glacier-retreat

winnipegfreepress.com

64 Million Cubic Metres of Rock Slide into Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord, Generating 481-Metre Wave

A 64-million-cubic-metre rock collapse into Tracy Arm Fjord produced the second-largest megatsunami on record. The 5.26 a.m. wave reached 481 metres and prompted several cruise operators to stop sending vessels into the area. Scientists attribute the event to long-term retreat of…

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