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AP Top News at 12:59 p.m. EST Scientists: Pacific tsunami wave 46 feet above sea level when it smashed into Samoan villages
Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. |