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55% Evacuated By Car After July Tsunami Warnings Despite Government's Instructions to Flee on Foot

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

16:26 JST, December 7, 2025

More than half of the people who evacuated to safe places on July 30, when tsunami warnings were issued in the wake of the Kamchatka earthquake in Russia, did so by car, according to a survey by the Cabinet Office.

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