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‘Like a bomb exploded’: How an enormous chunk of ice likely triggered catastrophe

Scientists said a glacier collapse may have unleashed the flooding, while satellite images showed snow cover vanishing before the disaster.

The phenomenon is known as an ice avalanche, which an expert described as plunging more than a kilometre after snapping off a glacier.

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‘Like a bomb exploded’: How an enormous chunk of ice likely triggered catastrophe

The phenomenon is known as an ice avalanche, which an expert described as plunging more than a kilometre after snapping off a glacier.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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