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Huaraz, Peru
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A chunk of glacier was threatening to fall into an Andean lake and cause major flooding in a Peruvian city of 60,000. A fissure has appeared in the glacier that feeds the Lake Palcacocha near the city of Huaraz, 270 km north of Lima. If the piece breaks off, ensuing floods would take 15 minutes to reach the city. In 1941, the lake overflowed and caused massive destruction, killing 7,000 people. The city can be seen in the left-center part of the image.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineHuaraz, Peru. NASA/JPL, 2003-04-02. Public domain. ID: PIA03898.
