Oftentimes, the ground shaking from earthquakes has been associated with triggering glacial lake outbursts by disrupting the integrity of the dam. The seismic activity can also trigger ...

Despite earlier mitigation measures, the ‘critically dangerous’ Tsho Rolpa glacial lake has expanded further, with 6,000 ...

Residents of Alaska's capital, Juneau, are undergoing an emergency evacuation as of Monday due to major flooding, which began due to a glacier lake outburst flood. This is a situation when a dam ...

Indian rescuers are searching for over 100 people missing in a flash flood caused by a glacial lake bursting its banks, a ...

More than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwide An increasing number of people are being threatened by flooding caused by glacial lakes bursting ...

Sikkim glacial outburst flood was one of the worst climate-related disasters to have occurred in Asia in the year. Climate ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to take emergency measures in view of the destruction caused by a glacial lake outburst flood from the Shisper glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan. He instructed to ...

Recent glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalayas highlight the need for proactive climate action to protect vulnerable mountain communities. India has already experienced the scale of damage ...

On October 4-5, 2023 HT reported heavy monsoon rainfall and a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) that caused severe flooding downstream in Sikkim that washed away part of the Teesta 3 dam, damaged ...

The figure shows the hazard (a), exposure (b), vulnerability (c), and risk (d) levels in 2020 of 17 gewogs downstream of the Lunana glacier complex under three different scenarios of GLOF magnitude ...

Flooding, landslides and shifts in agriculture are rapidly becoming typical at the roof of the world. Why do residents still lack actionable guidance about how to adapt? Kanchi Sherpa does not ...