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Tahoe "Tidal Wave"

Tahoe “Tidal Wave”?

Geologists believe that in eons past a portion of the mountains that ring Lake Tahoe’s western boundary fell into the lake and caused a giant tidal wave that caused significant damage to the Lake Tahoe Basin.  Could another tidal wave occur in the future? 

This 2005 report by Kurtis Ming of KOVR-TV in Sacramento, California, considers the possibility. 

Courtesy of KOVR-TV, CBS affiliate in Sacramento, California – Jim Lemon, News Director.

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