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Bhote Koshi Flood Was a Warning. The Worst Is Yet to Come.

Bhote Koshi Flood Was a Warning. The Worst Is Yet to Come.

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Bhote Koshi Flood Was a Warning. The Worst Is Yet to Come. Glaciers along the Nepal–Tibet border are melting. This is no longer a scary tale. It is a grim reality for everyone living downstream. And yet it makes little noise in a world with too many ears, but too little time to listen. Ice does not scream loud enough to rupture our eardrums when it disappears. Mountains do not summon press conferences in glitzy rooms, surrounded by a forest…

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The Himalayas Warned Us. We Looked Away.

The Himalayas Warned Us. We Looked Away.

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  Born in the frozen heights of Tibet, the Bhotekoshi came roaring down through the Himalayas on August 26, its fury unleashing death and destruction on a scale Nepal had seldom, if ever, witnessed. The river did not merely flood. It came down like a wall. Water, ice, rock, mud and debris tore through the valley on August 26, sweeping away bridges, roads, buildings, vehicles and livelihoods. Buses and jeeps that normally carry people through this Himalayan corridor were tossed…

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The Red Flags Are Flying in the Himalayas Behind the Breathtaking Ice, Disaster Is Lurking!

The Red Flags Are Flying in the Himalayas Behind the Breathtaking Ice, Disaster Is Lurking!

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  High above us, below the blue, behind the milky curtain of the Himalayas, a disaster is brewing—unseen by most, visited by few, understood by fewer, and met with the blissful ignorance of many. It is unfolding in a frozen wilderness that seems remote, silent, and eternal — serene on the surface, but changing furiously beneath it, like a quiet duck paddling frantically below the water. The glaciers are shrinking, the snow is sweating, and glacial lakes are swelling like…

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