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100-feet high tsunami hits Alaska fjord after glacier collapse, experts warn similar mega landslides could hit populated towns

A massive landslide near South Sawyer Glacier in Southeast Alaska unleashed a powerful local tsunami early Sunday morning(August 10), sending waves towering up to 100 ...
Juneau Empire

Alaska Earthquake Center says Sunday’s tsunami-causing slide was largest in decade

A massive tsunami-causing landslide in Southeast Alaska on Sunday likely sent more than 100 million cubic meters of debris — the equivalent of 40,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools — into an icy fjord ...
Yahoo

Massive OR 229 landslide sparks ODOT funding debate among Oregon politicians

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A massive landslide on OR 229 has reignited a debate over the funding of the Oregon Department of Transportation among state politicians. Estimated to be among the largest ...
KHON2

2 Hawaiʻi island collapses unleashed 2,000-foot tsunamis across the Pacific

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is no stranger to the ocean’s power. Most people know tsunamis as towering waves caused by earthquakes far across the Pacific. What many do not know is that the islands ...