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Monday, April 27, 2009

Tsunami to Hit Caribbean When Million-Ton Rock Falls?

Tsunami to Hit Caribbean When Million-Ton Rock Falls?: "With only a few minutes' warning, a ten-story tsunami will shatter the usual peace of the Caribbean resort islands of Guadeloupe, a new study says (tsunami facts).

The tsunami is expected to be generated when a major landslide, on the island of Dominica—about 30 miles (50 kilometers away)—plunges up to a million tons of rock into the sea (Dominica and Guadeloupe map)."

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