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Jessica Pilarczyk is a coastal geologist investigating how earthquakes, tropical cyclones —which include hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones — and tsunamis impact coastlines. This May, she joins the ...

The outcome was a 20-metre-high tsunami-like impact wave that rapidly created a major breach, releasing 50 million cubic metres of water, enough to fill about 20,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.

A tsunami has hit Tonga's largest island, Tongatapu, and reportedly sent waves flooding into the capital after an underwater volcano in the South Pacific exploded in a violent eruption on ...

Tsunamis are a hot topic in popular culture, ... ENVIRONMENT. Is Florida ready for a tsunami? ... The impact to the state is unknown because of the sparse population at the time.