HONOLULU - Hawaii scrambled to evacuate locals and tourists from the coastline late today after a massive earthquake off Japan triggered a tsunami alert, officials on the Pacific island state said.
“We have about four hours to clear the shorelines,” said John Cummings of the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management. “This looks like this will be a very serious event.”
Warning sirens went off at 9:59 p.m. (0759 GMT Friday) and were to go off every hour on the hour afterwards. - AFP
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