Tsunami threat to Northland from Kermadec earthquake
4 Mar, 2021 10:30 PM
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TSUNAMI WARNING LATEST
* (1.25pm) GNS Science has downgraded tsunami warnings for New Zealand, advising the largest waves have now passed. A National Emergency Management Agency release says the threat level's now downgraded to a beach and marine threat for all areas that were previously under land and marine threat. It says all people who were evacuated can now return. The advice remains for all areas under beach and marine threat, to stay off beach and shore areas.
* Doubtless Bay residents in the Far North reporting seeing a surge of water come into the harbour. "The surge came!," one resident posted on social media. "Over the past hour a strong surge has been flowing into Mangonui Harbour. No tsunami wave as such but more like a strong flowing river stirring up the mud and sand in the harbour."