{
  "id": 7920958,
  "title": "‘No doubt’ of climate change’s role in deadly China-Nepal flood, say scientists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/no-doubt-of-climate-changes-role-in-deadly-china-nepal-flood-say-7920958",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T00:54:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/17/no-doubt-of-climate-change-s-role-in-deadly-china-nepal-flood-say-scientists"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group have concluded that climate change played a significant role in last month's deadly glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border, which claimed over 1,400 lives and left at least 6,600 people missing. The disaster was not caused by a single extreme weather event but rather a compound crisis shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw, and geological instability. The WWA report attributes the weakening of mountain slopes to relentless warming, which has lifted the freezing threshold on the high Himalaya, exposing ice and permafrost to higher and longer thaw temperatures, thus destabilizing the mountain slopes.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "'No doubt' of climate change role in deadly China-Nepal flood",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/no-doubt-of-climate-change-role-in-deadly-china-nepal-flood",
        "published": "2026-09-17T00:12:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "‘No doubt’ of climate change’s role in deadly China-Nepal flood, say scientists",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/no-doubt-of-climate-changes-role-in-deadly-china-nepal-flood-say",
        "published": "2026-09-17T00:54:00.000Z"
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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."
}