Twilight's Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner evacuated from set in tsunami warning

• Chat show host Jimmy Kimmel evacuated from island in French Polynesia
• Lindsay Lohan left her beach side apartment in Venice, California

Twilight stars  Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner have been evacuated from the Vancouver Island beach area in British Columbia where they are filming the latest instalment.
The whole of the Pacific is on alert after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan created a risk of tsunami for many different countries.

Evacuation: Taylor Lautner and  Kristen Stewart have been moved from the Vancouver Island beach area in British Columbia where they were shooting the new Twilight installment

The actors are not believed to be in any immediate danger, according to America's People magazine, but were advised to leave the region as a precaution.

Terror: Jimmy Kimmel, pictured here at the Vanity Fair Oscars party last month, has been evacuated from a small island in French Polynesia following the tsunami warning

The stars were on location shooting Breaking Dawn in an area that features a long stretch of open coast.
US chat show host Jimmy Kimmel has also been evacuated while holidaying in French Polynesia.

 

Kimmel, 43, was enjoying a holiday on French Polynesia when the earthquake hit.
He wrote on Twitter: 'Suddenly, relaxing on an island in the South Pacific isn't so relaxing anymore. Good thing I brought my aqua stilts."
He added: 'I am on an island in French Polynesia, glued to CNN. Thanks to those who sent good wishes - this is crazy.'
Asked how scared he is, he said: 'A good solid 7. On a small island, with no high ground.'
Lindsay Lohan is also understood to have left her apartment  in the beach side suburb of Venice, California.
She then checked into The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills.
'My mommy just woke my sister and I up to this!' she earlier tweeted after posting a picture of she'd taken of CNN airing on her TV. 'God [sic] bless those that are in fear.'
Numerous celebrities have have taken to Twitter to offer sympathy to those effected.
Glee star Lea Michele tweeted: 'So devastating to hear about the huge earthquake & tsunami [in] Japan. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone there.'

Keeping in touch: Kimmel tweeted from the island and when asked how scared he was on a scale of one to 10, he said seven

Her costar Amber Riley added: 'Omg my heart goes out to Japan. I pray this devastation stops.'
Lindsay Lohan, just a week away from the next step in her theft case, Tweeted a picture of her TV screen, set to CNN.
'The images on the news are breaking my heart,' Paris Hilton wrote. 'I am so worried for everyone in Japan. My thoughts are with you Japan. God bless you all.'
CNN's Piers Morgan tweeted: 'Desperate scenes on #cnn live from Japan. Can't remember ever watching such horrific natural disaster in real time like this. #prayforthem.'
Khloe Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest, Taylor Swift and P Diddy were among the other stars to send messages of support and concern.