Fierce winds cause dangerous ’ice tsunami’ near Niagara river

Unrelenting winds tearing across the eastern US have created a rare 'ice tsunami' in upstate New York. 

Wind gusts of hurricane force - 74 mph (119 kph) - or higher were reported around the region, including West Virginia and New York. A motorist in Sandusky, Ohio, captured video of a tractor-trailer flipping over on a bridge .

Hundreds of schools were delayed or canceled in New York alone.

Giant chunks of ice spilled over the banks of the Niagara River across from Buffalo on Sunday, creating a jagged, frosty barrier known as an 'ice tsunami' between the river and a scenic road.

Ice tsunamis, formally known as an 'ice shoves', occur when strong gusts of wind blow chunks of ice off a body of water and they accumulate on land, tearing down anything in their path.

(Daily Mail)