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Calif., Ore. Sustain Most Damage From Tsunami

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. -- The warnings traveled quickly across the Pacific in the middle of the night: An 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan spawned a deadly tsunami, and it was racing east Friday as fast as a jetliner. Sirens blared in Hawaii. The West Coast pulled back from the shoreline, fearing the worst. People were...

Six Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Oil Spill

WASHINGTON -- Of the tens of thousands of people who worked to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, many had competing loyalties and agendas. Unified, they were not. Complicating matters, local, state and federal officials felt enormous pressure to avoid being seen as in cahoots with BP. Because the federal government's...

Rough Seas for Ship Being Towed in Bering Sea

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Dec. 5) -- A cargo ship that broke down in Alaska's Aleutian Islands while carrying canola seeds and nearly a half-million gallons of fuel oil continued its slow journey to a safe harbor Sunday as a tug boat pulled it through rough seas and up to 25-foot waves. The 738-foot Golden Seas with 20 crew...

Golden Seas, Ship Filled With Canola Oil, Adrift Near Alaska

(Dec. 3) -- This could be a slightly different kind of oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that the Golden Seas, a cargo ship carrying canola oil, is adrift in Alaska's Bering Sea and could run aground, the Anchorage Daily News said. Unfortunately, edible canola oil is not the only thing being transported in the...

Carnival Splendor Fire: 4 Other Cruise Ship Horrors

Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan McChord, U.S. Navy/AP

(Nov. 9) -- Just a push in the right direction, thanks. Or a pull, rather. A Carnival Cruise Lines ship that drifted off the coast of Southern California is being towed back to shore after an engine room fire caused the 113,000 ton vessel to lose power. The Carnival Splendor, carrying approximately 3,300 guests and 1,100...

Background on Coast Guard

A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to being a volunteer organization tasked with search and rescue functions and lacking any law enforcement powers.

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