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Stephanie Pappas

An 'ice tsunami' in 2024 ripped through the Yukon with such force it tore up trees and the riverbed

Photograph of the site where a landslide occurred in Canada's Yukon territory last December showing severed trees covered in snow.

A landslide into a river in Canada's Yukon territory last December sent a tsunami of ice slabs flying over two football fields away, severing trees in the process.

Now, new research suggests that the damage from this "ice tsunami" was worsened by the destructive force of the river ice. However, it was also restricted to a smaller area than if the landslide had hit in summer and created an ice-free wave.

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