tsunami

A magnitude 9 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone could create tsunami wave heights that would wash away coastal towns, destroy U.S.

The BMA has also warned there would be a "potential online triage tsunami" with no additional workforce to cope with the extra demand.

"Instead of stopping the diplomatic tsunami - Netanyahu today worsened the state of the State of Israel," he wrote on X.

The force of the water unleashed by the lake burst could be compared to a tsunami, said Chen Wen Shan, emeritus professor of geology at National Taiwan University.

Some geologists have described the breach as a "tsunami from the mountains", as an estimated 15.4 million tonnes of water – equivalent to 6,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools – were released when the dam burst.