What We Know About the Environmental Causes Behind the Nepal Landslide
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Experts point out that if a flash flood of water and mud were to occur from a mountain range, similar to what happened on the Nepal-Tibet border with China, sweeping away buildings, cars, and people in an instant, even if one tried to escape, it would be impossible to get away in time.
What we know about the environmental causes behind the Nepal landslide
Deadly floods along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday highlighted the near-impossible task of predicting sudden landslides and mudflows in the Himalayas. Experts say the terrain can turn a blocked river into a devastating torrent within minutes, while climate change may be increasing the risks of such disasters.
On the border between Nepal and China in Tibet, huge waves and landslides have taken hold. The situation is getting worse from time to time. Nepal's authorities have no news of at least 400 people. There is no infrastructure to withstand the flood. The cause of this disaster, according to several accounts, is that an earthquake has caused an avalanche, which itself causes mud to flow through several dams. (International).
The Nepalese worker Bibek Kumal dug a pit for a bathroom outside of a newly built house on Wednesday when a mass of water, mud and rocks came down forcefully, dragging it and carrying everything around it. Also read: Avalanche of mud on the border between Nepal and Tibet leaves dead and hundreds of missing tourists What caused the mud avalanche on the border between Nepal and Tibet? Kumal, 24 years old, worked in Bidur, a river below the Rasuwa …
The police broadcast on social media images of a huge wave in a valley in the Himalayas, in a border district with China.
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