The tsunami was 60 centimeters (2 feet) high in deep water 2 hours after formation, and 24 meters (79 feet) when it reached ...

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Does this claim sound grandiose? Might it seem more cloaked in modesty if I say it took me more than 30 years to screw up the nerve to tell my story? Back in the day, I had good reason for reticence.

No sooner had the tsunami watch been issued than the text messages began coming in. Friends and family wanted to know if I was safe. Would the waves reach me? Should I drive, or even run, to higher ...

In late July, a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula off the coast of Russia. And following the tremor, a tsunami warning was issued for pretty much every coastline that ...