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A flood caused by a glacial lake outburst flood on 13 December 1941 killed an estimated 1,800 people along its path in Peru, including many in the town of Huaraz. The cause was a block of ice that fell from a glacier in the Cordillera Blanca mountains into Lake Palcacocha. This event has been described as a historic inspiration for research ...
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In April 2003, NASA scientists discovered a fissure in the glacier above Lake Palcacocha on Terra satellite images of November 2001. Their warnings reached Peru just two weeks after the staff of the UGRH (Unidad de Glaciologia y Recursos Hidricos) had done some field mapping of Lake Palcacocha, where a moraine rupture had caused a minor flood on 19 March 2003 which the safety constructions ...
The Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail is a network of routes connecting natural sites and facilities that provide interpretation of the geological consequences of the Glacial Lake Missoula floods of the last glacial period that occurred about 18,000 to 15,000 years ago. It includes sites in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Whether you're heading home after the holidays or have festive plans to celebrate New Years Day, the busy holiday travel period continues, and weather may be a factor. For some, snow, rain ...
The map below shows the “high end snowfall” potential from the National Weather Service forecast. In other words, this is generally the highest snowfall that is possible through Saturday ...
They based the Glacial Lake Missoula discharge rate on the rate predicted for the Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie immediately downstream of Glacial Lake Missoula, for which several previous estimates had placed the maximum discharge of 17 × 10 6 m 3 /s and the total amount of water discharged equal to the maximum estimated volume of Lake ...
More lake effect snow is on the way, including in western Michigan where the National Weather Service (NWS) predicts snowfall Tuesday night, which will expand in coverage and intensity on ...