Tsunami Reaches West Coast, Triggers Evacuations; 1 Missing
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The U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching for a person swept out to sea in northern California as tsunami waves reached the western U.S., prompting coastal evacuations and sinking or damaging scores of vessels.
Communities from southern Oregon to Los Angeles were warned to brace for swells after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan unleashed waves as high as 23 feet that killed hundreds.