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On September 16th, 2023 at 12:35 UTC, a 25.5 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 (33.4 × 10 ^ 6 cu yd) rockslide occurred on the slope of Dickson Fjord in Northeast Greenland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The rockslide impacted a gully glacier, leading to a rock and ice avalanche that entered the fjord causing a tsunami up to 200-metre-high (660 ft) tsunami and subsequent waves up ...
A 650-foot tsunami in Greenland was the result of melting glacial ice that caused a landslide. The waves it created bounced back and forth for nine days.
After the collapse of the Zachariæ Isstrøm glacier’s ice shelf in 2003, the ice discharge into the ocean doubled, according to the study. Millan said when he visited the glacier in 2016 and ...
The most recent years without known deaths on the mountain are 1977, in which only two people reached the summit, and 2020, when permits were suspended by Nepal because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] [3] Deaths have been attributed to avalanches, falls, serac collapse, exposure, frostbite, or health problems related to conditions on the ...
At Lake Nyos, northwestern Cameroon, a limnic eruption of unknown cause released about 100,000–300,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the lake's bed. The gas cloud initially rose at nearly 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph; 28 m/s) and then, being heavier than air, descended onto nearby villages, suffocating people and livestock within 25 ...
Nanga Parbat is the world's ninth highest mountain. It's known for being extremely hard to climb; named the "Killer Mountain" by the 1953 German expedition, first to successfully reach the peak. [204] [205] In addition to the large number of climbing deaths, 11 mountaineers were killed in 2013 by Taliban.
place of death manner of death place of burial Q4679271: Adam Hunter: 1981-06-18 2025-02-05 Australian rules footballer Australian rules football player: Q131858725: Karshan Solanki: 1957 2025-02-04 Indian politician Q15412354: Jiří Čtvrtečka: 1942-12-02 2025-02-04 Czechoslovak canoeist (1942–2025) canoeist: Czechoslovakia: Prague ...
The company alerted officials on Nov. 28 of the imminent risk the mine could collapse. Land around the mine had been steadily sinking ever since, falling a total of 2.35 meters (7.7 feet) as of ...