Tsunami warnings were issued Saturday morning for the west coast of the United States, Hawaii having already been affected by
"minor flooding",
after the eruption of a volcano in the Tonga archipelago on Friday, according to the services. American weather.
“Leave the beaches, ports and marinas”
in the areas concerned, recommends the National Weather Service (NWS), which specifies with “relief” that the American islands of Hawaii did not report damage and did not suffer only minor flooding.
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The states of California, Oregon and Washington could be affected, as well as Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia, specifies the NWS.
"The main expected impacts are strong rip currents and flooding of coasts and low-lying areas
," warns the weather service.
Residents of the Tonga Islands fled to higher ground on Saturday as a nearly 1.2 meter tsunami was triggered by a new eruption - heard hundreds of miles away - from the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano.
The eruption lasted eight minutes and was so loud it was heard "
like distant thunder"
in the Fiji Islands, more than 800km away, Fijian authorities said.
