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Soldiers warn of tsunami threat in northeastern Japan

The Associated Press Published Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:31PM PDT

Part of a town gets flooded in Sendai, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. Japan launched a massive military rescue operation Saturday after a giant, quake-fed tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland, while authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor. (AP / Itsuo Inouye)

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Soldiers and officials in northeastern Japan are warning residents that the area could be hit by another tsunami and are ordering residents to higher ground.

Sirens around the town of Soma went off late Monday morning and public address systems ordered residents to higher ground.

Kyodo News Agency said the tsunami could be 3 metres high, citing Fukushima prefectural officials.

An Associated Press reporter stood about 100 metres from the coast.

The area was hit by a massive quake and tsunami on Friday.

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A huge trailer stuck in an narrow canal leans over debris at a port in Sendai, northern Japan, one day after a massive Tsunami triggered by a huge earthquake hit northern Japan Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP / Koji Sasahara)
A vehicle lies mingled with debris at Sendai airport following a massive Tsunami triggered by a huge earth quake in Sendai, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Hiromitsu Shinkawa, right, waves to rescuers before being rescued to a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer on Sunday March 13, 2011. When spotted, the 60-year-old man was floating off the coast of Fukushima's Futaba town on the roof of his house after being swept away in a tsunami. He was in good condition. (AP / Defense Ministry)