The glacier collapse that led to devastating flash floods across the Himalayan region of Nepal and its border with the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet on August 26 was preceded by early warning signs, experts say. But monitoring and emergency alert systems in the region are still insufficient to predict such disasters.
More than a week after devastating flash floods triggered by a glacier collapse engulfed the Himalayan border region of Nepal and China’s autonomous region of Tibet, authorities were still trying to identify the bodies of victims of the disaster. Meanwhile, Nepal said it would have to rebuild at least 20,000 homes in the affected areas.
