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Deadly Flash Floods Sweep Away Nepal-China Bridge
Nepal’s mountainous terrain is vulnerable to flash floods. Disasters have gotten deadlier in recent years in part because of changing climate patterns. Erratic rainfall, floods, landslides, avalanches and glacial lake outbursts are becoming more serious.
Nepal flash floods: Nine dead, many stranded; rescue efforts underway
According to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) Director General Dinesh Bhatta, the flood might be caused by the outburst of a glacial lake situated near the Nepal-China border, as there was no excessive rainfall at that time on both sides of the border.
The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week ...
The lake, located north of Nepal’s Langtang Himal range in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, emptied rapidly, triggering a ...
Flash floods that killed at least nine people in a mountainous region between China and Nepal and swept away a key bridge ...
The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River was caused by a supraglacial lake drainage in Tibet, China. It claimed nine lives and left many missing. The event underscores the increasing ...
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