• Tsunami advisory now in effect for the entire West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii after massiveĀ eruption
  • ‘If you are located in this coastal area, move off the beach and out of harbors and marinas,’ NWS warnsĀ 
  • Strong currents and high waves will hit California on Saturday morning, but inundation is not expected
  • It follows devastating eruptionĀ and tsunami in Tonga, island nation home to 105,000 peopleĀ Ā 
  • Authorities in nearby Fiji also issued a warning, telling people to the avoid shorelineĀ due to strong currents
  • Dramatic video from Tonga showed huge waves crashing into homes and buildings, flooding the island
  • A convoy of police and military troops evacuated Tonga’s King from his palace, it was reported earlier
  • Dramatic satellite images showed a three-mile wide plume rising into the air to about 12 miles