WorldPingExperts point to 'glacial collapse' as the trigger for deadly floods that have swept through parts of Nepal and Tibet.
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WorldPingMore than 150 people are dead and hundreds more are missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometers (106 miles) down the Bhote Koshi River valley in Nepal.
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DW spoke with people from the Nepali regions devastated by flash floods about the fates of their family members, with a government minister warning that the state was not ready for a disaster of such magnitude.
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WorldPingNepal floods: What caused the catastrophe, and what could happen next — full report at Times of India.
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WorldPingMore than 1,300 people are missing, including dozens of Americans and Canadians. Nepali authorities say more than 380 people have died.
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WorldPingCatastrophic floods in Nepal may have resulted from a "hazard cascade" that may have been amplified by climate change, one scientist has warned.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Live Science
WorldPingGovernment issues fresh flood alert after satellite imagery shows that a lake has formed upstream of Bhotekoshi River; “towns were wiped out in a span of a couple of hours,” says Foreign Minister Shishir Khamal…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
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