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Chile quake toll rises to 708, emergency declared
Sunday, 28 February 2010, 19:39 Hrs
"There are 200 of us here and we have absolutely nothing. We're ready to pay but no one wants to sell us anything. We need flour, water and other food," said one survivor.
"The earth shook and then the sea flowed into our home. The water was up to our necks," said one resident of the coastal town of Iloca.
In Talcahuano, the water swept medium-sized ships into the centre of town and left the port area littered with overturned shipping containers.
"The water swept aside everything that got in its way," said a resident of the small town of Boyecura.
A wall of water swept across the Chilean island of Robinson Crusoe, 670 km off the coast, destroying many buildings and sweeping five people out to sea. Eleven others were missing.
Countries bordering the Pacific escaped with a scare after the tsunami generated by the earthquake triggered only small waves.
Japan and Russia were the last countries to lift or downgrade their tsunami alerts. Waves of 40 to 120 centimetres were reported.
On Hawaii, where a 15-metre tsunami struck after an earthquake on Indonesia in 2004, the worst conditions were little more than rough waves or higher than normal sea levels.
Source: IANS
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