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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
A tsunami warning and tsunami advisories are in effect for the western coast of the U.S. at this hour.
They follow one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded,
the 8.8 magnitude quake hit near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
Dr. Chip McCreary is with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
He says people should take the warnings seriously.
a lot of power when it's flowing fast, and when it comes onto the land, that's what's happening.
It's flowing fast.
So it can damage structures.
But so far we haven't seen anything.
too big but still a little bit early.
There are traffic jams in Hawaii's capital meanwhile as people try to leave the coast.
The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady when policymakers wrap up their meeting this afternoon.
As NPR's Scott Horsley reports,
that's despite repeated calls from President Trump to lower borrowing costs.
Investors are almost certain the Federal Reserve will leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged this afternoon.