{"id":32522,"date":"2012-09-23T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=32522"},"modified":"2012-09-23T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T21:25:10","slug":"noaa-confirms-first-piece-of-known-tsunami-debris-to-wash-up-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/noaa-confirms-first-piece-of-known-tsunami-debris-to-wash-up-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA Confirms First Piece Of Known Tsunami Debris To Wash Up In Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nThe first piece of garbage from the 2011 Japan tsunami known to have washed up in Hawaii has now been confirmed by NOAA. The tsunami debris, a large blue bin used to transport seafood while keeping it cold, was spotted off Waimanalo, on the southeast coast of Oahu, by Makai Ocean Engineering staff. It was later retrieved by the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory.<\/p>\n

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Consular officials from Japan confirmed that the blue bin found earlier this week floating in the ocean is from Fukushima, said Ben Sherman, a NOAA spokesman in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

“It’s the 12th confirmed piece to hit U.S. or Canada waters,” he said.<\/p>\n

The 4-by-4-foot cube is inscribed with the name Y.K. Suisan Co. Ltd., the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said.
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