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Alaska’s near-record landslide tsunami sent a wave 1,580 feet up the fjord walls Read Full Article #AlaskaNews #Landslide #Tsunami2024
🏔️ A massive landslide into Tracy Arm fjord on Aug. 9, 2025, triggered the second-highest recorded tsunami, sending water and debris 1,580 feet high.
⚠️ Landslides at retreating glacier terminals, like the one at Tracy Arm, are an increasing hazard across the Arctic due to rapid uplift and ice loss combined with erosion.
🚨 A potential alert system could have warned ships and coastal areas days in advance, using seismic tremors and weather data to issue "yellow" and "orange" alerts, followed by a "red" alert for an event in progress.
#Tsunami #Alaska #ClimateChange
⚠️ Landslides at retreating glacier terminals, like the one at Tracy Arm, are an increasing hazard across the Arctic due to rapid uplift and ice loss combined with erosion.
🚨 A potential alert system could have warned ships and coastal areas days in advance, using seismic tremors and weather data to issue "yellow" and "orange" alerts, followed by a "red" alert for an event in progress.
#Tsunami #Alaska #ClimateChange