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1,000 missing after catastrophic floods caused by a glacial collapse
- ncr100 2mo agoJesus. This is climate change. This is terrifying.
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- dgellow 2mo agoOMFG, the CCTV footage is horrible, a complete nightmare
- roryirvine 2mo agoFor 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.
- andrewinardeer 2mo agoSomeone tell me about the scale of prehistoric GLOFs.
- rurban 2mo agoprehistoric is not needed. Just a few years ago >10.000 died in similar floods just there if I remember correctly
- ChrisArchitect 2mo agoRelated: Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin (2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456929