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August 19, 2019

Critics blast Oregon repeal of tsunami-zone building ban

  • The repeal allows construction of new “critical facilities” such as schools and fire stations in tsunami inundation zones.
    • By ANDREW SELSKY
    Associated Press

    NEWPORT, Ore. — With sunlight sparkling off surrounding Yaquina Bay, workers are putting up an ocean-studies building, smack in the middle of an area expected to one day be hit by a tsunami.

    Experts say it's only a matter of time before a shift in a major fault line off the Oregon coast causes a massive earthquake that generates a tsunami as much as seven stories tall.


     
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