Furthermore, debris that is displaced miles from where it once stood whole may cause a breakdown or clogging of the infrastructure or highway systems that were created a considerable distance away from the coast for the very reason of not being influenced by coastal activity. ... Normal wind-generated waves may have a wavelength of only 100 meters at most, but tsunamis can span as much as 100 miles from crest to crest. So, as the initial wave runs up the shore it has a 100- mile trail behind it full of the same energy pushing it into the shore. Because of this long wavelength (and the e...

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