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Tsunami Strikes Solomon Islands
Date: 4/2/2007 1:14:34 PM Sender: By Phil Mercer

                                               Tsunami Strikes Solomon Islands
                                                        By Phil Mercer
                                                            Sydney
                                                        02 April 2007
  
At least six people have been killed and many more are thought to be missing after a magnitude eight earthquake and tsunami struck the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. Towns and villages have been badly damaged. The tsunami triggered panic across the region amid fears of more big waves and aftershocks. Beaches were closed along Australia＇s east coast and residents fled to higher ground in Papua New Guinea. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports.
The western edge of the Solomons archipelago has been battered by waves up to five meters high.
The town of Gizo has been badly damaged. It was about 45 kilometers from the epicenter of the underwater earthquake. Residents have told how buildings on the seafront were destroyed as the wall of water came crashing through at just after 7:40 in the morning.
Some reports have said that entire villages have been washed away. The extent of the damage in this remote part of the Solomon Islands may take days to emerge.
Charles Stennett from the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation says Gizo was hit hard.
"As it went through the town it went about 50 to 70 meters inland and most of the buildings especially government offices and private offices and shopping and resort accommodation for tourists were flooded this morning," he said.
The emergency sparked fear across the region.

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Honiara police prepare milk and other emergency items for shipment to earthquake and tsunami affected areas, 02 Apr 2007
The capital Honiara was rocked by tremors that lasted for up to two minutes although little damage has been reported.
A tsunami alert was issued to parts of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia, although it was cancelled about five hours after the quake.
Australian officials closed some east coast beaches and suspended ferry services as a precaution. Pupils at some low-lying schools were also sent home amid fears of dangerous waves and flooding. Residents in some coastal areas packed their cars with supplies and eaded to higher ground.
The authorities have said that the threat to Australia has now receded.
In the Solomon Islands the search for survivors is under way. In Gizo, many people are homeless and supplies of food and water are scarce.
The Solomon Islands is an archipelago of more than 200 islands northeast of Australia. About half a million people live on the islands, which lie on the Pacific Basin＇s "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines where earthquakes are frequent.


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