1,000 missing after catastrophic floods caused by a glacial collapse

 (apnews.com)

30 points | by geox 9 hours ago

5 comments

  • dgellow 5 hours ago
    OMFG, the CCTV footage is horrible, a complete nightmare
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    • roryirvine 5 hours ago
      For anyone else wondering, it's the second video in the slideshow (I'm not sure if there's a way of linking to it directly?)

      Utterly horrendous. Relentless like a tsunami, but so much faster.

  • ChrisArchitect 37 minutes ago
    Related:

    Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin (2022)

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456929

  • andrewinardeer 4 hours ago
    Someone tell me about the scale of prehistoric GLOFs.
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    • rurban 3 hours ago
      prehistoric is not needed. Just a few years ago >10.000 died in similar floods just there if I remember correctly
  • ncr100 7 hours ago
    Jesus. This is climate change. This is terrifying.