About 10 ships were capsized or sank as a result of a sharp rise in water levels on the Japanese island of Shikoku after the eruption of the Hunga Haapai volcano in the state of Tonga. This is reported by the NHK TV channel.
It is noted that three ships sank, one was swept out to sea, and one fishing boat capsized.
Earlier in the southwest of Japan, a tsunami with a height of about 1.2 m was recorded on the coast of the Amami Islands. The Japanese authorities have issued a warning about the threat of a tsunami up to three meters high. A tsunami evacuation order has been issued for at least 230,000 people in eight prefectures in Japan.
According to the Geological Survey of Tonga, the volcanic eruption was the largest since December 2021 and caused a number of small tsunamis recorded off the coast of Tongatapu, the largest island in the archipelago.
“There are sea fluctuations, you need to wait for a decrease,” the emergency services of the Kuril Islands warn, which can be reached by tsunami waves formed after the eruption of the underwater volcano Khunga-Khaapa. This has become a cause for concern for residents of several countries at once, including Japan, the USA, Fiji, Samoa, Australia and New Zealand. And in Tonga, the king had to be evacuated. More details - in the material.
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