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Large parts of the US are under threat of being submerged under water by a megatsunami that will alter the countrys coastline ...

Scientists in the US have said that a 100-foot 'doomsday' mega tsunami could wipe out the entire western seaboard.

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, ...