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A glacier collapse is most likely cause of the Nepal disaster

A glacier collapse is most likely cause of the Nepal disasterWorldPing

Melting snow appears to have weakened a steep glacier at an altitude of 5 kilometres, causing it to plummet around a kilometre into the river valley below…

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Hundreds missing in Nepal catastrophic flash floods

Massive flash floods in Nepal on Wednesday killed at least 22 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in parts of the Himalayan country to a halt.

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24