{
  "id": 3711413,
  "title": "How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet disaster",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/how-a-glacier-collapse-may-have-caused-nepal-tibet-disaster",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/world/2026-08-27-how-a-glacier-collapse-may-have-caused-nepal-tibet-disaster/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the disaster in Nepal and Tibet that killed at least 180 people.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}