Tsunamis are very long waves in the ocean, sometimes hundreds of miles long. They usually start suddenly as normal waves. Then t
hey change to big waves very quickly. Once this change occurs, tsunami waves travel at great speed. They move across the ocean with little energy loss. Right before they hit land, the water will draw back from the coast. The water may pull back for many hundreds of feet. People who are unaware of the danger may be drawn by this strange site. Then the tsunami will hits. Tsunami's can remove sand from beaches, tear trees from the ground, and destroy whole towns. Tsunamis can be tremendously powerful. Problem and Solution
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Tsunamis are very long waves in the ocean, sometimes hundreds of miles long. ... They may begin as normal waves and change to big waves very quickly. After this change, tsunami waves will travel at great speed across the ocean with little energy loss. Just before they hit land, the water will draw back off of the coast. and there losses of money of any damage
This excerpt relates to the plot of "The Inheritors" in the way that it strengthens the conflict by revealing the severity of the punishments that one convicted of spying will face by mentioning specifically what will happen (at most 20 years) if they do something specified in the excerpt, which in this case is spying.