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Scientists are sounding the alarm over a terrifying possibility — a 1,000-foot mega tsunami that could strike the US West Coast with almost no warning. New research shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a massive fault line off the Pacific Northwest, could trigger a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, unleashing waves that would swallow cities like Seattle, Portland, and beyond in mere minutes.

Experts estimate there's a 15% chance of this disaster striking in the next 50 years — and if it does, millions could be at risk. Unlike slow-rising sea levels, this event would flood coastal areas by over 6 feet within seconds, leaving no time to adapt or escape.

This video breaks down what you need to know about this looming threat — and why scientists say we're not talking about it enough.
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00:00A 1,000-foot wave that could drown millions in minutes?
00:03Scientists are now warning about a real-life disaster that sounds like a movie plot.
00:08But this one could hit the U.S. for real.
00:10Deep beneath the Pacific Northwest lies the Cascadia subduction zone,
00:14a sleeping monster capable of unleashing a magnitude 9-pno earthquake
00:18and a mega-tsunami towering 1,000 feet high.
00:21That's not a typo.
00:23One. Thousand. Feet.
00:25The wave would strike within minutes,
00:27swallowing entire cities like Seattle and Portland,
00:30leaving millions with no time to escape.
00:32While we argue about climate change and rising sea levels at millimeters per year,
00:37this natural disaster could raise sea levels by over 6 feet in seconds.
00:41And scientists now say there's a 15% chance this could happen in the next 50 years.
00:46In 1700, it already did.
00:48A magnitude 9 quake rocked the region.
00:50And history says it's due again.
00:52So why aren't we talking about this more?
00:54This isn't fear-mongering.
00:56It's a wake-up call.
00:57And it might be the biggest one yet.
00:59It's a wake-up call.
01:00And it might be the biggest one yet.
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