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Crescent City officials urge evacuation of low-lying areas after Pacific-wide tsunami warning
Summary
Local, state and National Weather Service officials warned residents to avoid beaches, harbors and the Elk Creek lowlands after an 8.8 magnitude quake near Russia generated a tsunami forecasted to bring 3–5 foot surges beginning around 11:50 p.m.; officials said activity could continue about 30 hours.
Crescent City officials on Friday night urged residents in low-lying neighborhoods and along the harbor to move to higher ground after a distant 8.8 magnitude earthquake near eastern Russia produced a Pacific-wide tsunami threat. National Weather Service forecasters said the first local wave was expected around 11:50 p.m., with subsequent waves possible through roughly 30 hours of activity.
"The first wave is expected to arrive at 11:50," said Ryan Allward, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service, describing forecasts that show waves of about 2.5 up to nearly 5 feet. He cautioned that "the first wave is not often the…
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