Melting permafrost and glacial melt are causing terrain instability and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh and Nepal.
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Updated Sep 2
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What happened
Melting permafrost and glacial melt are causing terrain instability and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh and Nepal.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Disaster impacted power project operations in Nepal.Sub-event
IIT Mandi study links permafrost melt and rising tourism to glacial instability in the region.1 source
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The entities involved
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Himachal Pradesh
state in northern India
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Nepal
country in South Asia
Related events
- Sikkim and Nepal are facing shared susceptibility to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods due to current environmental pressures.
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- A joint report issued on August 1st warns about the dangers posed by Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Himachal Pradesh.
- Rapid glacier melt caused the catastrophic flood in Nepal.
- Glacial melt is reported to affect the Himalayan region, involving Antarctica and Nepal.