From NY Post: Abandon ship!
Tourists in Hawaii were stranded after cruise ships left ports early amid tsunami concerns sparked by the earthquake that occurred off Russia Wednesday morning. Footage of their maritime marooning has amassed over 170,000 views on TikTok.
The titanic 8.8 magnitude temblor, which was the strongest the world has witnessed in the last 14 years, had reportedly struck off the coastal city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s far east.
This prompted evacuation orders in Hawaii, Russia, Alaska, the US West coast and Japan, which was hit by a five-foot wave.
The emergency response sent cruise to deeper water, The ships disembarked from port so quickly, they let off boat sightseers stranded at the port.
A post by user @demifreeman on TikTok declared, “POV: tsunami in Hawaii and your cruise is leaving without people. Actually insane.”
In the caption, the poster wrote, “Actually insane. We are going to be in the middle of the tsunami in the ocean.”
Another cruise ship tourist @mandythecruiseplanner posted a series of clips about a group of tourists who had Ben left behind in the panic.
“We made it to the port, but the ship is leaving,” the poste. “The ship is leaving and now we’re going to higher ground, and people are upset.”
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