US East Coast Tidal Wave Threat
According to an article in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research by Dr. Simon Day of the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre at University College, London, one side of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands is unstable and could collapse during an eruption.
A collapse would result in a 130-foot tsunami striking the US east coast and inundating the Carribbean. The wave would surge as far as twelve miles inland. The initial wave would be over 2,000 feet high, but would subside as it crossed the Atlantic. It would still result in the largest natural disaster in US history.
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