parts of new zealand. here advisories on the west coast, alaska, hawaii. so far no damage. anita: tsunami is in effect across the west coast as you heard jeff say, alaska and hawaii after underwater volcano erupted near the pacific nation tonga, meteorologist adam klotz has the latest in the weather center. adam, big activity this weekend. adam: definitely from this to the weather that s impacting, i will talk about that in just a minute but beginning with advisories that you talk about. you see them in the orange stretching their way up and down the entire western coast tsunami advisory. not a warning. we have seen that so far. this is what happened this morning earlier in hawaii maybe as high as 3 feet which is
jeff: while it s a much different situation of the pacific nation in tonga, here in california near the coast and other states like hawaii and alaska were under tsunami advisory from the undersea volcano, we will 1 to 2-foot waves. also worth noting likely dangerous rift current. it s a terrible day to be in the water whether that s swimming, surfing or boating. this how it all started massive undersea volcano erupting near tonga and that sent large waves crashing undershore. tonga s king was reportedly evacuated after tsunami funded the capital. beyond tonga, parts of japan are under tsunami warnings and advisories have been issued for
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coming in from tonga, jeff, what does the water look like where you are? jeff: griff, much different situation here in tonga. here along the west coast of california, we are experiencing a tsunami advisory and what that means is you will see a lot bigger waves here along the coast up and down through oregon and washington anywhere from 1 to 2-foot waves and essentially that means it s going to be dangerous rift currents and they don t want people swimming, boating or doing anything in the water today. this all started from a massive undersea volcano erupting on saturday and that sent large tsunami waves crashing offshore and people in nearby islands to get off the shores and tonga s king evacuated from the royal palace after the tsunami flooded the capital there. we know beyond tonga parts of