The gigantic iceberg that threatens to trigger a tsunami – 07/16/2018

The postcard is a dream: a gigantic iceberg imposes majestically on a small peaceful village, on an island, with wooden houses facing the sea. Stillness of the image, the deadly threat of 11 tons ice mastodon on the defenseless village of Innaarsuit in Greenland about to be "devoured" is not perceived.

This small community of 169 people has already started packing because there are two alternatives: that the ice giant, who is stuck on the coast, continues his way to Baffin Bay and " goodbye danger, hello anecdote "; or that the rain is causing a huge block to come off the iceberg, causing a tsunami capable of leaving a good portion of Innaarsuit under water.

Tuesday, a first block fell heavily causing big waves that reached the coast

The concern exists and that's a lot, they say to the local city council. And the Greenland emergency services are keeping a close eye on the iceberg. A Danish naval ship, Knud Rasmussen, looks closely at the case where help is needed

"We must be in the area and prepare for the worst," said Jakob Rousøe, head of the unit. Arctic Command operations, according to KNR.

Rousøe added that the "Challengerfly" aircraft of the Arctic Command, belonging to the Danish army, has also moved to the region to badess the size of the aircraft. Iceberg

The Washington Post described it as: Eleven tons are precariously parked near the small village of Innaarsuit: a glacial fall that left 169 residents of Greenland facing the biggest iceberg ever seen. "

According to the newspaper, the fate of the village depends on the weather forecast If the wind is strong enough at the right time, the frozen giant could clear and float safely to the waters of Baffin.

But, he adds, if "mother nature brings rain, relatively hot rains could destabilize the iceberg, causing the fall of a huge piece in the ocean creating a tsunami that would leave part of the city under water "With whom, 33 people have already moved into safe land inside the island." to remove their boats from the ice

"This iceberg is the largest we've seen, there are cracks and holes that make us fear a detachment," said Susanne K. Elibaden, Councilor L & # 39; City Hall to a local newspaper.

Now prayers go to the south wind. the threat.