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Breaking: Glacier chunk falls into Peruvian lake causing tsunami, death
Peruvian glacier; photo by sdpuckett (source: Flickr Creative Commons)
I didn’t know a tsunami could occur in a lake. I didn’t know a falling piece glacier could cause a tsunami either. But that’s just what happened in the Peruvian Andes when an ice block broke from the massive Hualcan glacier and plunged into a lake, creating a 23-meter tsunami. The resulting rush of water flooded several towns and resulted in at least one death.
The governor of the region that includes the area where the tsunami occurred blamed the disaster on climate change. He may have a point.
From a report in the Guardian:
It was the latest evidence that glaciers are vanishing from Peru, which has 70% of the world’s tropical icefields. They have retreated by 22% since 1975, according to a World Bank report, and warmer temperatures are expected to erase them entirely within 20 years.
Check out this video report on the glacier-tsunami incident in Peru from ITN:
Glacier triggers Andes tsunami
by Graham Land
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