Sentence examples for issued a tsunami from inspiring English sources
It issued a tsunami warning.
The agency immediately issued a tsunami warning for parts of Japan's Pacific coast.
Outside people started to head for the hills as the national emergency office issued a tsunami warning.
The Indonesian Meteorology and Seismology Agency issued a tsunami alert, but it was revoked within an hour.
It issued a tsunami warning for Chile, Peru and Hawaii, while Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Antarctica are also on alert.
"The Mineral Resources Department Seismology section has issued a tsunami watch and advisory a short time ago, warning residents in those areas to be on watch and get updates through the media," it said.
For the first time since the introduction of the current system, JMA issued a tsunami-height estimation of 10 m or more, and issued "Major Tsunami" warnings for the widest areas.
The authorities issued conflicting reports, initially issuing a tsunami warning and then retracting it.
A12 Tsunami Alert Draws Inquiry State and federal officials are reviewing errors and technical breakdowns that delayed issuing a tsunami warning to millions of people in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Furthermore, the government's refusal to issue a tsunami warning led to dozens of beachgoers being swept away by a series of massive tsunami waves.
When asked if that was why they did not issue a tsunami warning to the coastal communities near Cilacap, Sugun said: "I guess it was something like that".
