Tonga eruption leads to tsunami advisory for California coast. What about the Delta?
An underwater volcanic eruption Saturday near Tonga in the southern Pacific Ocean triggered flooding in the nation’s largest island and led to a tsunami advisory along the California coast. … Although NOAA’s tsunami advisory did include the west Delta, Jeff Mount, a watershed expert at the Public Policy Institute of California, said he doesn’t expect tidal action caused by the tsunami to be noticeable further inland in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
- Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Tsunami advisories have been lifted for most California cities
- LA Times: On California beaches, tsunami brings choppy waves, isolated flooding and much curiosity