Satellite Radar Detected a Himalayan Slope Accelerating Weeks Before Nepal's Catastrophic Flood
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It has been revealed that there were warning signs prior to the massive flooding that occurred on the 26th of last month (local time) as a glacier collapsed in the border region of Nepal.
Analysis of data from the Nepal floods on August 26th has revealed that satellite images had detected signs of glacial collapse a week before the disaster. This has led to calls for the immediate use of satellites and AI (artificial intelligence) to continuously monitor the risk of glacial and rock collapse in the Himalayas. Professor Manoochehr Shirzaei of Virginia Tech analyzed satellite data from the affected area and discovered anomalous sig…
Satellite images before Nepal disaster showed warning signs
A team analyzed radar data from European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 satellites acquired between 8 January and 18 August. The last observation was only seven days before the disaster. Images revealed accelerated glacier-rock movement before the collapse.
Dipesh Chapagain, senior researcher at the United Nations University (UNU-EHS), argues to EFE that events such as the flood on 26 August last "may always cause chain catastrophes."
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