COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – An iceberg the size of a hill has drifted close to a tiny village on the western coast of Greenland, causing fear that it could swamp the settlement with a tsunami if it caves.
The iceberg towers over houses on a promontory in the village of Innaarsuit but it is grounded and has not moved overnight, local media KNR reported.
A danger zone close to the coast has been evacuated and people have been moved further up a steep slope where the settlement lies, a Greenland police spokesman told Reuters.
Last summer, four people died after waves swamped a settlement in northwestern Greenland.
(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)
NASA is reporting the ice sheet that normally covers the nation of Greenland experienced an “unprecedented” melting in a four day span. The area of thawed ice jumped from 40% to 97% from July 8th to July 12th.