Huge iceberg threatens Greenland village

A huge iceberg has drifted close to a village in western Greenland, prompting a partial evacuation in case it splits and the resulting wave swamps homes.

The iceberg is looming over houses on a promontory in the Innaarsuit Village, but is grounded and did not move overnight, local media say. Local officials say they have never seen such a big iceberg before. Last summer, four people died after waves swamped houses in north-western Greenland after an earthquake.

Those of Inaarsuit’s 169 residents living nearest the iceberg have been moved, Danish news agency Ritzau said.

The iceberg drifting toward the village in Greenland.