00:00What if a 1,000-foot wall of water came crashing down on the U.S. coast in minutes?
00:04Scientists say it's not just possible.
00:07It's likely, and it could drown millions before anyone has time to react.
00:11Welcome to the terrifying reality of the Cascadia subduction zone.
00:15It's a fault line stretching 1,000 kilometers from Canada to California,
00:19one that's been silent for over 300 years.
00:22But pressure is building, and geoscientists believe there's a 15% chance of a massive magnitude.
00:278-toe-plus earthquake here within the next 50 years.
00:31And if that happens, tsunami waves could reach 1,000 feet high.
00:36Not 100, but 10 times higher.
00:38Cities like Seattle and Portland could be submerged in minutes.
00:42No warning. No time to escape.
00:44Land could sink over 6 feet, and the sea could rise by 2 meters instantly.
00:48The FEMA estimates 13 hair web 800 deaths,
00:51but experts say that number could skyrocket if major cities take a direct hit.
00:55Mother Nature doesn't knock before she breaks down the door.
00:59And if history repeats itself, the next mega-tsunami won't give us a second chance.
01:03The clock is ticking, and no one's ready.
01:05The immigration would be.
01:20The world's most likely before we can tragedies.
01:25The people except for nature to wake up and not to die and burn to the sky.
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