Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Devighat Bazaar, a Nepalese town devastated by last month’s flash flooding. Photograph: Suryams Upreti/AAPView image in fullscreenDevighat Bazaar, a Nepalese town devastated by last month’s flash flooding. Without much faster action to transition to zero fossil fuel emissions we will inevitably see more disasters of this scale occurring in the years to come.”View image in fullscreenA impromptu memorial in Kathmandu commemorates some of the people killed in the flooding.
- ▪Devighat Bazaar, a Nepalese town devastated by last month’s flash flooding.
- ▪Photograph: Suryams Upreti/AAPView image in fullscreenDevighat Bazaar, a Nepalese town devastated by last month’s flash flooding.
- ▪Without much faster action to transition to zero fossil fuel emissions we will inevitably see more disasters of this scale occurring in the years to come.”View image in fullscreenA impromptu memorial in Kathmandu commemorates some of the pe
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Devighat Bazaar, a Nepalese town devastated by last month’s flash flooding. Photograph: Suryams Upreti/AAPView image in fullscreenDevighat Bazaar, a Nepalese town devastated by last month’s flash flooding. Photograph: Suryams Upreti/AAPClimate scienceClimate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study findsScientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in AugustDamien GayleWed 16 Sep 2026 19.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleClimate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found.Researchers identified unusually warm conditions before the…
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