1,000 missing after catastrophic floods caused by a glacial collapse
34 points
1/21/1970
a day ago
by geox
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dgellow
20 hours ago
roryirvine
For anyone else wondering, it's the second video in the slideshow (I'm not sure if there's a way of linking to it directly?)
Utterly horrendous. Relentless like a tsunami, but so much faster.
20 hours ago
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21 hours ago
andrewinardeer
Someone tell me about the scale of prehistoric GLOFs.
19 hours ago
rurban
prehistoric is not needed. Just a few years ago >10.000 died in similar floods just there if I remember correctly
18 hours ago
ChrisArchitect
Related:
Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin (2022)
15 hours ago
ncr100
Jesus. This is climate change. This is terrifying.
a day ago
OMFG, the CCTV footage is horrible, a complete nightmare