{
  "id": 3867671,
  "title": "Glacier sheared off, plunged 1.2km before ‘liquid concrete’ flood swamped Nepal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/glacier-sheared-off-plunged-1-2km-before-liquid-concrete-flood",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-28T00:58:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/glacier-sheared-off-plunged-1-2km-before-liquid-concrete-flood-swamped-nepal/articleshow/133580870.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Satellite images analysed by Isro’s national remote sensing centre showed that almost two-thirds of the glacier body had detached. A Sentinel-2 image from Aug 24 showed the glacier intact, while a Landsat-9 image taken after the disaster on Aug 26 revealed a large scar identified as the “zone of glacier breakage and collapse”. The images also traced a broad ice-rock avalanche path descending…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}