‘THE CLOCK IS TICKING!’—AMERICANS AND JAPANESE RUSH TO EVACUATE AS TSUNAMI THREATENS MILLIONS—WILL THE COASTLINES SURVIVE THE IMPENDING DEVASTATION?” 😱🌊

In a race against time, millions of people in the U.S. and Japan are scrambling to evacuate as tsunami warnings spread across the Pacific. With the clock ticking, authorities are warning of widespread destruction and the risk of catastrophic waves that could leave entire coastlines in ruin.

Will evacuation efforts be enough to save millions, or is the worst yet to come? What is the full scale of the tsunami threat, and how are countries bracing for impact?

Find out what’s happening now as the tsunami threat escalates—full details below 👇👇👇

The world’s biggest earthquake in 14 years has put Japan, Russia and the entire US west coast on tsunami alert and sparked fear for millions as the first waves hit Russia and Japan.

The quake had a magnitude of 8.8 – the sixth-strongest ever measured.

The quake struck about 135 km (84 miles) east-southeast of Kamchatka, off the Russian coast, at around 7:24 p.m. Eastern Time. It is the biggest earthquake to hit since 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 quake struck northeastern Japan and left 19,747 people dead or missing.

Video footage showed buildings in Russia submerged in water after the first wave hit, with several people taken to hospital with various injuries. Russian authorities said at least one woman was injured after jumping out of a window.

The tsunami hit both Japan and Russia on Sunday evening (local time) while millions of Americans across Hawaii, Guam, California, Washington and Oregon were under varying levels of warning.

People gather their belongings and leave the beach in the city of Shimoda after Japan warned that a tsunami could hit coastal areas.

Hawaii’s governor has signed an emergency order ahead of the devastating tsunami. “Both the state and county Emergency Operations Centers are operating at full capacity,” said Gov. Josh Green as he urged residents to “take this warning seriously.”

“The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency issued an evacuation order earlier today for those in the tsunami evacuation zone. If you are in a coastal area, move inland to higher ground immediately. Do not wait,” he said.

Earlier, the US National Weather Service upgraded the threat level in Los Angeles from “Watch” to “Warning” amid fears of a tsunami hitting at 4am.

Heavy traffic was reported in Hawaii as tsunami sirens sounded and residents were warned to seek higher ground before the first waves were expected to hit. All commercial vessels in the Honolulu Harbor were ordered to evacuate.

Hawaiian residents evacuate

The extraordinary X-ray images show people fleeing in cars as traffic came to a standstill amid the chaos. Longtime islanders described the siren as the first real tsunami warning in years.