The event was identified as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), which is a sudden release of water from a lake fed by ... Nepal in the west and the state of West Bengal in the south. Part of the ...

First in the world to develop scientific approaches to glacial ... lake, analyzing its internal structure and then conducting flood simulations in order to prepare a hazard map and construct an early ...

This was a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), one of the most feared risks in the Himalayas. Satellite images before/after of the village of Chungthang, Sikkim, and the Teesta III hydroelectric dam, ...

Public education has helped build awareness of the flood risk, but the disasters continue. The dramatic nature of glacial lake outburst floods captures headlines, but those aren’t the only risks.

At over 4,000 metres above sea level, in one of Bhutan’s most remote and fragile regions, children are attending school in tents, braving the cold, huddled in makeshift classrooms, amid the looming ...

The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has sanctioned ₹550 crore for the damage to the infrastructure and other losses that Sikkim had borne during the devastating Glacial Lake Outburst Flood ...

A glacial burst or glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) refers to an outburst of water from a glacial lake which could lead to severe flooding downstream. Last year in August, a glacial lake ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to take emergency measures in view of the destruction caused by a glacial lake outburst flood from the Shisper glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan. He instructed to ...

“There are indications that this incident is a glacial lake outburst flood, but we are investigating to confirm,” said Arun Bhakta Shrestha, a climate change specialist at the International ...