The Wave That Climbed 1720 Feet Up a Mountain

On July 9, 1958, an earthquake struck a remote bay in Alaska. Seconds later, millions of tons of rock crashed into the water — creating a wave so enormous that it swept 1,720 feet (524 meters) up the side of a mountain. Trees were ripped from the slopes. Boats were thrown across the bay. And the scars left behind revealed a scale that seemed almost impossible. This was the Lituya Bay megatsunami — the highest tsunami run-up ever reliably recorded. But how could a wave climb higher than the Empire State Building? This is the story of what happened in Lituya Bay, the extraordinary chain of events that created the wave, and what scientists learned from one of the most extreme natural disasters ever observed. 0:00 COLD OPEN 1:15 A BAY BUILT FOR DISASTER 1:59 THE MAN WHO NOTICED THE SCARS 2:35 THREE BOATS 3:12 10:16 PM 3:45 THE MOUNTAIN FALLS 4:56 THE WAVE COMES DOWN THE BAY 5:29 THE EDRIE 6:14 THE BADGER 6:54 THE SUNMORE 7:11 THE MORNING AFTER 7:56 HOW CAN WATER CLIMB A MOUNTAIN? 8:38 THE BAY HAD WARNED THEM 9:02 ENDING #LituyaBay #Megatsunami #Tsunami #Disaster #Documentary