In Hawaii, Hints of a Giant Alaska Tsunami By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]C[/fusion_dropcap]lues from a crater-like sinkhole on the island of Kauai point back to a giant wave that came from Alaska at about the time European explorers were pushing west, seeing the Mississippi River for the first time. The Makauwahi Sinkhole on the southeast shore [...]

1946 tsunami survivor shares her story By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]o[/fusion_dropcap]n April 1, 1946, the sea floor ruptured just south of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Seawater displaced by the giant earthquake sent a 100-foot wave into the Scotch Cape lighthouse on Unimak, destroying the concrete structure and killing the five men inside. They never [...]