How did B.C.respond to the tsunami advisories following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake?
B.C. has cancelled all tsunami advisories for coastal regions of the province that were put in place Tuesday night after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia. It triggered tsunami warnings from Japan to Hawaii. Brent Ward, the co-director at the Centre for Natural Hazards Research at SFU spoke to CBC about B.C.’s response to the earthquake and tsunami alerts.