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It really depends on how big the tsunami is. Some can reach up to hundreds of feet and cause billions of dollars worth of damage. Some tsunamis don't cause as much damage. Kills living things, distorys structures, and causes flooding.

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Also it leaves people homeless :'( and has mass destruction

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Take a look at the video in the related links section. That was when the tsunami hit Thailand in 2004, it started when there was an earthquake in the Indian ocean. They can be very destructive, and deadly.

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Tsunami cause damage to coastal areas and the amount of damage relates to the height of the wave.

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Tsunamis does total devastation destroying everything in its path.

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a tsunami causes a great type of destruction such as houses ruined or torn apart buildings crashed and waste lying around evey where.

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A tsunami can completely destroy building. Even if it doesn't completely destroy it, it can still do major damage causing it to come off of its foundation.

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made a nuclear plant EXPLODE! and wiped out almost the whole of Japan. Zackfrantz: japan is gone the island will sink i predicted it hope there okay

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it depends on how big the tsunami is

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more than a thousand

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