Waves sweep 4 out to sea in Crescent City as tsunami surges reach west coast

Crescent City : CA : USA | Mar 11, 2011 at 11:48 AM PST

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CRESCENT CITY, CA (AP) - Officials say the tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan has killed one person, swept three others out to sea and caused severe damage to the harbor in Crescent City, near the Oregon border.

ABC affiliate KDRV confirmed that the waves pulled the four out to sea late Friday morning. Two of the other people were found alive and one is still unaccounted for.

Del Norte County sheriff's spokesman Bill Stevens said most boats were pulled out of the harbor in preparation for Friday's tsunami, but 35 vessels that remained are crashing into one another and sinking.

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the shallow quake generated a tsunami, but it cancelled a regional warning

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