Hawaii Evacuation Videos Show People Fleeing Tsunami

Videos show Hawaii locals rushing to escape low ground following a tsunami warning

Honolulu’s Department of Emergency Management said there could be “destructive tsunami waves” late Tuesday, and told people to evacuate or seek higher ground.

Tsunami waves up to 10 feet high could hit parts of northern Hawaii, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, a powerful earthquake hit Russia.

Posting on social media, Hawaiians captured scenes showing cars stuck in traffic.

Footage, shown in the video above, filmed by Jennifer Kim shows lines of vehicles in Honolulu, as locals and tourists fled.

“The world here is in standstill because of the tsunami warning and everyone is trying to go inland but they are stuck,” Kim wrote to her Instagram Stories.

Lines of vehicles were shown stuck in traffic near Waikiki Beach, footage filmed by Bobby Anderson showed.

Live traffic cameras later showed quiet scenes on normally busy quite streets in Honolulu.

The tsunami warning followed an 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

Hawaii Governor Josh Green urged residents to evacuate all coastal areas immediately, warning them not to underestimate the threat. “It will not hit one beach, it will wrap around the islands,” he said.

This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.