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US East Coast could face 'cataclysmic' megatsunami from unstable Spain volcano, scientist warns
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- Professor Bill McGuire warns that the unstable Cumbre Vieja volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands could collapse, triggering a massive “megatsunami” capable of devastating the US East Coast within hours.
- The concern centers on a large rock flank slowly moving toward the sea, which, if it collapses, would displace a huge volume of water and generate transatlantic tsunami waves.
- Geological evidence, such as large boulders found in the Bahamas, supports the possibility that prehistoric tsunamis from the Canary Islands have reached across the Atlantic Ocean.
- Computer simulations suggest waves up to 65 feet high could hit the US Eastern Seaboard within nine hours of a collapse, but the timing of such an event is uncertain and could be centuries or millennia away.
- Experts emphasize that while the potential disaster is severe, there is no immediate threat, and the exact timing of a flank collapse remains unknown.
