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HEAD HIGH
If you are by the sea
in an earthquake,
head for somewhere
that won’t flood or
be washed away.
Safe places include
high hills and tall,
sturdy buildings.
The 2004 tsunami
uprooted trees.
This sign in Oregon
directs people to
safe, high ground.
A tsunami about 100 feet
(30 m) high struck the coast
of Alaska in 1958. Few
people were hurt because
hardly anyone lived there.
Biggest tsunami
THE INDIAN
OCEAN TSUNAMI
In 2004, an
earthquake beneath
the Indian Ocean
caused a tsunami
up to 66 feet (20 m)
high. It hit the coasts
of 14 countries.
