On August 26, 2026, a huge glacier on Langtang Lirung, a mountain in the Himalayas, collapsed. It sent a massive surge of ice, rock, and water into Nepal's Trishuli River system. Within minutes, entire villages in the Rasuwa and Nuwakot Districts were swept away.
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