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When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal's catastrophic flood

When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal's catastrophic floodWorldPing

The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026, and left many more missing likely began with falling ice and rock crashing into the river below, but that wasn't the end of the disaster.

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