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Tsunami sweeps away Chile

TALCAHUANO, Chile – When the shaking stopped, Marioli Gatica and her extended family huddled in a circle on the floor of their seaside wooden home in this gritty port town, listening to the radio by a lantern’s light.
They heard firefighters urging Talcahuano’s citizens to stay calm and stay inside. They heard nothing of a tsunami [...]

Looting worsens in Chilean city after quake (Reuters)

Reuters – Looters raided more stores in this ravaged city on Monday as thousands of Chilean troops struggled to restore order after a huge earthquake and tsunamis killed more than 700 people.