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The History of Tsunamis
By Jane Runyon |
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1 The word tsunami comes from the Japanese language. In that language the word tsu means harbor. The word nami means wave. Long ago Japanese fishermen created the word tsunami. They would return from the sea to find that their villages had been destroyed by large waves. They would not have been aware of waves large enough to wash away a village while at sea. The waves had traveled under the sea until they reached a point where the land and water became shallower. The rise of the land had caused the wave to be pushed to the surface. In the open water of the ocean, this type of wave could not be detected.