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To keep roadways and access ways open for emergency responders. >> it's john voss here. make a comparison for us. the 2004 tsunami impacted crescent city and santa cruz as well. is it worse than it was in 2004, beginning of 2005? >> this worse. i've been with the port district now since -- about the middle of 2010, and so that occurred before i was working here and my understanding is that it was a six to eight-inch tsunami wave that came in and did do some structural damage on our dock. this event, we've seen some of the surge height that have been -- that appear to be well in excess of 2 fee...

Of the seal harbor area because of the damage it could suffer if a tsunami wave came through, and we haven't seen that. we have heard of one school closed but life is normal here waiting for the all-clear from local officials to allow the people back on to the beaches, but for right now the beaches in orange county are closed as a precaution, suzanne. >> casey, i'm curious, because we are looking at pictures of people in the water, and actually people in the water and not just on the beach, but in the water. have the authorities told you or anybody else to move back and this is not a safe plac...

Saying from those areas. on the island of guam which i'm also monitoring which is the closest american territory just to the east of me, the -- the governor of guam has reported that the commonwealth. northern marianas north of guam, also american territory, has reported a two foot rise in sea levels. this is in the islands north of guam. so as you can tell, the alerts are going on. people are evacuated and ready for anything to happen in these areas and maintaining a high level of alert. >> mike, of course, japan and the philippines both along the pacific ring of fire, oftentimes when there's...

Sglirks it is almost 1:00 a.m. now in japan at 2:46 p.m. local time is when a massive earthquake struck off the coast of japan, and a massive tsunami then slammed against coastal parts of the country. >> and i think we're going to just want to take to you that moment. i believe we're going to take you to the moment the tsunami wave came rushing in. just watch this. >> this is a look at the tsunami that has been engulfing -- engulfing the port.

What exactly happens. we're on high ground here so most folks believe that we're safe and we're probably 15 feet or so above sea level. we're just watching and waiting to see what happens when this tsunami wave actually arrives here expected in about half an hour. suzanne? >> casey, local officials, do they believe that's a good idea for folks to be out there? i know you're elevated, but do they suggest that people be so close to the water like that? >> reporter: well, they haven't suggested that people evacuate these little higher areas around the coast, but what they have said is that people...