Once Niagara Falls stopped falling

In 1848 people witnessed the event, which could serve as an excellent special effects for the film-catastrophe - one night a river dried up.

Early spring night, one of the locals noticed that the sounds of the forest were much quieter than usual - perhaps it was a little too quiet. Then he went to sound the loudest natural site near the town - Niagara Falls. Once there, he saw that the river has become extremely narrow. He left, and when I woke up this morning, I saw that the waterfall was dry.

The reaction of the people has been mixed: some were convinced that this is one of the signs of the end of the world, others were delighted, and ran to the foot to take the artifacts that have rested under water.

The cause of the incident became clear within a few hours: at the point of Lake Erie, which implies a river that feeds the waterfall, accumulated ice. Ice jam was held for two days, but then the "dam" burst, the water began to flow, and people have seen as a roaring river returned to its channel.

via factroom.ru