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  • An unstable slope above Prince William Sound is dropping faster. A complete failure could cause a tsunami.

    09/28/2022 10:25:58 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 20 replies
    yahoo ^ | Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska
    It's possible the speed-up means rapid failure of the slope may be ahead, which could send the mass of land crashing into the water below. That could, in turn, create a tsunami in nearby fjords and bays as well as inundation, dangerous waves and currents in the community of Whittier — a risk scientists first warned about in 2020. The steep slope is located in the Barry Arm fjord, in a narrow stretch of water in Prince William Sound. It's located 30 miles northeast of Whittier. Dennis Staley, a research physical scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey who leads the...