Iceberg The Size Of Two Football Fields Is Closing In On A Greenland Village, Might Cause Tsunami
An iceberg the size of a hill has drifted close to a tiny village on the western coast of Greenland causing fear that it could swamp the settlement with a tsunami if it caves. The government and police are on high alert and have moved a search-and-rescue SAR helicopter closer to the remote village with about 170 inhabitants.
I'm not sure how many more warnings we need to finally come to our senses and realize that we are damaging the environment. Everything that we do is leading to irreversible damage we'll be able to do nothing about.
Giant iceberg threatens Greenland village https://t.co/8sFZQFmHBp pic.twitter.com/2bwHDHIhlq
¡ª CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) July 15, 2018
An iceberg the size of a hill has drifted close to a tiny village on the western coast of Greenland, causing fear that it could swamp the settlement with a tsunami if it caves.
The iceberg towers over houses on a promontory in the village of Innaarsuit but it is grounded and has not moved overnight, state broadcaster KNR reported.
Greenland village on high alert as massive iceberg looms. https://t.co/9qgtzNY3hu pic.twitter.com/At8ad7M4Qr
¡ª Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 13, 2018
A danger zone close to the coast has been evacuated and people have been moved further up a steep slope where the settlement lies, a Greenland police spokesman told Reuters.
¡°We can feel the concern among the residents. We are used to big icebergs, but we haven¡¯t seen such a big one before,¡± Susanna Eliassen, a member of the village council in Innaarsuit, told KNR.
Wow look at this pic! ¡°Huge iceberg threatens tiny Greenland village
¡ª Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) July 15, 2018
Residents of Innaarsuit fear the 100-metre high berg will break up and cause a tsunami¡± https://t.co/XOYkTY3QVW pic.twitter.com/rzrHe92gZI
The government and police are on high alert and have moved a search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopter closer to the remote village with about 170 inhabitants. Last summer, four people had died after waves swamped a settlement in northwestern Greenland.
