Yes. The Japan Meteorological agency has a piss poor machine learning model that basically defaults to predicting 3 meters wave every time there is an earthquake in the sea and in the end it's usually a few dozens of centimeters. They lost all credibility by crying wolf every single time.

People vastly underestimate the danger of a moving body of water in general, but especially when that water is where it isn't normally. Even a relatively tame storm surge picks up sewage, dangerous chemicals, debris, and confused wild animals.