Meteotsunami phenomenon could cause drownings in Lake Michigan
Date Posted: February 9, 2020
Source: MTMJ-TV
MILWAUKEE — Forget the movie ideas of a seismic tsunami, which happens in the ocean from earthquakes. Lake Michigan is at risk for a different kind of tsunami that could cause injury and fatalities.
Scientists with NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory found meteotsunamis develop after large storms like this one in 2018:
"The first shore it impacts is probably going to be the most intense but then it will reflect off that shore and move around," said Anderson.
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