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what he did with people flocking to evacuation centers like this one in tofino in vancouver island canada danniella health correspondent joins me on the phone line now from toronto in canada was all a fisherman saying at the moment daniel about the west coast of canada and the potential tsunami. as you mentioned late probably have already made it clear that the tsunami warning has been canceled for the canadian west coast not at this point for the alaskan coast that must mean that officials are confident that there isn't a way bracing for the coast of vancouver island where you know is the truth. as far as the last turn there were reports from there that the dummy boys were recording disturbances in the ocean of up to ten meters officials caution that there was a storm a meter area as well so we're still waiting more information some of the more remote areas we do know that the major cities major towns in western canada they have cancelled the tsunami warning came in the middle of the night people had to move quickly text messages siren get to shelters get to higher ground fortunately all

those warnings were heeded with people flocking to evacuation centers like this into scene in vancouver island in canada let's go over to rob reynolds who's in los angeles on the west coast of the u.s. and whether the warnings have been sort of canceled now the authorities will certainly be on alert to a certain extent because this is the dead of the night and we don't really know still at this moment if there are already waves heading towards the mainland. well it seems as if the the projected times that the waves if there had been large tsunami waves of that the times that they would have hit certain areas that were projected they did not appear so it seems that that's one of the reasons why the warning was cancelled of course there could be aftershocks we have really no good scientific way of predicting earthquakes but i will say that the warning systems seem to have worked fairly well we saw those pictures there of people in kodiak alaska which is a city about six thousand going to higher ground people in that part of the world are very well aware that they live on the ring of fire that th

administration published a long-term study showing the california sea lion population from mexico to vancouver island is at an all- time high. >> it shows that this memo who was under threat of near extinction has rebounded. >> the study says sea lions which numbered only about 90,000 in the early 70s are up to more than 280,000. they are at capacity for a healthy environment. doctor shawn johnson at the mammal center in sausalito says the turnaround began when the government and killings of marine mammals by those trying to protect fisheries. >> you could link it back to these protections. and the endangered species act, they really protected the species from threats, human threats mostly. >> there is still natural dangers. warm el nino currents depleted the food supply killing 20,020 15. it's obvious how quickly the population could return if man stays hands-off and allows nature to take its course. >>> let's talk about the weather. it's pretty foggy outside right now. we will have showers moving in by tomorrow morning. 61 degrees in wildwood city -- in redwood city. 65 in san jose. san francisco a

two hundred ninety kilometers southeast of kodiak island a tsunami warning was issued for southern alaska and the west coast of canada as far as vancouver. it was just off the midnight local time when the quake struck sending coastal residents scrambling to higher ground to take shelter from possible tidal waves officials had warned residents as far south as san francisco to be ready to evacuate coastal areas until the tsunami alert was canceled so we get to remind everybody this is not a drill this is an actual tsunami warning everybody get at least one hundred feet above sea level high school parking lot killer about just saying however it is very backed up right now so you won't make it there by minutes so the best place right now is the high school parking lot. to get your homes and make it a safe place the mayor of paris is called an emergency meeting off to serious flooding in the french capital the river saying his best its banks in paris and authorities have claimed several roads in canceled cruises with levels have risen to at least three point three meters above normal. sweden has summoned china's ambassador if the reports boo

there is a bunch coming from the tropics southwest of the hawaiian islands as we have this warm system in vancouverseattle we have snow melt due to the warm nature of the system with rapid river risings. for us just cloud coverage. mostly cloudy to the north partly cloudy to the south. 40s for temperatures near 50 but more 40s. near 54 others, american canyon at 50 degrees. 56 at point reyes. 42 healdsburg and occidental. petaluma 52 as well as mill valley and san rafael. 19 in truckee, 32 in reno. patches of fog in the valley and there is a little bit of fog for us north and east but not much and we do have a red flag warning with high fire danger for southern california. it is warm and dry with no  change. the average high this time of year in palm springs is 73. they are already 66 and the 15 day outlook has not one temperature under 80 degrees. for us the cloud coverage will be about the high-pressure returning and unfortunately we have a blocking pattern lasting for weeks. high clouds today with patchy fog but dry for the next 10 days mild and warm. it sure looks like it is going to pan out.

islands actually. tropics, a very warm pattern. it is producing some rapid snow melt up north. and by that, i mean seattle, vancouver, but for us, a lot of high clouds. if there is any precipitation, it will be well to the north. this is not organized. it is just toppling over. a little bit of an easterly breeze still in place, it is more pronounced yesterday than it is today. and the temperature difference, though, there are some that are a little cooler here compared to yesterday. and that's because we are losing that breeze. oakland is off six. livermore, minus 5. concord, minus 5. mountainview, minus 5. a little cooler, and i think the higher clouds will take the edge off some of the high temperatures by three to five degrees compared to yesterday. sierra nevada looking for a lot of cloud cover. and not only is it really dry in southern california, it is hot, for january. it is 89 in long beach, yesterday. for a record high. burbank, 86. and red flag warnings, high fire danger, continues down there. with temperatures upper 80s, to near 90 again today. a lot of cloud cover, but all show and not much go. and high

hundred ninety kilometers southeast of kodiak island a tsunami warning was issued for southern i last care in the west coast of canada as far as vancouver. well it was just after midnight local time when the earthquake struck sending coastal residents scrambling to higher ground to take shelter from possible tidal waves officials had warned residents as far south as san francisco to be ready to evacuate coastal areas until the tsunami alert was canceled. so we can remind everybody this is not a drill this is the actual tsunami warning everybody get at least one hundred feet above sea level high school parking lot hiller about to say however it is very back of right now so you won't make it there by minutes so the best place right now is the high school parking lot. or homes and make it the safe place now the oscar nominations are out ahead of a ceremony on march the fourth that will be watched closely for how the academy reacts to recent events in the movie world the film picking up the most nominations was agreed toto's fantasy drama the shape of water with thirteen nominations overall including best picture and best director three bil

caused panic across the islands china has denounced a meeting in canada on strengthening sanctions against north korea as illegal officials from twenty nations will gather in vancouver for the talks hosted by the u.s. secretary of state and canada's foreign minister the china says the meeting is irrelevant because it's russia we're advices adrian brown has more now from beijing. i don't think china expected to receive an invitation to attend this international gathering in vancouver after all it is not an ally really of the united states or canada any more than russia is russia of course is also going to be absent both these countries have very different ideas about how to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula neither country favors military action or more sanctions against north korea what russia and china want is this freeze for freeze formula whereby north korea would cease development of its nuclear program in return for the united states and south korea halting their annual military exercises will the united states are said that is a nonstarter so i think perhaps that if russia and china had been present at this conference they would have proved to be a distr