SAN FRANCISCO -- Hours after a major earthquake triggered a ferocious tsunami in Japan, residents along the San Mateo County coast fled to higher ground early Friday as a potentially damaging tidal surge approached the West Coast.
Hundreds of cars jammed the roadside along Highway 35 as residents of Half Moon Bay and other nearby communities obeyed a voluntary evacuation warning in preparation for the tsunami's arrival at 8:08 a.m.
County officials had advised residents in the low-lying areas west of Highway 1 to move to ground east of the highway, according to the county's emergency alert system.
Residents in the Linda Mar area of Pacifica were advised to evacuate to the east of Adobe Drive. Those in El Granada should evacuate to the east of Coronado Street.
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