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Tsunami Hits Constitucion Chile: Kills 350, 2 Million Endangered
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by Pat Garcia | March 1, 2010 at 06:47 am
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A Tsunami resulting from the earthquake in Chile killed 350 people in Constitucion.
Television images showed houses washed away, cars tossed into buildings and boats lifted into the streets in coastal towns, including Pelluhue and Constitucion, where 350 deaths alone were reported.
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It's an enormous catastrophe . . . there's a growing number of missing people," Bachelet said, adding that food and medical aid was being sent to help the roughly two million people affected by the quake.
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Pat Garcia
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at 16:18 on March 1st, 2010
It had to happen somewhere, most likely where it began.