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"What
is a 'Tsunami'?
"
regarded as the fiercest "Tsunami"
ever. The damages caused along the coastal areas were worth millions of dollars.
Tsunami is sequence of waves that originate in
the ocean. "Harbor wave" is the other word for Tsunami in Japanese.
When the earthquakes occur in the ocean or in the coastal areas, the energy,
which is generated, is spread through the water and huge waves start following
one by one and damages the coastal areas. The height of the waves cannot be
predicted, but it could reach up to 100 feet.
The recent "Tsunami" which took more than 200,000 lives in Indonesia,
India and Sri Lanka is