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Tsunami Drill
6:38 am
Fri May 4, 2012

Coastal Schools Drill For Tsunami, Would Rather Relocate

Credit Photo by Tom Banse / Northwest News Network
Seaside High School students and staff flee to higher ground during a tsunami evacuation drill Wednesday.

A pair of U.S. Geological Survey studies counted 14 schools in Oregon and 48 in Washington that could be underwater after a major tsunami. Administrators and parents in some of those places are talking about relocating their vulnerable schools. The Seaside, Oregon school district has the largest number of students in the tsunami zone along the Oregon coast. Correspondent Tom Banse reports on a drill there that shows why some school districts want to rebuild on higher ground.

At 11 o'clock sharp, students at Seaside High School get the order to evacuate.

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