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Tsunami watch: Japan's floating junkyard approaches

Japan's environment ministry expects about 33,000 tons of tsunami debris to reach the western coast of North America by next June.

Debris floats in Keehi Boat Harbor on March 11, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii, after a tsunami swept through the area. Tsunami waves rolled thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean after a massive earthquake off Japan.

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