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Himalayan glacier collapse triggers deadly mudslide across Nepal-China border

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A recent glacier collapse in the Himalayas triggered a massive mudslide that devastated border facilities and communities in Nepal and China. This event underscores a growing climate change risk beyond rising sea levels, highlighting the dangers posed by destabilized ice and snow at high altitudes. The incident serves as a stark reminder of the multifaceted and unpredictable nature of climate impacts, which also include extreme rainfall, flooding, and severe droughts affecting regions globally. AI

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Himalayan glacier collapse triggers deadly mudslide across Nepal-China border

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhengxu Wang ·

    Nepal-China floods highlight a growing front of the climate change crisis

    On August 26, a section of glacier collapsed at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres on the Nepalese side of the Himalayas. The falling ice and rock accelerated down a steep valley at about 50 metres per second, scouring debris and transforming into a high-speed mudslide that sl…

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