“EVERYONE ACTED QUICKLY”
“Thank God, there have been no casualties,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters, saying the area’s warning system had helped.
CCTV footage launched by the Kamchatka area’s well being minister, Oleg Melnikov, confirmed surgeons holding down a affected person on an working desk when the earthquake rocked the world.
Regional governor Vladimir Solodov stated on Telegram he would nominate the medical doctors for state awards, including: “Such braveness deserves the very best reward.”
An expedition group from the Russian Geographical Society was on the Kuril island of Shumshu when the tsunami swept away their tent camp.
“When the wave hit, all we may do was run to increased floor. It’s extremely troublesome to try this in boots on slippery grass and in fog,” group member Vera Kostamo advised Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda.
