The huge iceberg threatening a city in the North Pole

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The authorities say that they have never seen equals.

A huge iceberg has shifted to a city in western Greenland, forcing the partial evacuation of its inhabitants.

The iceberg rises above the houses of the village of Innaarsuit, with about 200 inhabitants

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evacuation of settlers who were in the part closest to the sea to avoid d & # 39; 39, be affected by the waves that could produce the iceberg movement.

"We are afraid that a large chunk of ice will fall into the water and generate large waves that can cause irreparable damage in the locality," Susanne Elibaden one of the local leaders, in statements to the newspaper Sermitsiag .

Authorities reported that the ice mbad did not move in the last hours.

However, the risk remains because the generator and the fuel tanks are close to the coast.

Some experts have warned that these huge pieces of ice will continue to appear more frequently because of climate change. And this can affect coastal sites.

In June, scientists from the University of New York released images of a large block of ice that was detached near the east coast of Greenland.

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