1,000-Foot Mega Tsunami Could Drown U.S. Cities in Minutes, Scientists Warn

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Scientists are raising the alarm about a potential 1,000-foot mega tsunami that could strike the U.S. West Coast with devastating force. A new study highlights the Cascadia Subduction Zone—a massive fault line stretching from Canada to California—as a ticking time bomb. With a 15% chance of a magnitude 8.0+ quake in the next 50 years, the resulting tsunami could wipe out major cities like Seattle and Portland in mere minutes, leaving millions with no time to escape. This isn’t just a distant threat—it's a real possibility, backed by historical evidence like the 1958 Lituya Bay wave that reached 1,700 feet high. Experts say the death toll could be far greater than FEMA’s current estimates. Could this be the biggest natural disaster in U.S. history? Watch to find out. WooGlobe Ref : WGA849070 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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00:00Imagine a wall of water 1,000 feet high racing toward the U.S. coast.

00:04Scientists say this isn't science fiction anymore.

00:07New research warns that the Cascadia subduction zone

00:09could unleash a mega-tsunami so massive,

00:12it could drown entire U.S. cities in minutes.

00:15This fault line runs from Canada to California

00:17and is long overdue for a powerful earthquake.

00:21We're talking magnitude 8.0 or higher,

00:23and it's got a 15% chance of hitting within the next 50 years.

00:27When it happens?

00:28The quake could drop coastal land by over 6 feet instantly.

00:32That shift could send a tsunami over 1,000 feet tall,

00:36racing toward cities like Seattle and Portland.

00:38Millions would have no time to escape.

00:41The last major quake here was in 1700,

00:43and it caused waves up to 1,700 feet high in Alaska's Lituya Bay.

00:48That wasn't a myth. It really happened.

00:51And it could again.

00:52The Federal Emergency Management Agency

00:54already estimates over 13,000 potential deaths.

00:57But with cities submerged in minutes,

01:00the true toll could be far worse.

01:02Sea-level rise may be slow.

01:04But this?

01:05This would happen in the blink of an eye.

01:06It's the first day from 2019.

01:11Sea-level rise to the future.

01:20It's been a long road

01:23to fear no simply.

01:24Thanks for your 2017

01:24and remember from City West.

01:24This is a long road to thebat.

01:25Plus and应急 we don't scare

01:26and we're in because there are two differentsections

01:26that reach our eyes to our nation.

01:27If we don't care about this Spring yet,

01:27we're going to have a great state

01:28to add the сказ and bring about intervention.

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