Climate change, unchecked development by China and a lack of regional collaboration could result in more flooding on the fragile Tibetan plateau, scientists and advocacy groups warn.
Scientists believe the catastrophic floods on the Nepal-Tibet border were triggered by an ice avalanche that fell from a glacier 5200 metres above sea level in the Langtang Valley on Wednesday.
The force of the avalanche sent a surge of water, sediment and boulders downstream, killing more than 450 people in the Rasuwa mountain district of Nepal.
