1,000 missing after catastrophic floods caused by a glacial collapse apnews.com 34 points by geox 1 day ago
dgellow 1 day ago OMFG, the CCTV footage is horrible, a complete nightmare roryirvine 1 day ago For anyone else wondering, it's the second video in the slideshow (I'm not sure if there's a way of linking to it directly?)Utterly horrendous. Relentless like a tsunami, but so much faster.
roryirvine 1 day ago For anyone else wondering, it's the second video in the slideshow (I'm not sure if there's a way of linking to it directly?)Utterly horrendous. Relentless like a tsunami, but so much faster.
andrewinardeer 23 hours ago Someone tell me about the scale of prehistoric GLOFs. rurban 21 hours ago prehistoric is not needed. Just a few years ago >10.000 died in similar floods just there if I remember correctly
rurban 21 hours ago prehistoric is not needed. Just a few years ago >10.000 died in similar floods just there if I remember correctly
ChrisArchitect 19 hours ago Related:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin (2022)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456929
OMFG, the CCTV footage is horrible, a complete nightmare
For anyone else wondering, it's the second video in the slideshow (I'm not sure if there's a way of linking to it directly?)
Utterly horrendous. Relentless like a tsunami, but so much faster.
Someone tell me about the scale of prehistoric GLOFs.
prehistoric is not needed. Just a few years ago >10.000 died in similar floods just there if I remember correctly
Related:
Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin (2022)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456929
Jesus. This is climate change. This is terrifying.