Get signed up for tsunami and local alerts. Make sure you know where the closest high ground is and the quickest route to get there. 'The ground shaking will be your warning that a tsunami may be on the way. 'Although the chances of this happening in our lifetime is low, it's important for families to get prepared now,' Maximilian Dixon, hazards and outreach program supervisor for the Washington Emergency Management Division, said in a statement. The next earthquake could create a new shoreline, they added. SEATTLE Flooding swamped some towns and cities, mudslides and standing water closed roads across the region, and thousands of people remained without power Tuesday after gusty winds and. Mount Vernon is under a flood warning until late Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Researchers said the most recent earthquake that hit the area was so massive that it pushed a beach on Bainbridge Island upward by 23 feet while also dropping land at Seattle's West Point by 3 feet. Sumas is on the border with Canada, about 115 miles north of Seattle. More than 760,000 people live in Seattle, Washington's most populated city. The department conducted the study as part of the state's efforts to create tsunami response and preparedness plans. Hurricane Hilary is rapidly intensifying in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico on Thursday and is on track to deliver potentially significant rain and flooding to parts of the Southwest as a. Tsunami waves could be as high as 42 feet at the Seattle Great Wheel and will reach inland as far as Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park.

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