An initial assessment of damage at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) shows the tsunami that hit late on the evening of March 10 and early in the morning on March 11 did "tens of millions" of dollars in damage to infrastructure. Wildlife experts estimate the tsunami killed more than 100,000 albatross and may have wiped out the entire population of Laysan finch on Pearl and Hermes Atoll. Fortunately all the people on islands at Papahanaumokuakea survived.
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