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Live updates: Tonga hit with tsunami after volcanic eruption


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Most of the US West Coast remains in a tsunami advisory in the wake of an underground volcanic eruption near Tonga.The highest waves were recorded in Port San Luis, California (4.3 feet); King Cove, Alaska (3.3 feet); Area Cove, California (3.7 feet); Crescent City, California (3.7 feet); and Port Reyes, California (2.9 feet), according to the National Weather Service. Tsunami advisories are currently in place for most of the West Coast of the United States and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.Advisories have ended for Hawaii, southeast Alaska and some of the British Columbia coastline.Here's the definition of a tsunami advisory:From CNN's Jennifer HauserTsunami advisories and warnings remain all along the coast of Japan following an underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.The highest tsunami observed in Japan following the Tonga eruption was 120 centimeters (3.9 feet) in Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima prefecture, followed by a 110-centimeter (3.6 feet) tsunami at Kuju Port in Iwate Prefecture, NHK said. A three-meter tsunami is expected to reach Japan following an undersea volcanic eruption off the Pacific nation of Tonga," Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.The highest tsunami observed so far is 120 centimeters, or about 3.9 feet, in the Kominato district of Amami-Oshima Island at 11:55 p.m. on Saturday [9:55 a.m. ET], according to NHK.

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