Leading edge of vast field of debris hitting West Coast
(NEWSER) - As debris from the Japanese tsunami—including a ghost ship and a soccer ball —begins to reach the shores of the US and Canada, officials want the public to know what to expect. Huge amounts of debris are expected to wash up, but with the debris field having dispersed over thousands of miles, items are expected to arrive intermittently over the next couple of years, CNN reports. Building materials, fishing nets, and barrels of potentially hazardous materials are expected, but officials say bodies are not expected, and radioactive material is unlikely. More»
