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| Japan tsunami boat found in California to be reunited with home city | Japan tsunami boat found in California to be reunited with home city |
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| A small, battered and barnacle-encrusted boat that recently washed ashore in California has been traced to a Japanese city that was devastated by the March 2011 tsunami. | A small, battered and barnacle-encrusted boat that recently washed ashore in California has been traced to a Japanese city that was devastated by the March 2011 tsunami. |
| The 20ft panga washed ashore at Crescent on 7 April, prompting an investigation which sourced it to Takata high school in Rikuzentakata, a city in Iwate prefecture, a coastal area still reeling from the earthquake and giant waves of two years ago. The news had made Rikuzentakata "giddy" with delight and it wished to reclaim the boat, said a spokesperson for the city. | The 20ft panga washed ashore at Crescent on 7 April, prompting an investigation which sourced it to Takata high school in Rikuzentakata, a city in Iwate prefecture, a coastal area still reeling from the earthquake and giant waves of two years ago. The news had made Rikuzentakata "giddy" with delight and it wished to reclaim the boat, said a spokesperson for the city. |
| The National National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration confirmed the origin of the boat on Thursday after conferring with the Japanese consulate in San Francisco. "As of 4 April, NOAA has received approximately 1,691 official debris reports, of which we have been able to confirm that 27 items are definite tsunami debris as of today. The skiff is the first confirmed item for California," NOAA spokeswoman Keeley Belva said in an email. | The National National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration confirmed the origin of the boat on Thursday after conferring with the Japanese consulate in San Francisco. "As of 4 April, NOAA has received approximately 1,691 official debris reports, of which we have been able to confirm that 27 items are definite tsunami debris as of today. The skiff is the first confirmed item for California," NOAA spokeswoman Keeley Belva said in an email. |
| The 26 other confirmed tsunami debris have been found in Alaska, British Columbia, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. | The 26 other confirmed tsunami debris have been found in Alaska, British Columbia, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. |
| The tsunami obliterated Takata high school and destroyed swathes of Rikuzentakata. The boat, which was part of the school's marine science course, bobbed thousands of miles across the Pacific and washed up in Crescent, northern California. | The tsunami obliterated Takata high school and destroyed swathes of Rikuzentakata. The boat, which was part of the school's marine science course, bobbed thousands of miles across the Pacific and washed up in Crescent, northern California. |
| After black hand-painted characters on the boat's side were roughly translated to say "Takata high school", a Humboldt State University geology professor, Lori Dengler, posted pictures on the city of Rikuzentakata's Facebook page, the Times-Standard reported. Dengler had visited Rikuzentakata twice since the tsunami and suspected that the boat might have come from there. Within hours, a teacher in the city said the boat had belonged to the school. | After black hand-painted characters on the boat's side were roughly translated to say "Takata high school", a Humboldt State University geology professor, Lori Dengler, posted pictures on the city of Rikuzentakata's Facebook page, the Times-Standard reported. Dengler had visited Rikuzentakata twice since the tsunami and suspected that the boat might have come from there. Within hours, a teacher in the city said the boat had belonged to the school. |
| "Just to know it made it, just to know it made it across the Pacific, that's just one of these things in life that no one is prepared for – but in the best possible way," Amya Miller, a spokesperson for Rikuzentakata, told the Times-Standard. "That something made it across the ocean is beautiful. It's absolutely beautiful." | "Just to know it made it, just to know it made it across the Pacific, that's just one of these things in life that no one is prepared for – but in the best possible way," Amya Miller, a spokesperson for Rikuzentakata, told the Times-Standard. "That something made it across the ocean is beautiful. It's absolutely beautiful." |
| Discussions are under way over how to return the boat to its home town. | Discussions are under way over how to return the boat to its home town. |
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