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Nepal and China warn of potential glacial lake outburst flood following landslide
NYT World·NP · CN·3 days ago
New photographic evidence from the Nepal-Tibet border region indicates that a massive landslide, rather than a traditional glacial lake outburst, may have initiated the recent catastrophic flooding. Experts from the Swedish Geotechnical Institute suggest the mountain slope failure is the primary driver, though the exact mechanism remains under investigation.
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