Waves Hit Hawaii And Head Toward California

By JESSE McKINLEY and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS, New York Times
Fri, 03/11/2011 - 8:51am

Waves generated by the quake have forced evacuations in Hawaii and tsunami warnings for the West Coast.

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