Tibetan Plateau glacier instability raises cascading disaster risk as Nepal flood toll rises

China's National Climate Centre deputy director warns that Tibetan Plateau glaciers have shrunk ~24% over 60 years, with ~7,000 small glaciers lost, increasing risk of collapses and cascading disasters. This follows a deadly landslide and flood on the China-Nepal border, highlighting accelerating cryospheric change and its downstream threat to regional infrastructure and populations.