00:00What if a 1,000-foot wave suddenly swallowed Seattle and wiped Portland off the map?
00:05Scientists say, it's not just science fiction, it's a real threat.
00:09A chilling new study from Virginia Tech reveals a 15% chance of a massive 8.0 earthquake
00:15hitting the Cascadia subduction zone in the next 50 years.
00:18This fault stretches from northern Vancouver Island to California's coast.
00:22If it ruptures, millions of lives could change in minutes.
00:25A megatsunami, not just any tsunami, but a wall of water as tall as 1,000 feet, could smash into the West Coast.
00:33Seattle, Portland, parts of California, even Alaska and Hawaii, all at risk.
00:38Coastal land could sink by over six feet, pushing entire cities underwater.
00:43And here's the scary part. This isn't accounted for in current hazard maps.
00:47Virginia Tech ran tens of thousands of models, and the results show far more flooding,
00:52far more destruction, and a recovery timeline that could stretch for decades.
00:57The last big quake here? Over 300 years ago?
01:00But the clock is ticking again.
01:02And if it strikes, it won't give anyone time to escape.
01:05Stay alert. Nature doesn't wait.
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