Nepal’s disaster is a sign of warming times | The Economist

The floods in the Himalayas, that have left over 1,000 dead and more than 4,000 missing, began as an unpredictable glacial avalanche. Glacial avalanches have always been a hazard wherever glaciers sit on steep mountain slopes. But as Earth’s climate warms, they will become more common.

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