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Melting glacier ‘could lead to mega-tsunami within a year’, scientists warn – Yahoo News Australia
A group of scientists has warned that collapsing mountain slopes in Alaska in 2015 had led to waves up to 633 feet in height.
Melting glaciers in Alaska could unleash a mega-tsunami, an enormously high wall of water with incredible destructive power, scientists have warned.
Glacier retreat in Prince William Sound is destabilising mountain slopes, and a mega-tsunami could be unleashed as early as next year, Science Alert reported.
In an open letter to Alaskan authorities, a group of scientists warned that collapsing mountain slopes in the US state in 2015 had led to waves up to 633 feet in height.
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