When a Mountain Falls: How Ice and Rock Triggered Nepal’s Catastrophic Flood – and Why Climate Change Is Raising the Risks

When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

A massive rockfall in the Himalayas led to a surge of flood water than swept through villages, killing hundreds of people, on Aug. 26, 2026. Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026, and left many more missing likely began with falling ice and rock crashing into the river below, but that wasn’t the end of the disaster. Days later, a new lake pooled behind the debris and …

The deadly forces behind Nepal’s Himalayan disasters

South Asia News: On the morning of August 26, high in Langtang National Park near Nepal’s border with China, a massive wall of ice and rock suddenly broke loose.Within.

Why Nepal isn't out of danger yet: Hanging glacier, unstable canyon walls and rising lake pose threats

Even as the death toll from Nepal's recent flood disaster rises to 359, experts have issued urgent warnings about ongoing dangers