tsunami conditions. and so no real damage tsunami conditions. and so no real damage to tsunami conditions. and so no real damage to property - tsunami conditions. and so no real damage to property or. tsunami conditions. and so no | real damage to property or any casualties? real damage to property or any casualties? well, no casualties that i m aware casualties? well, no casualties that i m aware of. casualties? well, no casualties that i m aware of. there - casualties? well, no casualties that i m aware of. there was, i that i m aware of. there was, locally here, there was a boat in the harbour that sank due to the surge in the harbour and some boats lost their moorings and that sort of thing. but that s pretty much the extent of what the information we have it we have received here. you are many thousands of miles away, aren t you, is this a region that, tonga, which has a history of volcanic activity like this? history of volcanic activity like this? ~ , ., , like this
supplies to the pacific island nation. the eruption and take a look at it, is sending waves crashing to shore. remarkable satellite video capturing the moment of eruption. two people drowning in peru from the high waves. with waves of up to 4 feet reported from california to alaska, damaging boat mariners and leading to multiple sea rescues. nbc s gaddy schwartz joins us from los angeles with the very latest. gadi, tsunami conditions are, well, unusual, but not unheard of for the coast. reporter: yeah, that s right, jose. fortunately, most of the tsunami s power was dissipated by the time it reached the west coast, but it was definitely a reminder of just how unpredictable nature can be, even something more than 5,000 miles away. it s looking like it dodged any significant damage, but with the bay area, there were several places that saw huge waves. and in berkeley, hundreds of people who lived in the marina
but it was an advisory which is the lesser extent of a tsunami versus a warning so actually, we kind of dodged a bullet along the west coast here with just advisory tsunami conditions. so no real damage to property or any casualties? well, no casualties that i am aware of. there was, locally here, a boat in a harbour that sank due to the surge into the harbour and some boats lost their moorings, that sort of thing but that s pretty much the extent of the information that we have received. you are many thousand miles away of course, is this a region in tonga which has a history of volcanic activity like this? usually when we get tsunamis on the west coast it is due to earthquakes so this is an exceptionally rare event where a volcano that was mostly
joe sirard is a meteorologist with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, based near los angeles. he says it s been a worrying time, but the worst seems to be over. we had some minorflooding, we had some surges into various harbours with some damage to some boats and that sort of thing. but it was an advisory, which is the lesser extent of the tsunami versus a warning. so actually we kind of dodged a bullet along the west coast here, with just advisory tsunami conditions. and so no real damage to property or any casualties? well, no casualties that i m aware of. there was, locally here, there was a boat in the harbour that sank due to the surge in the harbour and some boats lost their moorings and that sort of thing. but that s pretty much the