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The rising temperatures since August 9, which peaked at 15 °C on the day of the flood, contributed to the outburst. [1] The flood, which occurred suddenly, displaced 135 people, including 40 children. Most residents had already left for Kathmandu or were at the weekly marketplace in Namche. The school was closed for the day, so no students ...
A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) ... northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, at an altitude of 4,580 metres (15,030 ft). The lake is dammed by a 150 metres (490 ft) high ...
The Kathmandu Valley received between 240 millimetres (9.4 in) and 322.2 millimetres (12.69 in) between 28 and 29 September, causing flooding in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. In late September, the Government of Nepal reported at least 224 deaths, 158 injuries, 28 missing persons due to severe flooding, including at least 37 in Kathmandu. Around ...
More than half of those living in the shadow of the disaster called glacial lake outburst floods are in just four countries: India, Pakistan, Peru and China, according to a study in Tuesday’s ...
Altogether 14 glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) [19] occurred between 1935 and 1991. In total, 21 GLOFs [20] have been identified as being potentially dangerous at present. . In this way, CC and livelihoods integral part and have vice versa relationsh
3 July – The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) withdraws from Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's governing coalition after entering into a coalition agreement with the Nepali Congress. [8] 7 July – At least 11 people are killed and eight others are missing due to heavy rainfall causing flash floods and landslides across ...
More than 100 people are missing in India’s northeast after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst, leading to flash floods which ripped through the Himalayan state of Sikkim Wednesday ...
Even though glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) events have been occurring in Nepal for many decades, the Dig Tsho glacier outburst, which took place in 1985, has triggered detailed study of this phenomenon.