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Tsunami Cleanup
6:20 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Tsunami Debris Cleanup Here Depends Mostly On You

Credit Photo courtesy U.S. Navy
Debris off the Honshu Coast soon after the tsunami.

The first items of debris swept into the Pacific Ocean by last year's big tsunami in Japan are turning up on the Northwest coast. More is out there drifting our way. The state of Washington hosted a meeting Wednesday to prepare local governments and beachgoers for what to do about this. Oregon held similar meetings last week. Here's the takeaway: tsunami debris pickup depends largely on you. Correspondent Tom Banse is beach side with the latest.

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