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Tsunami marine threat for Auckland
Media Release
For immediate
release
12 March
2011
11.45am
003
Tsunami marine threat for Auckland
Auckland Civil Defence Controller Clive Manley says
the marine threat to Auckland from the recent earthquake in
Japan is likely to result in swells and fast-running
currents until at least 2pm today.
Existing
advice remains in place:
• Do not swim at
Auckland’s beaches, estuaries and harbours
•
Civil defence updates continue on the radio.
•
The Harbourmaster has advised that ships do NOT need to
leave port but all mariners are advised to navigate with
caution and have a listening watch on VHF channel 16
“The swells anticipated by civil defence from modelling have been matched by reports from the Auckland Harbourmaster.
“We strongly advise boaties to exercise caution in fluctuating swells, and advise swimmers to avoid swimming until 2pm at the earliest,” he says.
The Auckland Group Emergency Coordination Centre
will release further
information as soon as it becomes
available.
ENDS
Useful websites
•
wwwaucklandcivildefence.org.nz
•
www.civildefence.govt.nz
•
http://www.getthru.govt.nz/web/GetThru.nsf/web/BOWN-7GZVAT?OpenDocument
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