1,000 missing after catastrophic floods caused by a glacial collapse

34 points · 4 visible top comments · 2026-08-27 04:49:01 UTC

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ncr100 · 2026-08-27 07:04:04 UTC

Jesus. This is climate change. This is terrifying.

dgellow · 2026-08-27 08:42:05 UTC

OMFG, the CCTV footage is horrible, a complete nightmare

roryirvine · 2026-08-27 09:17:05 UTC

For 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 · 2026-08-27 10:10:54 UTC

Someone tell me about the scale of prehistoric GLOFs.

rurban · 2026-08-27 11:34:04 UTC

prehistoric is not needed. Just a few years ago >10.000 died in similar floods just there if I remember correctly

ChrisArchitect · 2026-08-27 14:03:49 UTC

Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin (2022)