The study underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and early warning systems against GLOFs, the sudden release ...

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground ...

Crucially, the study found no evidence of a “triggering cloudburst event” in the vicinity of the lake. The Sikkim government ...

Proposal documents and the minutes of the January 10 meeting showed that one of the key concerns of the Environment ...

A Newcastle University student has contributed to a major international study which has identified the exact causes and drivers of the catastrophic 2023 Sikkim flood in India.

Researchers have now pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood in a bid to better prepare for future catastrophic events.

At least 70 people - including nine soldiers - have died, and more than 100 others are missing after South Lhonak, a glacial lake in the Himalayas, burst its banks last week. Such outbursts - or ...

DEHRADUN: The hydroelectric projects will not be affected in the event of a glacier lake burst in future. To ensure safety, ...

one of them being pulling the Himalayan state out of the flood devastation incurred during the glacial lake-burst in October 2023. At least 100 people were killed and hundreds of homes as well as ...

creating Glacial Lake Missoula. When the ice dam (which stood in the far right of this image) burst under the lake's enormous pressure, up to 500 cubic miles of water barreled down this valley in ...

Proglacial lakes, formed after glaciers retreat ... down the rivers and streams fed by the glacier. Why did this glacier burst? It’s not yet known what caused part of the Nanda Devi glacier ...