00:00Scientists are raising urgent alarms about a growing mega-tsunami threat targeting the entire U.S. Pacific coastline.
00:07And the source is Alaska.
00:09New geological surveys have identified multiple unstable landslide zones in Alaskan fjords,
00:15capable of generating waves exceeding 800 feet when they collapse into the ocean.
00:20We've seen this before.
00:21In 1958, a landslide in Latuya Bay, Alaska triggered a wave that reached 1,720 feet,
00:30the tallest ever recorded.
00:31The bay was largely uninhabited then.
00:34Today, scientists say the risk to populated coastal areas is far greater.
00:39Computer models show a mega-tsunami triggered in the right Alaskan fjord
00:43could send waves reaching Hawaii and California within hours.
00:48The Pacific coast, from Seattle to Los Angeles, sits in the danger zone.
00:53Researchers are calling for immediate investment in early warning systems
00:57that currently do not exist for this type of event.
01:00A standard earthquake-triggered tsunami gives coastal communities 15 to 30 minutes to evacuate.
01:06A mega-slide tsunami could cut that to minutes.
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