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What would happen next?

How would il happen?

volcano is by the sea, and the water next to the volcano is about jidlometres deep. If the volcano collapsed, 500 billion tonnes of rock would fali into the sea. This would create a hugi- tsunami about

away from the Canary Islands ther Canary Islands would immediately m hour a 90-metre wave would hit , The side of the volcano faces west, across the Atlantic Ocean, fiprotec; Europę a little. However, a 12-metre tsunami After five hours it would te could travel a kilometre London would be flooded. (See

How far would il travel?

__________have enough energy to travel right

ooss the Atlantic Ocean. Eight hours after the fuption it would hit the east coast of America. It rould still be about 30 metres high. Boston would be l followed by New York, then the coast down t The wave would cause a lot of damage in the and Brazil too. It would travel for

because the coast is very fiat. It would ng and kill thousands of people.

What can we do about It?

it seems. The scientists belieue that it in of if, but when. The volcano will it could be

ffifeds or thousands of years from now.

rt of the volcano collapsed