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As the authorities grapple with search and rescue operations, Nepal’s disaster management authority has warned of more flooding risks from the new lake that’s formed on the border.
Communities living downstream from the Bhotekoshi river have been urged to move to safer ground amid concerns the rising lake could burst.
Dr C Scott Watson, from the University of Leeds, is the leader of the Glacial Lake Observatory for Flood Hazards Impacted by Climate Change, and has been to Nepal many times. He joined Matt Frei in the studio.
