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Wake Island evacuates as super typhoon bears down
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WAKE ISLAND » For the first time in nearly five decades, this tiny coral atoll in the middle of the Pacific, where its highest point barely rises to about 18 feet, has been evacuated.
The reason is Super Typhoon Ioke, whose eye is aiming straight at Wake Island, home to an American base. The fragile atoll is expected to be pummeled by gusts of up to 160 knots and waves of up to 40 feet.
"This is the most excitement I have seen in years," said Bill Wilson, one of 188 residents who were evacuated by the Air ...
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