
On April Fools' Day 1946 at 7:00 a.m., the ocean along the coast of Hilo and Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, began to recede in a way no one had seen before. Within minutes a rushing wave of water arrived, and then two more, each more powerful than the previous. Children who had been curious...

On April Fools' Day 1946 at 7:00 a.m., the ocean along the coast of Hilo and Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, began to recede in a way no one had seen before. Within minutes a rushing wave of water arrived, and then two more, each more powerful than the previous. Children who had been curious...