Nepal floods: How recent reports warned of this disaster months ago
Recent floods in Nepal and Tibet followed ICIMOD's warnings about melting glaciers. These reports highlighted doubled ice loss rates and increased flood risks across the region. A catastrophic flash flood triggered by a glacier collapse killed hundreds and left many missing. Smaller glaciers are shrinking faster, intensifying hazards like glacial lake outburst floods. Regional cooperation is…
Months before deadly floods struck Nepal and Tibet, two reports by ICIMOD had warned that rapidly melting Hindu Kush Himalaya glaciers were increasing the risk of catastrophic floods and other cryosphere-related disasters. Glacier ice loss had doubled since 2000, with smaller glaciers shrinking rapidly to intensify hazards like glacial lake outburst floods.
The reports also found that glaciers had lost up to 27 metres of ice thickness since 1975. The recent flash flood triggered by glacier collapse at the Nepal-China border has reignited concerns about these ice melt hazards.
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