Tsunami debris could reach U.S., experts say
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 01:00
in Earth & Climate
Flotsam from Japan's 2011 magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami is predicted to reach Hawaii this year and the West Coast in 2013 or 2014. But good luck telling it apart from the usual dreck.Thousands of tons of debris that have been drifting across the Pacific Ocean since last year's magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan could reach Hawaii and the West Coast, including California, experts said Tuesday.