B.C.’s West Coast woke up to text alerts and closed shorelines Saturday morning as a volcanic eruption near the Tonga Islands caused a tsunami advisory across Vancouver Island.
Tofino mayor Dan Law told Black Press Media that the district’s emergency operations centre was activated shortly after 5 a.m. and sent out emergency notifications to local phones through its Voyent Alert program as well as through social media channels.
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