A recent study warns that the Pacific Northwest faces a severe threat from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a 600-mile-long fault line off the coast, which could unleash a major earthquake. Such an event could cause coastal areas from northern California to Vancouver, Canada, to sink by 6 feet or more and face catastrophic flooding. The study predicts more than 22,000 residents would find themselves in newly created floodplains, drastically increasing the risk to infrastructure and necessitating massive rebuilding efforts in the impacted regions.
A big quake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone could lead to catastrophic flooding and tsunamis, significantly increasing the number of people at risk in the region.
The land vulnerable to flooding could expand by 116 square miles, dramatically raising exposure for residents and infrastructure along the Pacific Northwest coastline.
Collection
[
|
...
]