00:00imagine a wall of water as tall as a one thousand foot skyscraper racing toward the u s coast scientists
00:06say this nightmare scenario might not be science fiction planet earth is changing faster than we ever expected wildfires floods
00:14earthquakes volcanoes but now researchers warn of something far more terrifying
00:18a mega tsunami powerful enough to drown entire cities in minutes the danger lies in the cascadia subduction zone a
00:26massive fault stretching from vancouver island to california and scientists say it is long overdue for a catastrophic break new
00:33research led by geoscientist tina dura reveals a fifteen percent chance that this fault could unleash a magnitude eight or
00:40greater earthquake in the next fifty years if that happens millions in seattle and portland could have only minutes to
00:46escape
00:47here is the terrifying part coastal land could drop by more than six feet instantly turning rising seas into a
00:54two-meter surge happening in the blink of an eye fema estimates thousands could die but experts warn the real
01:00number could be far higher because waves might reach heights we have only seen once before like the 1958 lituya
01:07bay tsunami that rose over one virile 700 feet mother nature has sent warnings through history the question now is
01:14are we prepared for the next one
01:17on time?
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