Nepal At Risk Of Another Flood Disaster? Nearly 50 Glacial Lakes Identified As Potentially Dangerous

Nepal At Risk Of Another Flood Disaster? Nearly 50 Glacial Lakes Identified As Potentially Dangerous

Assessments by ICIMOD and the Nepal government have identified 47 glacial lakes as potentially dangerous. Twenty-one are located in Nepal and 25 in Tibet, with the lakes situated upstream of rivers flowing into Nepal.

47 potentially dangerous glacial lakes pose risk to Nepal’s river corridors as Himalayan hazards back in focus

The disaster illustrates how events high in the Himalayas can strike downstream settlements with little warning. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nepal Flash Floods: 47 Glacial Lakes Pose Glacial Outburst Threat Across Major River Corridors | 🌎 LatestLY

Nepal faces a continuing risk from potentially dangerous glacial lakes, with 47 lakes identified across the major Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali river basins as capable of triggering glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). 🌎 Nepal Flash Floods: 47 Glacial Lakes Pose Glacial Outburst Threat Across Major River Corridors.

47 glacial lakes pose glacial outburst threat across Nepal’s major river corridors

Kathmandu, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Scientific assessments by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Government of Nepal have classified 47 glacial lakes as Potentially Dangerous Glacial Lakes (PDGLs), warning that they could trigger catastrophic glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) into Nepal’s river systems. Of these, 21 lakes are located in Nepal, while 25 are transboundary lakes in Tibet. These lakes are…