A tsunami could have been responsible for Britains greatest natural disaster...
A tsunami in the Bristol Channel off the English coast could have caused 2000 deaths in Britain's greatest natural disaster. For centuries it was thought the great flood of Jan 1607 was caused by high tides and floods. Tsunami is now the politically correct word for tidal waves.
It was estimated that 200sq miles(520 sq km) of land in south Wales and sw England were covered in water.
Now two climate experts have come forward and argued in favour of the tsunami theory.
It is not only the pacific and asia where tsunamis are present.
Read story here
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