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A new analysis shows more than 100,000 people are at risk from a tsunami on the US Northwest coast — but the outlook isn’t uniformly grim, reports the Seattle Times. In many communities, residents should be able to make it to high ground in time simply by walking at a brisk pace when tsunami surges hit, as is expected in some parts of the coast within 15 to 30 minutes of an earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone...
South Korea on Tuesday accepted North Korea's proposal that scientists from both countries conduct joint research on an active volcano extolled in the North as the sacred birthplace of Kim Jong Il. If realized, the proposed discussions between the two countries' volcanologists could represent a rare bit of cooperation between the rivals on the divided Korean peninsula, reports the Seattle Times...
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