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"We're gonna treat this as a typhoon," said Melvin Won Pat-Borja, Executive Director of the Commission of Decolonization, in an interview on Wave 105.1 FM. The majority of vendors for tonight's weekly CHamoru night market have cleared out. It's a popular destination for visitors to the island.

For the CNMI: As of 12.30 pm CHST, *all* government agencies have been closed. Similar precautions on Guam have been issued for the CNMI. ETA of initial tsunami wave range between 2.37 pm-2.49 pm CHST.

Guam and CNMI remain in a tsunami advisory. Community is advised to move inland, away from beaches. Potential wave impacts could be 1-3 feet in coastal areas, with strong currents. Estimated arrival times range from 2:51-2:57 pm CHST

The Port Authority of Guam will be suspending all operations from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and staff are tying down all three gantry cranes. Port police are actively notifying marina users and tenants while employees of the port are being advised to evacuate and seek higher ground.

#TsunamiWarnings

At around 11:00 am CHST, the GU Offices of Homeland Security and Civil Defense issued a press release announcing "a threat to Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan, of sea level fluctuations and strong ocean currents that could be hazardous along beaches, in harbors, and in coastal waters."

A tsunami advisory is issued for the U.S. Pacific territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). This follows the magnitude 8.7 earthquake that struck Russia's Far East.

I'll be following this news as it develops.

A few weeks ago, B-2 bombers were reportedly heading to Guam. The Pentagon later confirmed it was a decoy. However, indigenous residents on Guam have a great deal more to say about this matter. I reported more on how they felt for NPR's Here & Now. Take a listen: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...