Japan ups disaster debris estimate to hit N. America

Some 221,000 tons are set to reach the North American coastline by October, according to data from the Ministry of Environment, Kyodo news agency reported.

In November the ministry had said 33,000 tons of debris would complete its journey across the Pacific by June. But the new forecast estimates 30,000 tons to arrive by April, 105,000 tons by June and 173,000 tons by August.

The quake-tsunami, which left nearly 19,000 people dead, is thought to have swept in total some five million tons of shattered buildings, cars, household goods and other rubble into the sea.

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