BC’s giant landslide serves as warning for other parts of the world

No one saw a massive landslide in a remote valley on B.C.’s central coast back in late 2020, but it was detected as far away as Australia.

In a few seconds, 50 million tonnes of rock dropped from a mountainside into Elliott Lake.

The results of a new study show it triggered a tsunami 100 metres tall. The study also has some startling findings including how fast that wave was moving.

Glaciers in central B.C. are melting faster than almost anywhere else in the world.

As Ted Chernecki reports, researchers fear the event is a red flag for any region where glaciers are melting.

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[hansonel]

100 meters tall traveling that fast, that sounds terrifying and like something that only happens in a disaster movie. People living in mountainous regions from Norway to Nepal should take note of this...

[canadaclub]

That would have been an incredible sight to see. Thankfully no one was injured

[brianfulwood]

It amazes me that people forget that we are at the END of an ice age. Things like this are going to happen yet people ignore this fact and build places to shop and live right next to these things. Thankfully not this time.

[stevestanley]

There was similar damage in Northern Italy caused by a rock slide at the Vajont dam in 1963. The resulting wave killed approximately 2000 people.

[Nanerz]

It’s almost like this has been happening for 10000 years.

[stevewiles]

The only amazing thing about this, is that we happen to be in existence at the moment to know it has happened. Unlike millions of years ago.

[blkcoupequattro]

Reminds me of the flooding in 1997 in the Sierras, Mother Nature is fully in control here with out a doubt....

[YouDontKnowAsMuchAsYouThinkUDo]

As an avid hunter and outdoorsmen in the AB BC area, how do they know nobody was out there? I don't tell anybody where I go or when. That's why I go. Solitude. There very well could have been a hiker, hunter or mountain dweller present when that landslide took place.

[bicarus]

Now Imagine the size being 1000x or larger. That is what is being found out what happened around 12.5k years ago in North America, due mostly to the last ice age and a huge impact from a comet or meteor that melted a huge swath of those glaciers. This was a tiny scale compared to that and seeing the amount of debris that was displaced here. imagine that on a titanic level back then and you can see how such an event shaped The United States as we see it today. That also can be said about the European glaciers that most likely melted around the same time frame. the one shining light is that prospectors can go up there and probably score big if permitting allows, and not use machinery while doing so.

[goldassayer]

Erosion is a constant and ongoing process on slopes. it is usually accelerated by rainfall which increases the fluidity of soil. This is not about global warming.

[suskagusip]

Omg thank you for sharing. We just had a similar event happened in Baybay city, Philippines. Thousands are still burried by tons of mud. It competely wiped out one community.

[Thefishingplumber]

Imagine all the fossils and bones that got moved around

[Simpaulme]

1:45 'unstable rock literally hanging in the air' wouldn't even need a little push to send it on its way!

[krazylevin]

"...Salmon Spawning Streambeds..." He nailed it. lol

[leighchristopherson]

From the 13th to the 19th century was an event climatologists refer to as "The Little Ice Age", this was a glaciation event. The disappearance of these glaciers is what we are now seeing.

[marknc]

The glacier melted and sent a goodbye wave.

[hifiman]

Glaciers are growing in places. But msm won't tell you that.

[tonyneilson]

I was very relieved to learn that all wildlife escaped injury when you reported that no one was hurt in the landslide.

[Inlinetodie]

Hello to my fellow inhabitants of Alberta and British Columbia.
After viewing this footage and making my way through BC from October 30th to December 2021, during the Floods.
As a friendly warning ⚠️, I feel landslides, Floods and heavy rain 🌧 will seriously affect BC and AB this spring 2022.
Please prepare my friends

[glenistergrotj]

On Harrison lake in BC, mt Breakenridge is at risk of a landslide up to 200 million cubic meters (80 Egyptian pyramids) in the future which is absolutely massive. That landslide would fall into the lake creating a large Megatsunami. Back in 2007, there was a 3 million cubic meter landslide on chehalis lake, BC which caused a tsunami exceeding 40 meters in height.