When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

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theconversation.comby Umesh HaritashyaAugust 29, 2026Submitted September 4, 2026

The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026, and left many more missing likely began with falling ice and rock crashing into the river below, but that wasn’t the end of the...

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