An incredible ice tsunami has surprised the United States and Canada

February 26, 2019

Winds of more than 110 kilometers at the time pushed several blocks of icy water floating inland, on the border between the United States and Canada.

Last Sunday, Hurricane winds reached extreme speeds of 120 km / h. What is the cause of Huge blocks of ice formed on Lake Erie and the Niagara River in front of Buffaloon the border between the United States and Canada, which created a white barrier between the current and a road, a kind of ice tsunami.

A ranger recorded a video from Ontario and showed Huge chunks of ice breaking against each other. A block of ice in the lake, north of the river, had fallen due to the winds. The level of water in the eastern zone has increased due to the winds.

Ice mound between 7.5 and 9 meters high they were also swept further south, accumulating in front of several properties around the lake in the suburbs of Hamburg.

Dave Schultz, resident of the area, said: "We had storms but none like thisHe added: "We have never seen blocks of ice trailing on the walls and our courtyards … They are in my yard, in my neighbor's yard and in the adjoining patio."

Andrew Futrell, administrator of the geographic information system of the State University of North Carolina, United States, said: "It's the same process as during a storm surge with the difference that occurs in the midst of sub-zero temperatures"

Before this panorama, Sunday, a voluntary evacuation of the area had been issued and the circulation of empty goods trucks was prohibited by some roads.