Study models Tsunami Risk for Florida and Cuba

(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) While the Caribbean is not thought to be at risk for tsunamis, a new study by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science indicates that large submarine landslides on the slopes of the Great Bahama Bank have generated tsunamis in the past and could potentially again in the future.