Summary:Glacier Collapse May Have Sparked Nepal Flash Flood100 Dead, 300 Missing, according to Nepal's government (54 Americans among hundreds missing) Deadly Flash Flood Near Nepal's Border with Tibet Swallows Entire Border CrossingExperts Say Glacier Collapse Sparked Deadly FloodingReuters reports that the massive, "Day After Tomorrow"-like flash flood along Nepal's border with Tibet, which completely wiped out a border crossing, could have been triggered by a massive glacier collapse.Planet Labs satellite imagery reviewed by scientists showed that the lower section of a glacier broke away at an elevation of roughly 5,200 meters before plunging about 1,200 meters onto the valley floor."What I can see in this morning's satellite imagery from Planet Labs, the lower part of a glacier broke off at about 5,200 meters and crashed onto the valley floor about 1,200 meters below," scientist Dan Shugar, an associate professor at the University of Calgary, told the outlet.Planet Labs को स्याटेलाइट तस्बिरको विश्लेषणका आधारमा गरिएको प्रारम्भिक अध्ययनबाट नेपाल-चीन रसुवागढी नाकाबाट करिब २० किलोमिटर उत्तरपूर्व नेपाल-चीन सिमानामा गएको हिम-चट्टान पहिरोका कारण ल्हेन्दे खोलामा गेग्य्रानसहितको बाढी आएको देखिएको छ। pic.twitter.com/kCAo9O1Zb0
Glacier Wall Collapse May Have Sparked Deadly Flash Flood That Swallowed Nepal-Tibet Border Crossing
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