GREAT FLOOD: Evidence of ancient tsunami uncovered on Israeli coast. “‘Paleo-tsunami’ is the term given to tsunamis that occurred prior to the historical record. Both geologic and historical records suggest the eastern Mediterranean has been struck by a tsunami about once every century over the last 6,000 years. . . . The positioning of the displaced sediment, unlike the sediment layers positioned above and below, suggests the ancient wave was between 50 and 130 feet high. The tsunami was powerful enough to have traveled between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 miles inland — much larger than later tsunamis, for which there is better documentation.”