Evacuations for Japan and US as major earthquake off Russia trigger widespread tsunami warnings
Dem report Tsunami waves wey dey as high as 3-4 metres (10-13 feet) for Kamchatka while 30cm (12in) waves don hit one city for Hokkaido, northern Japan.
Hawaii Govnor Josh Green don ask pipo to follow evacuation orders and stay calm while US President Donald Trump advise Americans to dey on alert for tsunami warnings.
Several pipo don injure for Kamchatka sake of di earthquake and strong aftershocks dey expected, TASS news agency report.
Authorities don also issue Tsunami alerts of varying levels for parts of China, di Philippines, Indonesia, Guam, Peru and di Galapagos Islands off Ecuador.
Japanese authorities ask nearly 2 million pipo to evacuate
Japanese authorities don ask more dan 1.9 million pipo to evacuate. Around 10,500 of dis pipo dey for Hokkaido, wia local media footage show pipo dey gada ontop rooftop.
Some pipo also gada for one observatory wey overlook di beach for Chiba south of Tokyo.
Authorities don continue to urge residents on Japan east coast to evacuate to higher ground.
Dozens of waves don dey observed across Japan Pacific coast. Evacuation warnings don span hundreds of kilometres/miles along im pacific coast - from Hokkaido for di north to Wakayama prefecture for di south.
Di Meteorological agency say tsunami waves fit reach up to 3 metres high.
Meanwhile, Russia Sakhalin region don declare a state of emergency for di northern Kuril Islands, di same part of di kontri wia video of tsunami waves for port town bin emerge.
Mayor Alexander Ovsyannikov say "evrione" for dat area don dey evacuated. "Enough time bin dey, a whole hour. So evrione bin dey evacuated, all di pipo dey for di tsunami safety zone," e tok, AFP report.
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