tsunami warning australia gold coast
The tsunami warning in Queensland stretches from Fraser Island to the Gold Coast. Coastguards, police and fire services were all put on red alert as the potential danger to low-lying and coastal areas was assessed.
The Gold Coast City Council's chief lifeguard, Warren Young, says a meeting of emergency services is underway.
"Emergency Services, police council, disaster management people and lifeguards and lifesaving representatives are at the meeting at the moment and we are just talking about strategies," he said."We are waiting to see how far they have tracked the tsunami and where it is heading."
Wayne Coutts from the Department of Emergency Services says there is no need for evacuations.
"Beaches might need to be temporarily closed but the message we want to get to people now is not to be on the beach, not to be in the water in the morning, and to consider small boating craft in marinas and so forth," he said.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre manager, Tony Leggert, says the tsunami's impact will stretch across four states.
"From the southern Queensland coast, bounded by St Laurence, down to the New South Wales-Queensland border and then all of the New South Wales coast right down to Gabo Island," he said.
Australia began issuing its own tsunami alerts in the wake of the devastating Boxing Day 2004 tsunami which killed more than 300,000 across Asia and destroyed millions of homes.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) issued a tsunami watch at 7:45pm that night declaring a "potential tsunami threat" to New South Wales, Queensland, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
The tsunami warning in Queensland stretches from Fraser Island to the Gold Coast. Coastguards, police and fire services were all put on red alert as the potential danger to low-lying and coastal areas was assessed.
The Gold Coast City Council's chief lifeguard, Warren Young, says a meeting of emergency services is underway.
"Emergency Services, police council, disaster management people and lifeguards and lifesaving representatives are at the meeting at the moment and we are just talking about strategies," he said."We are waiting to see how far they have tracked the tsunami and where it is heading."
Wayne Coutts from the Department of Emergency Services says there is no need for evacuations.
"Beaches might need to be temporarily closed but the message we want to get to people now is not to be on the beach, not to be in the water in the morning, and to consider small boating craft in marinas and so forth," he said.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre manager, Tony Leggert, says the tsunami's impact will stretch across four states.
"From the southern Queensland coast, bounded by St Laurence, down to the New South Wales-Queensland border and then all of the New South Wales coast right down to Gabo Island," he said.
Australia began issuing its own tsunami alerts in the wake of the devastating Boxing Day 2004 tsunami which killed more than 300,000 across Asia and destroyed millions of homes.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) issued a tsunami watch at 7:45pm that night declaring a "potential tsunami threat" to New South Wales, Queensland, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
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