The Tuesday night advisory served as a reminder of the ongoing tsunami risks facing Washington’s coastal communities.
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Wash. — Tuesday night’s tsunami advisory caught beachgoers and coastal residents off guard during peak summer season on the Washington coast, prompting some visitors to prepare for potential evacuations while emergency officials monitored wave activity across the Pacific Ocean.
The advisory was canceled on Wednesday.
The alert surprised tourists like Holly Conroy and her daughter Marina, who were visiting Conroy’s mother in Westport.
“It doesn’t happen every day when you are at the coast,” Conroy said.
Despite staying in a
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