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Posted by Team - August 28, 2026
Glacier collapse triggered catastrophic Nepal flash floods that unleashed ‘tsunami from the sky’
A glacier collapse triggered this week’s catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 390 people and left more than 1,400 missing when it hit the Nepal-China border, unleashing what officials have described as a “tsunami from the sky.”
A chunk of ice snapped off a glacier high in the Himalayas around 8:40 a.m. Wednesday and fell from a height of around 17,000 feet, smashing into a valley floor, creating what is known as an ice avalanche, Al Jazeera reported.
As the ice was falling, it was picking up debris and it struck the Lhende River – located around 12 miles from the Nepal-China border.
The debris accumulation initially caused the river to be blocked up before the dam gave way, unleashing a violent torrent downstream.
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Buildings in the Nepalese district of Trishuli have been left covered in mud following this week’s flash floods.REUTERS
“It was such a huge amount of water. You can imagine it is 20 million cubic meters excess water on the river, and it was like a tsunami from the sky,” Bishal Nath Upreti, the president of the Nepal Centre for Disaster Management, told BBC’s “Today” show.
Glacier collapse triggered catastrophic Nepal flash floods that unleashed ‘tsunami from the sky’ A glacier collapse triggered this week’s catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 390…
