A glacial lake at the foot of Jomolhari mountain in Bhutan. Up to 15 million people face risk of catastrophic flooding from glacial lakes which could burst their natural dams at any moment, a new ...
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Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government has formed two teams of experts to conduct a risk assessment and survey of five glacial ...
(Reuters) – Melting mountain glaciers pose a growing flood risk to some 15 million people around the world, researchers said in a report published on Tuesday, with communities in Asia facing the ...
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The Uttarakhand government has formed two teams of experts to conduct a risk assessment and survey of five glacial lakes in the state that are highly vulnerable to “outburst floods”, an official said.