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The Guardian
Nepal's Flash Floods and Climate Change
A major landslide triggered by glacial collapse caused devastating floods in Nepal’s Langtang region, resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths and over 4,400 missing. The disaster was linked to rapid glacier melting in the Himalayas, which are warming twice as fast as the global average, increasing the risk of such events. Experts warn that climate change-induced thawing and unstable mountain slopes heighten the danger of floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods in the region.
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