2026-08-27 10:37 UTC
Aside: We had a GLOF here in Uttarakhand just last year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Uttarakhand_flash_flood
Much smaller scale than the one in Nepal now, but a widespread disaster nonetheless, and just one more piece in a long-brewing pattern of climate change-induced problems in the Himalayas.
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@ramkay@mastodon.social 2026-08-27 11:59
@amenonsen@flipping.rocks Since 2007 or 2008 Uttarakhand has seen a series of disasters. The frequency from every few years has narrowed to every few months. A similar incident to Nepal, no rain, no prediction glacier break induced flood & landslide happened also in 2021 from within the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Uttarakhand_flood Lessons learned nil. These kind of incidents - without any forewarning , & high frequency means mtn communities are living in perpetual fear or perpetual crisis.
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@RABid@mastodon.world 2026-08-27 20:52
@amenonsen@flipping.rocks So sorry to hear of it, so long after the fact. Still, we must think of the people currently suffering in Nepal and Tibet.