All posts tagged "Flash floods"

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  World Watch

  Nepal : Ravaged By Floods, Death Toll Now Stands At 939, Expected To Rise Too ; Recovery Of Bodies Continues; More Than 10,000 Rescued So Far, ; 4000 Still Missing

  The flash floods, triggered by a collapse or avalanche of ice and rock near the Nepal-Tibet border, devastated towns and villages in...

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  Environment

  Nepal flash floods: Nature’s Warning To Global Warming

  Melting glaciers can feed and enlarge glacial lakes, increasing the potential for sudden floods. As glaciers retreat, mountain rock that was previously...