Tsunami risk to U.S. hopefully over in 5 hours: NOAA

Tsunami risk to U.S. hopefully over in 5 hours: NOAA

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tsunami risk to the United States as a result of the massive earthquake off Japan will hopefully be over in the next two to five hours, Laura Furgione, a senior official at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

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A massive tsunami hits the coastal areas of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/KYODO

WASHINGTON | Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:22pm EST

WASHINGTON

(Reuters) - The tsunami risk to the United States as a result of the massive earthquake off Japan will hopefully be over in the next two to five hours, Laura Furgione, a senior official at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told reporters.

(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, editing by Will Dunham)

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