India has stepped up monitoring of its Himalayan glaciers in the days since a deadly flood struck neighbouring Nepal, as scientists warn that a little-known type of unstable ice formation, known as a "hanging glacier," could pose a similar risk to Indian communities downstream.
Madan Kaushik, the disaster management minister for the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, said the state had asked its teams to monitor glaciers and glacial lakes in the region after the disaster in Nepal.
