Alaska megatsunami
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I had no idea.
A massive 'megatsunami' wave created when part of an Alaskan mountain crumbled into the sea is the second tallest ever recorded – and a reminder of the risks posed by melting glaciers, say scientists.
Last summer a giant wave swept through a remote fjord in southeast Alaska leaving destruction in its wake -
The link isn’t good, and then I ran into a paywall when I googled it, so I read this article from the Guardian instead.
Very interesting. That water is funneled into a narrow space, which makes it very tall.
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