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Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 2:58 pm –
A hundred-meter high iceberg is threatening a village in northwestern Greenland. Several residents of Innarsuit, a municipality of 169 residents, were evacuated on Friday.
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The authorities fear that part of this huge block of drifting ice will come off.
The phenomenon could lead to a flood that could swallow up coastal areas of the village: a power station and oil tanks are located at the water's edge
The situation is all the more worrying as the iceberg has cracked in several places.
He could calve, that is to say, detach himself "at any time," said Susanne Elibaden, an elected city councilor, to the local newspaper Sermitsiaq
The phenomenon comes a few days after the publication of a video showing another iceberg coming off Greenland
It was late June, and the iceberg was six kilometers wide.
Sources: The Point | BBC | France TV Info
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