Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Peru: Tsunami caused by glacier

Back in the 1970s there was a well-known U.S. TV commercial that warned, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” She certainly showed her wrath in Peru where part of a glacier tumbled into a lake and caused a mighty tidal wave:

As mentioned in the video above, three people are feared dead and the wave was estimated to be at least 75-feet high. Thousands have been evacuated from mountain valley areas that authorities worry may be swept away should another portion of glacier fall into the lake.

Online Sources- MSNBC, YouTube

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