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15K EVACUATED AS FREAK WAVE STRIKES INDIA

 
Miker12
05/22/2005 03:53 PM
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15K EVACUATED AS FREAK WAVE STRIKES INDIA
15K EVACUATED AS FREAK WAVE STRIKES INDIA

Posted By: Miker12
Date: Sunday, 22 May 2005, 12:34 a.m.

Fifteen thousand evacuated as freak wave strikes villages

Last Updated 22/05/2005, 09:22:36

In southern India, upwards of 15,000 villagers have been forced to flee their homes, following a freak wave.

Small fishing hamlets in Kerala State were flooded by seawater, prompting fears of a tsunami.

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It is unclear at this stage what triggered the high tides.

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Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:16 AM
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NEW DELHI, May 21: At least 15,000 villagers were evacuated on Saturday after a freak tide caused a surge of sea water in the southern Indian state of Kerala , triggering memories of December’s devastating tsunami. Sea water crashed into fishing hamlets late Friday in Trivandrum, Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Thrissur and Kannur districts, state revenue Minister K.M Mani told reporters.

Meteorologists did not say what caused the tide.

“District officials with the help of the police shifted people living in the coastal belt into 16 makeshift camps as sea...


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12/08/2005 10:16 AM
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Interesting that we are getting all of these freak or "rogue" waves lately.
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