Ghost boat that looks like a sea monster comes ashore in Washington having drifted more than 4,000 miles from Japan after 2011 tsunami
Floating
more than 4,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean the boat is believed to
have been set adrift during the March 2011 earthquake which left 15,000
dead.
The
boat washed up on Monday morning in Ocean Shores, around 90 miles south
of Seattle and turned over to the US Coast Guard for inspection.
This is the likely route the boat took after the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011
KCPQ
reports that officials will contact the Japanese Consulate in Seattle
for help in deciphering the language on the boat and identifying it. Another
boat was found last Wednesday near Long Beach, also covered with marine
life. It also was taken to a state Parks facility and no sign of its
origin was found.
'Pulled
up on it, took a good look at and took some pictures of it and found it
very interesting," said Linda Mead. "It's definitely from the tsunami.'The massive tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan in 2011 washed about five million tonnes of debris out to sea. About
70 per cent of it eventually sank off the Japanese coast, while the
remaining 1.5 million tonnes was dispersed by waves and ocean currents.
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