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Not A Glacial Lake Outburst? Scientists Probe New Theory To Determine What Triggered ... - News18

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Nepal's disaster chief says the glacial lake outburst theory for the deadly Nepal-Tibet floods may be wrong — so what actually unleashed the water?

Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) TheoryDisaster Causation AnalysisScientific FalsificationismHydrological Risk Modeling

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  • Nepal Centre for Disaster Management President Bishal Nath Upreti publicly challenged the glacial lake outburst as the cause of the devastating Nepal-Tibet flash floods.
  • Scientists are now actively probing alternative theories to explain what triggered the catastrophic flooding event.
  • Overturning the initial explanation matters enormously — the cause determines how future flood risks in the Himalayas are monitored and predicted.