Tsunami waves generated by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia on Tuesday did less damage than had been feared. But some cruise passengers were distressed to learn they had been left behind when all ships were ordered out of port by local authorities.

Tiffany Oliver and her 18-year-old daughter were part of a group from Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of America that was taking part in an excursion to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, on Hawaii island when the emergency alerts began.

At 2:46 p.m., as the women rode a bus toward the park, Oliver got an alert on her phone, informing her that the National Weather Service had issued a tsunami warning and instructing her to move to higher ground. “You are in danger,” the alert read.

But the bus continued, undeterred, toward its destination. Wh

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