Typhoon Batters Marshall Islands
<i> Reuters</i>
MAJURO, Marshall Islands — Huge waves spawned by Typhoon Axel lashed the Marshall Islands capital of Majuro on Wednesday, submerging houses and cars in knee-deep water and leaving hundreds homeless.
Waves triggered by 100 m.p.h. winds rolled across the low-lying Pacific atoll, wrecking scores of homes as the typhoon headed west across the Pacific.
It was the worst storm to hit the Marshall Islands, 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii, in more than 70 years, weather officials said.
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