Greenlanders obtained a entrance row view of a terrifying spectacle of nature.
Viral footage exhibits an enormous iceberg collapsing (or capsizing) off the coast of the Arctic Island, sending clouds of mist up tons of of toes.
Cascading waves additionally erupted from beneath it and battered the shore.
Daily Mail reported:
“The iceberg, which was so long as at the least a dozen homes, capsized close to to the UNESCO-listed Ilulissat Icefjord, on the west coast of Greenland.
Sped-up footage confirmed the massive ice mass tipping over and towering over the close by settlement. Regardless of sending tsunami-like waves when it flipped, no accidents had been reported.”
An enormous iceberg has overturned off the coast of Ilulissat in northern Greenland, triggering an unlimited displacement of water and sending gigantic waves surging near the city 🇬🇱
And the web goes wild… pic.twitter.com/v0sGURcOZM
— Mambo Italiano (@mamboitaliano__) July 27, 2026
“Ilulissat Icefjord is among the few areas the place the Greenlandic ice cap reaches the ocean and is residence to Sermeq Kujalleq, one of many quickest and most lively glaciers on the earth.
It sheds over 46 cubic kilometres of ice yearly – some believed to be as previous as 250,000 years – as icebergs and is probably the most of any glacier outdoors of Antarctica.”
ICEBERG COLLAPSE TRIGGERS HEAVY WAVE 🌊
An iceberg instantly collapses within the waters close to Ilulissat, Greenland, sending a strong wave racing throughout the floor.
That is precisely why vessels at all times maintain a secure distance, even from icebergs that don’t look large. Nature doesn’t… pic.twitter.com/KFz6gH7vxy
— Skint Eastwood (@Skint_Eastwood1) July 28, 2026
WION reported:
“An enormous iceberg did a surprising and scary flip off the coast of Ilulissat, Greenland. […] A video exhibits the icy physique flipping by way of the ocean, making a tough and scary scene. It does this with such pressure that the tough underside of the iceberg was additionally seen as waves hit by way of.
A video exhibits homes on within the foreground as the large icy physique thrashes within the sea. No accidents had been reported. Netizens reacted with shock and awe to the video of the flipping iceberg.
Some even thought it was an AI-generated video and couldn’t be actual. Nevertheless, the video has apparently been shot by a neighborhood resident and is actual. Different customers identified that such an occasion can set off a neighborhood tsunami. “Does this create an enormous wave that grows because it will get to the coast?” one requested.
‘I didn’t know they may do this! I at all times thought they had been too backside heavy to show!’ one mentioned. A significant chunk of icebergs is often beneath the floor of the ocean. So for it to be flipping this fashion means it has both damaged from the center, or melted away. ‘Wow! Very fortunate that rushing iceberg within the ocean didn’t take somebody out’.”
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