Gov. Josh Green told Hawaii residents that a tsunami was expected to hit the islands two hours after his press conference just after 5 p.m. local time on July 29.
The first wave of the tsunami, which was caused by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, was expected to arrive around the island of Kauai around 7:10 p.m. local time, but all islands will be affected. Authorities would not know the estimated size of the wave until it passed buoys set up around Midway Island, he said.
“You can expect a tsunami wave to hit the state, and it will not just hit one beach,” Green said at the press conference. “It will wrap around the islands very likely, therefore causing a wave in Hilo … and Hawaii and on Maui. You have to be safe.”…