00:00Imagine a 1,000-foot wall of water crashing into the U.S. coastline.
00:04This isn't a movie plot. Scientists say it could be real.
00:08A major fault line off the Pacific Northwest, the Cascadia subduction zone,
00:12is long overdue for a megaquake.
00:15And when it hits, it could trigger a tsunami unlike anything we've ever seen.
00:19Some towns may have just minutes to escape.
00:22Experts say there's a 15% chance of a magnitude 8 or higher quake within the next 50 years.
00:27Waves offshore could exceed 1,000 feet before slamming into cities like Seattle and Portland.
00:33More than 30,000 lives are at risk, and 80 billion in damage is on the table.
00:38Coastal towns in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California could be wiped out.
00:42And scarily, many danger zones aren't even on current hazard maps.
00:46The warning? We are far less prepared than we think.
00:49This isn't about fear. It's about readiness.
00:52Because the wave will come.
00:53And how we prepare now decides who survives later.
