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Boat From Tsunami That Washed Up in California to Return to Japan

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022812 JapanDebris?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1378570271905This false color image of Sendai, Japan was captured by the Landsat 7 ETM+ bands 4,3, and 2 on March 12, 2011 and shows inland areas inundated by water from the tsunami, smoke from fires burning, and clouds of debris in the water. USGS/NASA, Mike Taylor(CRESCENT CITY, Calif.) — A fishing boat that washed up in California is being sent back to Japan. The boat is the first debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami to reach American shores.

According to the Del Norte Triplicate, the boat will leave the San Francisco Bay Areas for Japan by ship on September 16. The 20-foot boat washed up in Crescent City in April.

The boat belonged to a high school in the Japanese town of Rikuzentakata, the Triplicate says.

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