Panic gripped Russia’s Far East on Wednesday morning as powerful tsunami waves struck the northern Kuril Islands, forcing officials to declare a state of emergency
Mayor of Severo-Kurilsk, Alexander Ovsyannikov, confirmed that the entire town was evacuated just in time. “There was enough time, a whole hour,” he told reporters. “Everyone was evacuated. All the people are in the tsunami safety zone.”
Dramatic footage has surfaced showing water surging through a local port, with debris floating through the streets and alarms wailing in the background.
The emergency was triggered by a massive undersea earthquake in the Pacific, which has put several countries, including Japan and the United States on high alert.
Russian authorities say all coastal areas in the affected zone will remain closed off until further notice, as emergency teams assess the damage.
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