that, but it would be really miraculous if we didn&#39;t have some impacts,&quot; Department of Natural Resources
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The chain reaction that sent enormous, deadly tidal waves crashing into the coasts of Asia and Africa on Sunday started more than six miles beneath the ocean floor off the tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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A creeping rise in sea levels tied to global warming, pollution and damage to coral reefs may make coastlines even more vulnerable to disasters like tsunamis or storms in future, experts said Monday.
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While the deadly tsunami in the Indian Ocean has focused attention on that part of the world, great waves also pose a threat to the United States.
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Waves over 20m high are getting bigger, more frequent and are eroding Britain's Atlantic coast, experts say.
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The first signs of potentially deadly diseases are threatening survivors in areas hit by killer tidal waves in Asia, the World Health Organisation said.
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The death toll of Sunday&#39;s tsunami tidal wave which hit west coastlines of Malaysia has risen to 63 at noon Tuesday, the Malaysian Control Center (MCC) of the police headquarters said.
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Parts of the UK could face flooding as severe gales meet this year's highest tides, weather forecasters warn.
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Rising sea levels are threatening parts of the Giant's Causeway and other coastal areas of Northern Ireland.
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Regional countries and organisations clash over the location of an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system.
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The &quot;critical&quot; alert status imposed Saturday across Britain is the maximum level of warning and is designed by authorities to show that the country faces the threat of an imminent attack.
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Smaller Commonwealth countries will next month discuss setting up a global early-warning system for tidal waves like the one which has just devastated countries around Asia, the organisation's chief permanent official said.
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International relief agencies were concentrating their efforts on countries least able to cope with what officials said Monday was &quot;unprecedented&quot; devastation wrought by tidal