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Mountain glacier in Chile's Patagonia collapses amid high temperatures

A glacier is pictured calving into the river, in Queulat National Park, in Aysen, Chile September 9, 2022. Courtesy Surreal Travel/Handout via REUTERS

Higher temperatures and rainfall that weaken ice walls caused part of a hanging glacier to break off at a national park in Chile's Patagonia region in an event captured on video by tourists.

In a video that went viral Monday, a glacier that sits atop a mountain about 200 meters (656 feet) high rumbled and broke off at Queulat National Park, located more than 1,200 kilometers(746 miles) south of Chile's capital.

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