The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 ...
The extreme climate change and melting of glaciers have yet again indicated a big disaster, as a massive landslide in a remote Alaskan Fjord recently triggered a "megatsunami" that stands as the ...
A massive 'megatsunami' wave created when part of an Alaskan mountain crumbled into the sea is the second tallest ever recorded – and a reminder of the risks posed by melting glaciers, say scientists.