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Friederike Otto
Scientists link Nepal flood to glacial instability and ice rock avalanche
Scientists explain that a glacier collapse near Langtang Lirung in Nepal caused a catastrophic flood affecting border areas with Tibet, citing ice-rock avalanche and glacial instability.
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Nepal to Request UN Disaster Funds Linked to Climate Change
Nepal plans to request $20 million from the UN Loss and Damage Fund for flood recovery, backed by a study linking the disaster to climate change.
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Climate change helped trigger deadly Nepal Tibet slope collapse
A scientific study by World Weather Attribution links human-caused climate change to the rock-and-ice slope collapse that triggered the deadly August 26 disaster in Nepal and Tibet.
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