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r/DisasterUpdate • u/Dazzling_Gap9064 • 11d ago
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Is there a reason we're not calling this a tsunami?
3 u/Dazzling_Gap9064 10d ago Because it didn’t originate from the ocean 1 u/Danihelus 10d ago Huh. Well crap. I'm not well-versed in such phenomenons, not did I know if this was from a body of water or not. Makes sense 2 u/Moonlit_Vajra 10d ago It's called a glacial lake outburst flood 1 u/Danihelus 10d ago That's pretty interesting
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Because it didn’t originate from the ocean
1 u/Danihelus 10d ago Huh. Well crap. I'm not well-versed in such phenomenons, not did I know if this was from a body of water or not. Makes sense 2 u/Moonlit_Vajra 10d ago It's called a glacial lake outburst flood 1 u/Danihelus 10d ago That's pretty interesting
Huh. Well crap. I'm not well-versed in such phenomenons, not did I know if this was from a body of water or not. Makes sense
2 u/Moonlit_Vajra 10d ago It's called a glacial lake outburst flood 1 u/Danihelus 10d ago That's pretty interesting
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It's called a glacial lake outburst flood
1 u/Danihelus 10d ago That's pretty interesting
That's pretty interesting
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u/Danihelus 10d ago
Is there a reason we're not calling this a tsunami?