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Said By John Sparrow Survivor Of Indian Ocean Tsunamis

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Did you know that more than, 1,500 people died in Rikuzentakata, one of the several towns eradicated by a tsunami that it japan? “We must look ahead to rehabilitation and putting communities back on their feet. It will be a long, long process, it will take years. We hope that the donors stay with this. “Said by John Sparrow survivor of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanos or underwater landslides, they are deadly, and hard to survive when in their path.
Tsunami are formed by underwater earthquakes, volcanos or landslides. And underwater earthquakes is an earthquake mostly in the ocean. Volcanos can cause Tsunamis by when the volcanos erupt the debris goes into the water forming waves. Landslides
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