What do you get when 100 million cubic meters (3.5 billion cubic feet) of land suddenly plunge into an icy Alaskan fjord? Some big-ass waves, it turns out – including one that was taller than all but ...
In 1958, a massive landslide in Alaska’s Lituya Bay triggered the tallest tsunami ever recorded — a wave so powerful it sheared trees 1,700 feet above sea level and erased everything in its path ...
Scientists warn that climate change is destabilising mountainsides above Alaska’s fjords, threatening cruise ships and coastal towns with sudden, massive waves.
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