California caught off guard by tsunami

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Damaging wave hit after warnings were called off, despite accurate predictions.

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Heidi Ledford
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West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

Ledford, H. California caught off guard by tsunami. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news061113-20