First in the world to develop scientific approaches to glacial lake outburst There have been concerns in Bhutan and Nepal in recent years about the danger of glacial lake outburst floods resulting ...

Thorthormi Tsho is a glacial lake perched precariously at 4428 metres above sea level in the remote Lunana area of northern Bhutan Rated as one of Bhutan’s likeliest future catastrophes, a breach and ...

The event was identified as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), which is a sudden release of water from a lake ... Flood cascade Sikkim is a small Himalayan state in north-east India, bordering ...

PHUNTSHO: Glaciers are melting and it gives rise to formation of lakes … and these glacial lakes are forming at a very fast rate. ADE: How many of them are there? PHUNTSHO: In Bhutan ...

As climate change affects Bhutan’s mountainous landscape, entire communities are being forced to relocate. Last year, around 72 households from Thangza-Toenchoe chiwogs in Lunana, a remote glacial ...

With glacial lake outburst floods projected to happen more often in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, systematic risk reduction measures are necessary. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region holds the world’s ...

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 ...

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