Coastal towns across the UK are at risk of a mega-tsunami which could happen at any time and would come with just six hours warning, an expert has said. Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government, says a massive wall of water crashing into the UK could be triggered by a landslide in the Canary Islands.
He says a tsunami several metres high would be sent towards the UK, putting locations such as Brighton, Southampton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Exeter and London in its path.
Sir David told My London: “After the landslide in the Canary Islands, it would take roughly six hours for the wave to reach the UK.
