Tsunami updates: Easter and Galápagos Islands evacuate coastal areas as tsunami warnings rattle Pacific – as it happened
Authorities ordered evacuations on Pacific islands of Ecuador and Chile; warnings downgraded elsewhere after 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia coast
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Major tsunami no longer expected to hit Hawaii but coasts remain hazardous
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TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company), operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant that suffered a triple meltdown triggered by the 2011 tsunami, has announced that discharge of treated water contaminated by the disaster has been suspended until today’s tsunami warnings are lifted.
Personnel engaged in the ongoing decommissioning work at the plant have also been temporarily evacuated.