It’s been building up pressure for 316 years, but scientists only discovered the earthquake potential of the Cascadia Subduction Zone roughly 30 years ago.

What they found is alarming.

This June, a consortium of emergency management agencies from four Pacific Northwest states and Canada will coordinate a four-day emergency management exercise called Cascadia Rising 2016. Federal agencies will join state and local agencies — including some in North Idaho — to prepare for the aftermath of “perhaps one of the most complex disaster scenarios” that will eventually impact the Pacific Northwest.

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